From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7B34C433F5 for ; Wed, 27 Apr 2022 10:47:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S230167AbiD0Kuo (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Apr 2022 06:50:44 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:35540 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S230098AbiD0KuN (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Apr 2022 06:50:13 -0400 Received: from foss.arm.com (foss.arm.com [217.140.110.172]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3225E36CE00 for ; Wed, 27 Apr 2022 03:21:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (unknown [10.121.207.14]) by usa-sjc-mx-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F5D2143D; Wed, 27 Apr 2022 02:21:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.57.7.196] (unknown [10.57.7.196]) by usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 06DFB3F5A1; Wed, 27 Apr 2022 02:21:45 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2022 10:21:44 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.7.0 Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] arch_topology: Trace the update thermal pressure Content-Language: en-US To: Greg KH Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, sudeep.holla@arm.com, dietmar.eggemann@arm.com, vincent.guittot@linaro.org, rafael@kernel.org, rostedt@goodmis.org, mingo@redhat.com References: <20220427080806.1906-1-lukasz.luba@arm.com> From: Lukasz Luba In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 4/27/22 10:20, Greg KH wrote: > On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 09:08:06AM +0100, Lukasz Luba wrote: >> Add trace event to capture the moment of the call for updating the thermal >> pressure value. It's helpful to investigate how often those events occur >> in a system dealing with throttling. This trace event is needed since the >> old 'cdev_update' might not be used by some drivers. >> >> The old 'cdev_update' trace event only provides a cooling state >> value: [0, n]. That state value then needs additional tools to translate >> it: state -> freq -> capacity -> thermal pressure. This new trace event >> just stores proper thermal pressure value in the trace buffer, no need >> for additional logic. This is helpful for cooperation when someone can >> simply sends to the list the trace buffer output from the platform (no >> need from additional information from other subsystems). >> >> There are also platforms which due to some design reasons don't use >> cooling devices and thus don't trigger old 'cdev_update' trace event. >> They are also important and measuring latency for the thermal signal >> raising/decaying characteristics is in scope. This new trace event >> would cover them as well. >> >> We already have a trace point 'pelt_thermal_tp' which after a change to >> trace event can be paired with this new 'thermal_pressure_update' and >> derive more insight what is going on in the system under thermal pressure >> (and why). >> >> Signed-off-by: Lukasz Luba > > Much better, thanks. I'll wait for Sudeep's comments/review before > taking it into my tree. > > greg k-h Thank you Greg!