[PATCH v2 3/3] cpuidle-pseries : Fixup exit latency for CEDE(0)

[Gautham R. Shenoy]

From: "Gautham R. Shenoy" <ego at linux.vnet.ibm.com>

We are currently assuming that CEDE(0) has exit latency 10us, since
there is no way for us to query from the platform.  However, if the
wakeup latency of an Extended CEDE state is smaller than 10us, then we
can be sure that the exit latency of CEDE(0) cannot be more than that.
that.

In this patch, we fix the exit latency of CEDE(0) if we discover an
Extended CEDE state with wakeup latency smaller than 10us.

Benchmark results:

ebizzy:
2 ebizzy threads bound to the same big-core. 25% improvement in the
avg records/s with patch.
x without_patch
+ with_patch
    N           Min           Max        Median           Avg        Stddev
x  10       2491089       5834307       5398375       4244335     1596244.9
+  10       2893813       5834474       5832448     5327281.3     1055941.4

context_switch2 :
There is no major regression observed with this patch as seen from the
context_switch2 benchmark.

context_switch2 across CPU0 CPU1 (Both belong to same big-core, but different
small cores). We observe a minor 0.14% regression in the number of
context-switches (higher is better).
x without_patch
+ with_patch
    N           Min           Max        Median           Avg        Stddev
x 500        348872        362236        354712     354745.69      2711.827
+ 500        349422        361452        353942      354215.4     2576.9258
Difference at 99.0% confidence
    -530.288 +/- 430.963
    -0.149484% +/- 0.121485%
    (Student's t, pooled s = 2645.24)

context_switch2 across CPU0 CPU8 (Different big-cores). We observe a 0.37%
improvement in the number of context-switches (higher is better).
x without_patch
+ with_patch
    N           Min           Max        Median           Avg        Stddev
x 500        287956        294940        288896     288977.23     646.59295
+ 500        288300        294646        289582     290064.76     1161.9992
Difference at 99.0% confidence
    1087.53 +/- 153.194
    0.376337% +/- 0.0530125%
    (Student's t, pooled s = 940.299)

schbench:
No major difference could be seen until the 99.9th percentile.

Without-patch
Latency percentiles (usec)
	50.0th: 29
	75.0th: 39
	90.0th: 49
	95.0th: 59
	*99.0th: 13104
	99.5th: 14672
	99.9th: 15824
	min=0, max=17993

With-patch:
Latency percentiles (usec)
	50.0th: 29
	75.0th: 40
	90.0th: 50
	95.0th: 61
	*99.0th: 13648
	99.5th: 14768
	99.9th: 15664
	min=0, max=29812

Reviewed-by: Vaidyanathan Srinivasan <svaidy at linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Gautham R. Shenoy <ego at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-pseries.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-pseries.c b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-pseries.c
index b1dc24d..0b2f115 100644
--- a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-pseries.c
+++ b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-pseries.c
@@ -334,12 +334,42 @@ static int pseries_cpuidle_driver_init(void)
 static int add_pseries_idle_states(void)
 {
 	int nr_states = 2; /* By default we have snooze, CEDE */
+	int i;
+	u64 min_latency_us = dedicated_states[1].exit_latency; /* CEDE latency */
 
 	if (parse_cede_parameters())
 		return nr_states;
 
-	pr_info("cpuidle : Skipping the %d Extended CEDE idle states\n",
-		nr_xcede_records);
+	for (i = 0; i < nr_xcede_records; i++) {
+		u64 latency_tb = xcede_records[i].wakeup_latency_tb_ticks;
+		u64 latency_us = tb_to_ns(latency_tb) / NSEC_PER_USEC;
+
+		if (latency_us < min_latency_us)
+			min_latency_us = latency_us;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * We are currently assuming that CEDE(0) has exit latency
+	 * 10us, since there is no way for us to query from the
+	 * platform.
+	 *
+	 * However, if the wakeup latency of an Extended CEDE state is
+	 * smaller than 10us, then we can be sure that CEDE(0)
+	 * requires no more than that.
+	 *
+	 * Perform the fix-up.
+	 */
+	if (min_latency_us < dedicated_states[1].exit_latency) {
+		u64 cede0_latency = min_latency_us - 1;
+
+		if (cede0_latency <= 0)
+			cede0_latency = min_latency_us;
+
+		dedicated_states[1].exit_latency = cede0_latency;
+		dedicated_states[1].target_residency = 10 * (cede0_latency);
+		pr_info("cpuidle : Fixed up CEDE exit latency to %llu us\n",
+			cede0_latency);
+	}
 
 	return nr_states;
 }
-- 
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