[GIT PULL] cpuidle: 4.0-rc3 fixes

[GIT PULL] cpuidle: 4.0-rc3 fixes

[Daniel Lezcano]

Hi Rafael,

this pull request contains a couple of fixes:

  - Fix the cpu_pm_enter/exit symmetry in the mvebu driver (Gregory Clement)

  - Fix the mvebu drivers latency/residency values to reach an 
acceptable tradeoff between perf / power (Sebastian Rannou)

Thanks !

   -- Daniel

ps: I took the opportunity to double check the other drivers have their 
cpu_pm_entry/exit symmetry correct (everything ok).


The following changes since commit 9eccca0843205f87c00404b663188b88eb248051:

   Linux 4.0-rc3 (2015-03-08 16:09:09 -0700)

are available in the git repository at:

   http://git.linaro.org/people/daniel.lezcano/linux.git cpuidle/4.0-fixes

for you to fetch changes up to ce6031c89a35cffd5a5992b08377b77f49a004b9:

   cpuidle: mvebu: Update cpuidle thresholds for Armada XP SOCs 
(2015-03-13 18:31:29 +0100)

----------------------------------------------------------------
Gregory CLEMENT (1):
       cpuidle: mvebu: Fix the CPU PM notifier usage

Sebastien Rannou (1):
       cpuidle: mvebu: Update cpuidle thresholds for Armada XP SOCs

  drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-mvebu-v7.c | 12 ++++++------
  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

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[PATCH 1/2] cpuidle: mvebu: Fix the CPU PM notifier usage

[Daniel Lezcano]

From: Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@free-electrons.com>

As stated in kernel/cpu_pm.c, "Platform is responsible for ensuring
that cpu_pm_enter is not called twice on the same CPU before
cpu_pm_exit is called.". In the current code in case of failure when
calling mvebu_v7_cpu_suspend, the function cpu_pm_exit() is never
called whereas cpu_pm_enter() was called just before.

This patch moves the cpu_pm_exit() in order to balance the
cpu_pm_enter() calls.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Fulvio Benini <fbf@libero.it>
Signed-off-by: Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@free-electrons.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>
---
 drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-mvebu-v7.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-mvebu-v7.c b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-mvebu-v7.c
index 38e6861..cefa074 100644
--- a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-mvebu-v7.c
+++ b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-mvebu-v7.c
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ static int mvebu_v7_enter_idle(struct cpuidle_device *dev,
 		deepidle = true;
 
 	ret = mvebu_v7_cpu_suspend(deepidle);
+	cpu_pm_exit();
+
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	cpu_pm_exit();
-
 	return index;
 }
 
-- 
1.9.1

[PATCH 2/2] cpuidle: mvebu: Update cpuidle thresholds for Armada XP SOCs

[Daniel Lezcano]

From: Sebastien Rannou <mxs@sbrk.org>

Originally, the thresholds used in the cpuidle driver for Armada SOCs
were temporarily chosen, leaving room for improvements.

This commit updates the thresholds for the Armada XP SOCs with values
that positively impact performances:

                                without patch  with patch   vendor kernel
 - iperf localhost (gbit/sec)   ~3.7           ~6.4         ~5.4
 - ioping tmpfs (iops)          ~163k          ~206k        ~179k
 - ioping tmpfs (mib/s)         ~636           ~805         ~699

The idle power consumption is negatively impacted (proportionally less
than the performance gain), and we are still performing better than
the vendor kernel here:

                                without patch   with patch  vendor kernel
 - power consumption idle (W)   ~2.4            ~3.2        ~4.4
 - power consumption busy (W)   ~8.6            ~8.3        ~8.6

There is still room for improvement regarding the value of these
thresholds, they were chosen to mimic the vendor kernel.

This patch only impacts Armada XP SOCs and was tested on Online Labs
C1 boards. A similar approach can be taken to improve the performances
of the Armada 370 and Armada 38x SOCs.

Thanks a lot to Thomas Petazzoni, Gregory Clement and Willy Tarreau
for the discussions and tips around this topic.

Signed-off-by: Sebastien Rannou <mxs@sbrk.org>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>
Acked-by: Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@free-electrons.com>
---
 drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-mvebu-v7.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-mvebu-v7.c b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-mvebu-v7.c
index cefa074..980151f 100644
--- a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-mvebu-v7.c
+++ b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-mvebu-v7.c
@@ -50,17 +50,17 @@ static struct cpuidle_driver armadaxp_idle_driver = {
 	.states[0]		= ARM_CPUIDLE_WFI_STATE,
 	.states[1]		= {
 		.enter			= mvebu_v7_enter_idle,
-		.exit_latency		= 10,
+		.exit_latency		= 100,
 		.power_usage		= 50,
-		.target_residency	= 100,
+		.target_residency	= 1000,
 		.name			= "MV CPU IDLE",
 		.desc			= "CPU power down",
 	},
 	.states[2]		= {
 		.enter			= mvebu_v7_enter_idle,
-		.exit_latency		= 100,
+		.exit_latency		= 1000,
 		.power_usage		= 5,
-		.target_residency	= 1000,
+		.target_residency	= 10000,
 		.flags			= MVEBU_V7_FLAG_DEEP_IDLE,
 		.name			= "MV CPU DEEP IDLE",
 		.desc			= "CPU and L2 Fabric power down",
-- 
1.9.1

Re: [GIT PULL] cpuidle: 4.0-rc3 fixes

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Friday, March 13, 2015 06:42:30 PM Daniel Lezcano wrote:
> 
> Hi Rafael,
> 
> this pull request contains a couple of fixes:
> 
>   - Fix the cpu_pm_enter/exit symmetry in the mvebu driver (Gregory Clement)
> 
>   - Fix the mvebu drivers latency/residency values to reach an 
> acceptable tradeoff between perf / power (Sebastian Rannou)
> 
> Thanks !

Pulled, but this is a bit too late for 4.0-rc4, so I'll queue it up for -rc5.

> ps: I took the opportunity to double check the other drivers have their 
> cpu_pm_entry/exit symmetry correct (everything ok).

OK, thanks!

BTW, please update the dead linux-pm address you have in your scripts.


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Re: [GIT PULL] cpuidle: 4.0-rc3 fixes

[Daniel Lezcano]

On 03/13/2015 10:56 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Friday, March 13, 2015 06:42:30 PM Daniel Lezcano wrote:
>>
>> Hi Rafael,
>>
>> this pull request contains a couple of fixes:
>>
>>    - Fix the cpu_pm_enter/exit symmetry in the mvebu driver (Gregory Clement)
>>
>>    - Fix the mvebu drivers latency/residency values to reach an
>> acceptable tradeoff between perf / power (Sebastian Rannou)
>>
>> Thanks !
>
> Pulled, but this is a bit too late for 4.0-rc4, so I'll queue it up for -rc5.

Ok, no problem.

>> ps: I took the opportunity to double check the other drivers have their
>> cpu_pm_entry/exit symmetry correct (everything ok).
>
> OK, thanks!
>
> BTW, please update the dead linux-pm address you have in your scripts.

Fixed. Thanks for the head up.

   -- Daniel


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Re: [GIT PULL] cpuidle: 4.0-rc3 fixes

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Rafael,

On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 10:56 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@rjwysocki.net> wrote:
> On Friday, March 13, 2015 06:42:30 PM Daniel Lezcano wrote:
>> this pull request contains a couple of fixes:
>>
>>   - Fix the cpu_pm_enter/exit symmetry in the mvebu driver (Gregory Clement)
>>
>>   - Fix the mvebu drivers latency/residency values to reach an
>> acceptable tradeoff between perf / power (Sebastian Rannou)
>>
>> Thanks !
>
> Pulled, but this is a bit too late for 4.0-rc4, so I'll queue it up for -rc5.

Please note commit 43b68879de27b199 ("cpuidle: mvebu: Fix the CPU PM
notifier usage") has a "Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org" tag.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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Re: [GIT PULL] cpuidle: 4.0-rc3 fixes

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Monday, March 16, 2015 10:24:27 AM Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi Rafael,
> 
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 10:56 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@rjwysocki.net> wrote:
> > On Friday, March 13, 2015 06:42:30 PM Daniel Lezcano wrote:
> >> this pull request contains a couple of fixes:
> >>
> >>   - Fix the cpu_pm_enter/exit symmetry in the mvebu driver (Gregory Clement)
> >>
> >>   - Fix the mvebu drivers latency/residency values to reach an
> >> acceptable tradeoff between perf / power (Sebastian Rannou)
> >>
> >> Thanks !
> >
> > Pulled, but this is a bit too late for 4.0-rc4, so I'll queue it up for -rc5.
> 
> Please note commit 43b68879de27b199 ("cpuidle: mvebu: Fix the CPU PM
> notifier usage") has a "Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org" tag.

Yes, it does, and that's why I've queued it up for 4.0-rc5 and not for 4.1.

Does it require any extra care or something?


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Re: [GIT PULL] cpuidle: 4.0-rc3 fixes

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Rafael,

On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 3:37 AM, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@rjwysocki.net> wrote:
>> > Pulled, but this is a bit too late for 4.0-rc4, so I'll queue it up for -rc5.
>>
>> Please note commit 43b68879de27b199 ("cpuidle: mvebu: Fix the CPU PM
>> notifier usage") has a "Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org" tag.
>
> Yes, it does, and that's why I've queued it up for 4.0-rc5 and not for 4.1.
>
> Does it require any extra care or something?

Nevermind, I replied too soon after reading "too late for 4.0...".

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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