Kernel Module Options for ``amd-pstate``
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-.. _shared_mem:
-
-``shared_mem``
-Use a module param (shared_mem) to enable related processors manually with
-**amd_pstate.shared_mem=1**.
-Due to the performance issue on the processors with `Shared Memory Support
-<perf_cap_>`_, we disable it presently and will re-enable this by default
-once we address performance issue with this solution.
-
-To check whether the current processor is using `Full MSR Support <perf_cap_>`_
-or `Shared Memory Support <perf_cap_>`_ : ::
-
- ray@hr-test1:~$ lscpu | grep cppc
- Flags: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc cpuid extd_apicid aperfmperf rapl pni pclmulqdq monitor ssse3 fma cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs skinit wdt tce topoext perfctr_core perfctr_nb bpext perfctr_llc mwaitx cpb cat_l3 cdp_l3 hw_pstate ssbd mba ibrs ibpb stibp vmmcall fsgsbase bmi1 avx2 smep bmi2 erms invpcid cqm rdt_a rdseed adx smap clflushopt clwb sha_ni xsaveopt xsavec xgetbv1 xsaves cqm_llc cqm_occup_llc cqm_mbm_total cqm_mbm_local clzero irperf xsaveerptr rdpru wbnoinvd cppc arat npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save tsc_scale vmcb_clean flushbyasid decodeassists pausefilter pfthreshold avic v_vmsave_vmload vgif v_spec_ctrl umip pku ospke vaes vpclmulqdq rdpid overflow_recov succor smca fsrm
-
-If the CPU flags have ``cppc``, then this processor supports `Full MSR Support
-<perf_cap_>`_. Otherwise, it supports `Shared Memory Support <perf_cap_>`_.
+Passive Mode
+------------
+
+``amd_pstate=passive``
+
+It will be enabled if the ``amd_pstate=passive`` is passed to the kernel in the command line.
+In this mode, ``amd_pstate`` driver software specifies a desired QoS target in the CPPC
+performance scale as a relative number. This can be expressed as percentage of nominal
+performance (infrastructure max). Below the nominal sustained performance level,
+desired performance expresses the average performance level of the processor subject
+to the Performance Reduction Tolerance register. Above the nominal performance level,
+processor must provide at least nominal performance requested and go higher if current
+operating conditions allow.
``cpupower`` tool support for ``amd-pstate``
1. Test case decriptions
+ 1). Basic tests
+
+ Test prerequisite and basic functions for the ``amd-pstate`` driver.
+
+---------+--------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Index | Functions | Description |
+=========+================================+====================================================================================+
- | 0 | amd_pstate_ut_acpi_cpc_valid || Check whether the _CPC object is present in SBIOS. |
+ | 1 | amd_pstate_ut_acpi_cpc_valid || Check whether the _CPC object is present in SBIOS. |
| | || |
| | || The detail refer to `Processor Support <processor_support_>`_. |
+---------+--------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
- | 1 | amd_pstate_ut_check_enabled || Check whether AMD P-State is enabled. |
+ | 2 | amd_pstate_ut_check_enabled || Check whether AMD P-State is enabled. |
| | || |
| | || AMD P-States and ACPI hardware P-States always can be supported in one processor. |
| | | But AMD P-States has the higher priority and if it is enabled with |
| | | :c:macro:`MSR_AMD_CPPC_ENABLE` or ``cppc_set_enable``, it will respond to the |
| | | request from AMD P-States. |
+---------+--------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
- | 2 | amd_pstate_ut_check_perf || Check if the each performance values are reasonable. |
+ | 3 | amd_pstate_ut_check_perf || Check if the each performance values are reasonable. |
| | || highest_perf >= nominal_perf > lowest_nonlinear_perf > lowest_perf > 0. |
+---------+--------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
- | 3 | amd_pstate_ut_check_freq || Check if the each frequency values and max freq when set support boost mode |
+ | 4 | amd_pstate_ut_check_freq || Check if the each frequency values and max freq when set support boost mode |
| | | are reasonable. |
| | || max_freq >= nominal_freq > lowest_nonlinear_freq > min_freq > 0 |
| | || If boost is not active but supported, this maximum frequency will be larger than |
| | | the one in ``cpuinfo``. |
+---------+--------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+ 2). Tbench test
+
+ Test and monitor the cpu changes when running tbench benchmark under the specified governor.
+ These changes include desire performance, frequency, load, performance, energy etc.
+ The specified governor is ondemand or schedutil.
+ Tbench can also be tested on the ``acpi-cpufreq`` kernel driver for comparison.
+
+ 3). Gitsource test
+
+ Test and monitor the cpu changes when running gitsource benchmark under the specified governor.
+ These changes include desire performance, frequency, load, time, energy etc.
+ The specified governor is ondemand or schedutil.
+ Gitsource can also be tested on the ``acpi-cpufreq`` kernel driver for comparison.
+
#. How to execute the tests
We use test module in the kselftest frameworks to implement it.
- We create amd-pstate-ut module and tie it into kselftest.(for
+ We create ``amd-pstate-ut`` module and tie it into kselftest.(for
details refer to Linux Kernel Selftests [4]_).
- 1. Build
+ 1). Build
+ open the :c:macro:`CONFIG_X86_AMD_PSTATE` configuration option.
+ set the :c:macro:`CONFIG_X86_AMD_PSTATE_UT` configuration option to M.
$ cd linux
$ make -C tools/testing/selftests
- #. Installation & Steps ::
+ + make perf ::
+
+ $ cd tools/perf/
+ $ make
+
+
+ 2). Installation & Steps ::
$ make -C tools/testing/selftests install INSTALL_PATH=~/kselftest
+ $ cp tools/perf/perf /usr/bin/perf
$ sudo ./kselftest/run_kselftest.sh -c amd-pstate
- TAP version 13
- 1..1
- # selftests: amd-pstate: amd-pstate-ut.sh
- # amd-pstate-ut: ok
- ok 1 selftests: amd-pstate: amd-pstate-ut.sh
-
- #. Results ::
-
- $ dmesg | grep "amd_pstate_ut" | tee log.txt
- [12977.570663] amd_pstate_ut: 1 amd_pstate_ut_acpi_cpc_valid success!
- [12977.570673] amd_pstate_ut: 2 amd_pstate_ut_check_enabled success!
- [12977.571207] amd_pstate_ut: 3 amd_pstate_ut_check_perf success!
- [12977.571212] amd_pstate_ut: 4 amd_pstate_ut_check_freq success!
+
+ 3). Specified test case ::
+
+ $ cd ~/kselftest/amd-pstate
+ $ sudo ./run.sh -t basic
+ $ sudo ./run.sh -t tbench
+ $ sudo ./run.sh -t tbench -m acpi-cpufreq
+ $ sudo ./run.sh -t gitsource
+ $ sudo ./run.sh -t gitsource -m acpi-cpufreq
+ $ ./run.sh --help
+ ./run.sh: illegal option -- -
+ Usage: ./run.sh [OPTION...]
+ [-h <help>]
+ [-o <output-file-for-dump>]
+ [-c <all: All testing,
+ basic: Basic testing,
+ tbench: Tbench testing,
+ gitsource: Gitsource testing.>]
+ [-t <tbench time limit>]
+ [-p <tbench process number>]
+ [-l <loop times for tbench>]
+ [-i <amd tracer interval>]
+ [-m <comparative test: acpi-cpufreq>]
+
+
+ 4). Results
+
+ + basic
+
+ When you finish test, you will get the following log info ::
+
+ $ dmesg | grep "amd_pstate_ut" | tee log.txt
+ [12977.570663] amd_pstate_ut: 1 amd_pstate_ut_acpi_cpc_valid success!
+ [12977.570673] amd_pstate_ut: 2 amd_pstate_ut_check_enabled success!
+ [12977.571207] amd_pstate_ut: 3 amd_pstate_ut_check_perf success!
+ [12977.571212] amd_pstate_ut: 4 amd_pstate_ut_check_freq success!
+
+ + tbench
+
+ When you finish test, you will get selftest.tbench.csv and png images.
+ The selftest.tbench.csv file contains the raw data and the drop of the comparative test.
+ The png images shows the performance, energy and performan per watt of each test.
+ Open selftest.tbench.csv :
+
+ +-------------------------------------------------+--------------+----------+---------+----------+-------------+---------+----------------------+
+ + Governor | Round | Des-perf | Freq | Load | Performance | Energy | Performance Per Watt |
+ +-------------------------------------------------+--------------+----------+---------+----------+-------------+---------+----------------------+
+ + Unit | | | GHz | | MB/s | J | MB/J |
+ +=================================================+==============+==========+=========+==========+=============+=========+======================+
+ + amd-pstate-ondemand | 1 | | | | 2504.05 | 1563.67 | 158.5378 |
+ +-------------------------------------------------+--------------+----------+---------+----------+-------------+---------+----------------------+
+ + amd-pstate-ondemand | 2 | | | | 2243.64 | 1430.32 | 155.2941 |
+ +-------------------------------------------------+--------------+----------+---------+----------+-------------+---------+----------------------+
+ + amd-pstate-ondemand | 3 | | | | 2183.88 | 1401.32 | 154.2860 |
+ +-------------------------------------------------+--------------+----------+---------+----------+-------------+---------+----------------------+
+ + amd-pstate-ondemand | Average | | | | 2310.52 | 1465.1 | 156.1268 |
+ +-------------------------------------------------+--------------+----------+---------+----------+-------------+---------+----------------------+
+ + amd-pstate-schedutil | 1 | 165.329 | 1.62257 | 99.798 | 2136.54 | 1395.26 | 151.5971 |
+ +-------------------------------------------------+--------------+----------+---------+----------+-------------+---------+----------------------+
+ + amd-pstate-schedutil | 2 | 166 | 1.49761 | 99.9993 | 2100.56 | 1380.5 | 150.6377 |
+ +-------------------------------------------------+--------------+----------+---------+----------+-------------+---------+----------------------+
+ + amd-pstate-schedutil | 3 | 166 | 1.47806 | 99.9993 | 2084.12 | 1375.76 | 149.9737 |
+ +-------------------------------------------------+--------------+----------+---------+----------+-------------+---------+----------------------+
+ + amd-pstate-schedutil | Average | 165.776 | 1.53275 | 99.9322 | 2107.07 | 1383.84 | 150.7399 |
+ +-------------------------------------------------+--------------+----------+---------+----------+-------------+---------+----------------------+
+ + acpi-cpufreq-ondemand | 1 | | | | 2529.9 | 1564.4 | 160.0997 |
+ +-------------------------------------------------+--------------+----------+---------+----------+-------------+---------+----------------------+
+ + acpi-cpufreq-ondemand | 2 | | | | 2249.76 | 1432.97 | 155.4297 |
+ +-------------------------------------------------+--------------+----------+---------+----------+-------------+---------+----------------------+
+ + acpi-cpufreq-ondemand | 3 | | | | 2181.46 | 1406.88 | 153.5060 |
+ +-------------------------------------------------+--------------+----------+---------+----------+-------------+---------+----------------------+
+ + acpi-cpufreq-ondemand | Average | | | | 2320.37 | 1468.08 | 156.4741 |
+ +-------------------------------------------------+--------------+----------+---------+----------+-------------+---------+----------------------+
+ + acpi-cpufreq-schedutil | 1 | | | | 2137.64 | 1385.24 | 152.7723 |
+ +-------------------------------------------------+--------------+----------+---------+----------+-------------+---------+----------------------+
+ + acpi-cpufreq-schedutil | 2 | | | | 2107.05 | 1372.23 | 152.0138 |
+ +-------------------------------------------------+--------------+----------+---------+----------+-------------+---------+----------------------+
+ + acpi-cpufreq-schedutil | 3 | | | | 2085.86 | 1365.35 | 151.2433 |
+ +-------------------------------------------------+--------------+----------+---------+----------+-------------+---------+----------------------+
+ + acpi-cpufreq-schedutil | Average | | | | 2110.18 | 1374.27 | 152.0136 |
+ +-------------------------------------------------+--------------+----------+---------+----------+-------------+---------+----------------------+
+ + acpi-cpufreq-ondemand VS acpi-cpufreq-schedutil | Comprison(%) | | | | -9.0584 | -6.3899 | -2.8506 |
+ +-------------------------------------------------+--------------+----------+---------+----------+-------------+---------+----------------------+
+ + amd-pstate-ondemand VS amd-pstate-schedutil | Comprison(%) | | | | 8.8053 | -5.5463 | -3.4503 |
+ +-------------------------------------------------+--------------+----------+---------+----------+-------------+---------+----------------------+
+ + acpi-cpufreq-ondemand VS amd-pstate-ondemand | Comprison(%) | | | | -0.4245 | -0.2029 | -0.2219 |
+ +-------------------------------------------------+--------------+----------+---------+----------+-------------+---------+----------------------+
+ + acpi-cpufreq-schedutil VS amd-pstate-schedutil | Comprison(%) | | | | -0.1473 | 0.6963 | -0.8378 |
+ +-------------------------------------------------+--------------+----------+---------+----------+-------------+---------+----------------------+
+
+ + gitsource
+
+ When you finish test, you will get selftest.gitsource.csv and png images.
+ The selftest.gitsource.csv file contains the raw data and the drop of the comparative test.
+ The png images shows the performance, energy and performan per watt of each test.
+ Open selftest.gitsource.csv :
+
+ +-------------------------------------------------+--------------+----------+----------+----------+-------------+---------+----------------------+
+ + Governor | Round | Des-perf | Freq | Load | Time | Energy | Performance Per Watt |
+ +-------------------------------------------------+--------------+----------+----------+----------+-------------+---------+----------------------+
+ + Unit | | | GHz | | s | J | 1/J |
+ +=================================================+==============+==========+==========+==========+=============+=========+======================+
+ + amd-pstate-ondemand | 1 | 50.119 | 2.10509 | 23.3076 | 475.69 | 865.78 | 0.001155027 |
+ +-------------------------------------------------+--------------+----------+----------+----------+-------------+---------+----------------------+
+ + amd-pstate-ondemand | 2 | 94.8006 | 1.98771 | 56.6533 | 467.1 | 839.67 | 0.001190944 |
+ +-------------------------------------------------+--------------+----------+----------+----------+-------------+---------+----------------------+
+ + amd-pstate-ondemand | 3 | 76.6091 | 2.53251 | 43.7791 | 467.69 | 855.85 | 0.001168429 |
+ +-------------------------------------------------+--------------+----------+----------+----------+-------------+---------+----------------------+
+ + amd-pstate-ondemand | Average | 73.8429 | 2.20844 | 41.2467 | 470.16 | 853.767 | 0.001171279 |
+ +-------------------------------------------------+--------------+----------+----------+----------+-------------+---------+----------------------+
+ + amd-pstate-schedutil | 1 | 165.919 | 1.62319 | 98.3868 | 464.17 | 866.8 | 0.001153668 |
+ +-------------------------------------------------+--------------+----------+----------+----------+-------------+---------+----------------------+
+ + amd-pstate-schedutil | 2 | 165.97 | 1.31309 | 99.5712 | 480.15 | 880.4 | 0.001135847 |
+ +-------------------------------------------------+--------------+----------+----------+----------+-------------+---------+----------------------+
+ + amd-pstate-schedutil | 3 | 165.973 | 1.28448 | 99.9252 | 481.79 | 867.02 | 0.001153375 |
+ +-------------------------------------------------+--------------+----------+----------+----------+-------------+---------+----------------------+
+ + amd-pstate-schedutil | Average | 165.954 | 1.40692 | 99.2944 | 475.37 | 871.407 | 0.001147569 |
+ +-------------------------------------------------+--------------+----------+----------+----------+-------------+---------+----------------------+
+ + acpi-cpufreq-ondemand | 1 | | | | 2379.62 | 742.96 | 0.001345967 |
+ +-------------------------------------------------+--------------+----------+----------+----------+-------------+---------+----------------------+
+ + acpi-cpufreq-ondemand | 2 | | | | 441.74 | 817.49 | 0.001223256 |
+ +-------------------------------------------------+--------------+----------+----------+----------+-------------+---------+----------------------+
+ + acpi-cpufreq-ondemand | 3 | | | | 455.48 | 820.01 | 0.001219497 |
+ +-------------------------------------------------+--------------+----------+----------+----------+-------------+---------+----------------------+
+ + acpi-cpufreq-ondemand | Average | | | | 425.613 | 793.487 | 0.001260260 |
+ +-------------------------------------------------+--------------+----------+----------+----------+-------------+---------+----------------------+
+ + acpi-cpufreq-schedutil | 1 | | | | 459.69 | 838.54 | 0.001192548 |
+ +-------------------------------------------------+--------------+----------+----------+----------+-------------+---------+----------------------+
+ + acpi-cpufreq-schedutil | 2 | | | | 466.55 | 830.89 | 0.001203528 |
+ +-------------------------------------------------+--------------+----------+----------+----------+-------------+---------+----------------------+
+ + acpi-cpufreq-schedutil | 3 | | | | 470.38 | 837.32 | 0.001194286 |
+ +-------------------------------------------------+--------------+----------+----------+----------+-------------+---------+----------------------+
+ + acpi-cpufreq-schedutil | Average | | | | 465.54 | 835.583 | 0.001196769 |
+ +-------------------------------------------------+--------------+----------+----------+----------+-------------+---------+----------------------+
+ + acpi-cpufreq-ondemand VS acpi-cpufreq-schedutil | Comprison(%) | | | | 9.3810 | 5.3051 | -5.0379 |
+ +-------------------------------------------------+--------------+----------+----------+----------+-------------+---------+----------------------+
+ + amd-pstate-ondemand VS amd-pstate-schedutil | Comprison(%) | 124.7392 | -36.2934 | 140.7329 | 1.1081 | 2.0661 | -2.0242 |
+ +-------------------------------------------------+--------------+----------+----------+----------+-------------+---------+----------------------+
+ + acpi-cpufreq-ondemand VS amd-pstate-ondemand | Comprison(%) | | | | 10.4665 | 7.5968 | -7.0605 |
+ +-------------------------------------------------+--------------+----------+----------+----------+-------------+---------+----------------------+
+ + acpi-cpufreq-schedutil VS amd-pstate-schedutil | Comprison(%) | | | | 2.1115 | 4.2873 | -4.1110 |
+ +-------------------------------------------------+--------------+----------+----------+----------+-------------+---------+----------------------+
Reference
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git.samba.org / sfrench / cifs-2.6.git / commitdiff