[PATCH V2] cpuidle/powernv: Read target_residency value of idle states from DT if available

Preeti U Murthy preeti at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Wed Jan 28 13:13:06 AEDT 2015


The device tree now exposes the residency values for different idle states. Read
these values instead of calculating residency from the latency values. The values
exposed in the DT are validated for optimal power efficiency. However to maintain
compatibility with the older firmware code which does not expose residency
values, use default values as a fallback mechanism. While at it, handle some
cleanups.

Signed-off-by: Preeti U Murthy <preeti at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---

Changes from V1: https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/1/19/221
1. Used a better API for reading the DT property values.
2. Code cleanups

 drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-powernv.c |   57 ++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-powernv.c b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-powernv.c
index 223d505..29fdbe7 100644
--- a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-powernv.c
+++ b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-powernv.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <linux/notifier.h>
 #include <linux/clockchips.h>
 #include <linux/of.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
 
 #include <asm/machdep.h>
 #include <asm/firmware.h>
@@ -161,9 +162,9 @@ static int powernv_add_idle_states(void)
 	int nr_idle_states = 1; /* Snooze */
 	int dt_idle_states;
 	const __be32 *idle_state_flags;
-        const __be32 *idle_state_latency;
-        u32 len_flags, flags, latency_ns;
-	int i;
+	u32 len_flags, flags;
+	u32 *latency_ns, *residency_ns;
+	int i, rc;
 
 	/* Currently we have snooze statically defined */
 
@@ -175,53 +176,57 @@ static int powernv_add_idle_states(void)
 
 	idle_state_flags = of_get_property(power_mgt, "ibm,cpu-idle-state-flags", &len_flags);
 	if (!idle_state_flags) {
-		pr_warn("DT-PowerMgmt: missing ibm,cpu-idle-state-flags\n");
+		pr_warn("cpuidle-powernv : missing ibm,cpu-idle-state-flags in DT\n");
 		return nr_idle_states;
 	}
 
-	idle_state_latency = of_get_property(power_mgt,
-			"ibm,cpu-idle-state-latencies-ns", NULL);
-	if (!idle_state_latency) {
-		pr_warn("DT-PowerMgmt: missing ibm,cpu-idle-state-latencies-ns\n");
+	dt_idle_states = len_flags / sizeof(u32);
+
+	latency_ns = kzalloc(sizeof(*latency_ns) * dt_idle_states, GFP_KERNEL);
+	rc = of_property_read_u32_array(power_mgt,
+			"ibm,cpu-idle-state-latencies-ns", latency_ns, dt_idle_states);
+	if (rc) {
+		pr_warn("cpuidle-powernv: missing ibm,cpu-idle-state-latencies-ns in DT\n");
 		return nr_idle_states;
 	}
 
-	dt_idle_states = len_flags / sizeof(u32);
+	residency_ns = kzalloc(sizeof(*residency_ns) * dt_idle_states, GFP_KERNEL);
+	rc = of_property_read_u32_array(power_mgt,
+			"ibm,cpu-idle-state-residency-ns", residency_ns, dt_idle_states);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < dt_idle_states; i++) {
 
 		flags = be32_to_cpu(idle_state_flags[i]);
-
-		/* Cpuidle accepts exit_latency in us and we estimate
-		 * target residency to be 10x exit_latency
+		/*
+		 * Cpuidle accepts exit_latency and target_residency in us.
+		 * Use default target_residency values if f/w does not expose it.
 		 */
-		latency_ns = be32_to_cpu(idle_state_latency[i]);
 		if (flags & OPAL_PM_NAP_ENABLED) {
 			/* Add NAP state */
 			strcpy(powernv_states[nr_idle_states].name, "Nap");
 			strcpy(powernv_states[nr_idle_states].desc, "Nap");
 			powernv_states[nr_idle_states].flags = 0;
-			powernv_states[nr_idle_states].exit_latency =
-					((unsigned int)latency_ns) / 1000;
-			powernv_states[nr_idle_states].target_residency =
-					((unsigned int)latency_ns / 100);
+			powernv_states[nr_idle_states].target_residency = 100;
 			powernv_states[nr_idle_states].enter = &nap_loop;
-			nr_idle_states++;
-		}
-
-		if (flags & OPAL_PM_SLEEP_ENABLED ||
+		} else if (flags & OPAL_PM_SLEEP_ENABLED ||
 			flags & OPAL_PM_SLEEP_ENABLED_ER1) {
 			/* Add FASTSLEEP state */
 			strcpy(powernv_states[nr_idle_states].name, "FastSleep");
 			strcpy(powernv_states[nr_idle_states].desc, "FastSleep");
 			powernv_states[nr_idle_states].flags = CPUIDLE_FLAG_TIMER_STOP;
-			powernv_states[nr_idle_states].exit_latency =
-					((unsigned int)latency_ns) / 1000;
-			powernv_states[nr_idle_states].target_residency =
-					((unsigned int)latency_ns / 100);
+			powernv_states[nr_idle_states].target_residency = 300000;
 			powernv_states[nr_idle_states].enter = &fastsleep_loop;
-			nr_idle_states++;
 		}
+
+		powernv_states[nr_idle_states].exit_latency =
+				((unsigned int)latency_ns[i]) / 1000;
+
+		if (!rc) {
+			powernv_states[nr_idle_states].target_residency =
+				((unsigned int)residency_ns[i]) / 1000;
+		}
+
+		nr_idle_states++;
 	}
 
 	return nr_idle_states;



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