[PATCH v3 0/1] AMD EPYC: fix schedutil perf regression (freq-invariance)

[PATCH v3 0/1] AMD EPYC: fix schedutil perf regression (freq-invariance)

[Giovanni Gherdovich]

v2 at https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210122204038.3238-1-ggherdovich@suse.cz

Changes wrt v2:

- removed redundant "#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_CPPC_LIB"

Giovanni Gherdovich (1):
  x86,sched: On AMD EPYC set freq_max = max_boost in schedutil invariant
    formula

 drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c   | 61 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c        |  3 ++
 include/linux/cpufreq.h          |  5 +++
 kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c |  8 +++--
 4 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

-- 
2.26.2

[PATCH v3 1/1] x86,sched: On AMD EPYC set freq_max = max_boost in schedutil invariant formula

[Giovanni Gherdovich]

Phoronix.com discovered a severe performance regression on AMD EPYC
introduced on schedutil [see link 1] by the following commits from v5.11-rc1

    commit 41ea667227ba ("x86, sched: Calculate frequency invariance for AMD systems")
    commit 976df7e5730e ("x86, sched: Use midpoint of max_boost and max_P for frequency invariance on AMD EPYC")

Furthermore commit db865272d9c4 ("cpufreq: Avoid configuring old governors as
default with intel_pstate") from v5.10 made it extremely easy to default to
schedutil even if the preferred driver is acpi_cpufreq. Distros are likely to
build both intel_pstate and acpi_cpufreq on x86, and the presence of the
former removes ondemand from the defaults. This situation amplifies the
visibility of the bug we're addressing.

[link 1] https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=linux511-amd-schedutil&num=1

1. PROBLEM DESCRIPTION   : over-utilization and schedutil
2. PROPOSED SOLUTION     : raise freq_max in schedutil formula
3. DATA TABLE            : image processing benchmark
4. ANALYSIS AND COMMENTS : with over-utilization, freq-invariance is lost

1. PROBLEM DESCRIPTION (over-utilization and schedutil)

The problem happens on CPU-bound workloads spanning a large number of cores.
In this case schedutil won't select the maximum P-State. Actually, it's
likely that it will select the minimum one.

A CPU-bound workload puts the machine in a state generally called
"over-utilization": an increase in CPU speed doesn't result in an increase of
capacity. The fraction of time tasks spend on CPU becomes constant regardless
of clock frequency (the tasks eat whatever we throw at them), and the PELT
invariant util goes up and down with the frequency (i.e. it's not invariant
anymore).

2. PROPOSED SOLUTION (raise freq_max in schedutil formula)

The solution we implement here is a stop-gap one: when the driver is
acpi_cpufreq and the machine an AMD EPYC, schedutil will use max_boost instead
of max_P as the value for freq_max in its formula

    freq_next = 1.25 * freq_max * util

essentially giving freq_next some more headroom to grow in the over-utilized
case. This is the approach also followed by intel_pstate in passive mode.

The correct way to attack this problem would be to have schedutil detect
over-utilization and select freq_max irrespective of the util value, which has
no meaning at that point. This approach is too risky for an -rc5 submission so
we defer it to the next cycle.

3. DATA TABLE (image processing benchmark)

What follows is a more detailed account of the effects on a specific test.

TEST        : Intel Open Image Denoise, www.openimagedenoise.org
INVOCATION  : ./denoise -hdr memorial.pfm -out out.pfm -bench 200 -threads $NTHREADS
CPU         : MODEL            : 2x AMD EPYC 7742
              FREQUENCY TABLE  : P2: 1.50 GHz
                                 P1: 2.00 GHz
				 P0: 2.25 GHz
              MAX BOOST        :     3.40 GHz

Results: threads, msecs (ratio). Lower is better.

               v5.10          v5.11-rc4    v5.11-rc4-patch
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      1   1069.85 (1.00)   1071.84 (1.00)   1070.42 (1.00)
      2    542.24 (1.00)    544.40 (1.00)    544.48 (1.00)
      4    278.00 (1.00)    278.44 (1.00)    277.72 (1.00)
      8    149.81 (1.00)    149.61 (1.00)    149.87 (1.00)
     16     79.01 (1.00)     79.31 (1.00)     78.94 (1.00)
     24     58.01 (1.00)     58.51 (1.01)     58.15 (1.00)
     32     46.58 (1.00)     48.30 (1.04)     46.66 (1.00)
     48     37.29 (1.00)     51.29 (1.38)     37.27 (1.00)
     64     34.01 (1.00)     49.59 (1.46)     33.71 (0.99)
     80     31.09 (1.00)     44.27 (1.42)     31.33 (1.01)
     96     28.56 (1.00)     40.82 (1.43)     28.47 (1.00)
    112     28.09 (1.00)     40.06 (1.43)     28.63 (1.02)
    120     28.73 (1.00)     39.78 (1.38)     28.14 (0.98)
    128     28.93 (1.00)     39.60 (1.37)     29.38 (1.02)

See how the 128 threads case is almost 40% worse than baseline in v5.11-rc4.

4. ANALYSIS AND COMMENTS (with over-utilization freq-invariance is lost)

Statistics for NTHREADS=128 (number of physical cores of the machine)

                                      v5.10          v5.11-rc4
                                      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CPU activity (mpstat)                 80-90%         80-90%
schedutil requests (tracepoint)       always P0      mostly P2
CPU frequency (HW feedback)           ~2.2 GHz       ~1.5 GHz
PELT root rq util (tracepoint)        ~825           ~450

mpstat shows that the workload is CPU-bound and usage doesn't change with
clock speed. What is striking is that the PELT util of any root runqueue in
v5.11-rc4 is half of what used to be before the frequency invariant support
(v5.10), leading to wrong frequency choices. How did we get there?

This workload is constant in time, so instead of using the PELT sum we can
pretend that scale invariance is obtained with

    util_inv = util_raw * freq_curr / freq_max1        [formula-1]

where util_raw is the PELT util from v5.10 (which is to say, not invariant),
and util_inv is the PELT util from v5.11-rc4. freq_max1 comes from
commit 976df7e5730e ("x86, sched: Use midpoint of max_boost and max_P for
frequency invariance on AMD EPYC") and is (P0+max_boost)/2 = (2.25+3.4)/2 =
2.825 GHz.  Then we have the schedutil formula

    freq_next = 1.25 * freq_max2 * util_inv            [formula-2]

Here v5.11-rc4 uses freq_max2 = P0 = 2.25 GHz (and this patch changes it to
3.4 GHz).

Since all cores are busy, there is no boost available. Let's be generous and say
the tasks initially get P0, i.e. freq_curr = 2.25 GHz. Combining the formulas
above and taking util_raw = 825/1024 = 0.8, freq_next is:

    freq_next = 1.25 * 2.25 * 0.8 * 2.25 / 2.825 = 1.79 GHz

After quantization (pick the next frequency up in the table), freq_next is
P1 = 2.0 GHz. See how we lost 250 MHz in the process. Iterate once more,
freq_next become 1.59 GHz. Since it's > P2, it's saved by quantization and P1
is selected, but if util_raw fluctuates a little and goes below 0.75, P0 is
selected and that kills util_inv by formula-1, which gives util_inv = 0.4.

The culprit of the problem is that with over-utilization, util_raw and
freq_curr in formula-1 are independent. In the nominal case, if freq_curr goes
up then util_raw goes down and viceversa. Here util_raw doesn't care and stays
constant. If freq_curr descrease, util_inv decreases too and so forth (it's a
feedback loop).

Fixes: 41ea667227ba ("x86, sched: Calculate frequency invariance for AMD systems")
Fixes: 976df7e5730e ("x86, sched: Use midpoint of max_boost and max_P for frequency invariance on AMD EPYC")
Reported-by: Michael Larabel <Michael@phoronix.com>
Tested-by: Michael Larabel <Michael@phoronix.com>
Signed-off-by: Giovanni Gherdovich <ggherdovich@suse.cz>
---
 drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c   | 61 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c        |  3 ++
 include/linux/cpufreq.h          |  5 +++
 kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c |  8 +++--
 4 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
index 1e4fbb002a31..a5facc6cad16 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 
 #include <acpi/processor.h>
+#include <acpi/cppc_acpi.h>
 
 #include <asm/msr.h>
 #include <asm/processor.h>
@@ -628,11 +629,57 @@ static int acpi_cpufreq_blacklist(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 }
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_CPPC_LIB
+static bool amd_max_boost(unsigned int max_freq,
+			  unsigned int *max_boost)
+{
+	struct cppc_perf_caps perf_caps;
+	u64 highest_perf, nominal_perf, perf_ratio;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = cppc_get_perf_caps(0, &perf_caps);
+	if (ret) {
+		pr_debug("Could not retrieve perf counters (%d)\n", ret);
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	highest_perf = perf_caps.highest_perf;
+	nominal_perf = perf_caps.nominal_perf;
+
+	if (!highest_perf || !nominal_perf) {
+		pr_debug("Could not retrieve highest or nominal performance\n");
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	perf_ratio = div_u64(highest_perf * SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE, nominal_perf);
+	if (perf_ratio <= SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE) {
+		pr_debug("Either perf_ratio is 0, or nominal >= highest performance\n");
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	*max_boost = max_freq * perf_ratio >> SCHED_CAPACITY_SHIFT;
+	if (!*max_boost) {
+		pr_debug("max_boost seems to be zero\n");
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	return true;
+}
+#else
+static bool amd_max_boost(unsigned int max_freq,
+			  unsigned int *max_boost)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+#endif
+
 static int acpi_cpufreq_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 {
 	unsigned int i;
 	unsigned int valid_states = 0;
 	unsigned int cpu = policy->cpu;
+	unsigned int freq, max_freq = 0;
+	unsigned int max_boost;
 	struct acpi_cpufreq_data *data;
 	unsigned int result = 0;
 	struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &cpu_data(policy->cpu);
@@ -779,15 +826,25 @@ static int acpi_cpufreq_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 		    freq_table[valid_states-1].frequency / 1000)
 			continue;
 
+		freq = perf->states[i].core_frequency * 1000;
 		freq_table[valid_states].driver_data = i;
-		freq_table[valid_states].frequency =
-		    perf->states[i].core_frequency * 1000;
+		freq_table[valid_states].frequency = freq;
+
+		if (freq > max_freq)
+			max_freq = freq;
+
 		valid_states++;
 	}
 	freq_table[valid_states].frequency = CPUFREQ_TABLE_END;
 	policy->freq_table = freq_table;
 	perf->state = 0;
 
+	if (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_AMD &&
+	    amd_max_boost(max_freq, &max_boost)) {
+		policy->cpuinfo.max_boost = max_boost;
+		static_branch_enable(&cpufreq_amd_max_boost);
+	}
+
 	switch (perf->control_register.space_id) {
 	case ACPI_ADR_SPACE_SYSTEM_IO:
 		/*
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index d0a3525ce27f..b96677f6b57e 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -2721,6 +2721,9 @@ int cpufreq_boost_enabled(void)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpufreq_boost_enabled);
 
+DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(cpufreq_amd_max_boost);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpufreq_amd_max_boost);
+
 /*********************************************************************
  *               REGISTER / UNREGISTER CPUFREQ DRIVER                *
  *********************************************************************/
diff --git a/include/linux/cpufreq.h b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
index 9c8b7437b6cd..341cac76d254 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpufreq.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
@@ -40,9 +40,14 @@ enum cpufreq_table_sorting {
 	CPUFREQ_TABLE_SORTED_DESCENDING
 };
 
+DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(cpufreq_amd_max_boost);
+
+#define cpufreq_driver_has_max_boost() static_branch_unlikely(&cpufreq_amd_max_boost)
+
 struct cpufreq_cpuinfo {
 	unsigned int		max_freq;
 	unsigned int		min_freq;
+	unsigned int		max_boost;
 
 	/* in 10^(-9) s = nanoseconds */
 	unsigned int		transition_latency;
diff --git a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
index 6931f0cdeb80..541f3db3f576 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
@@ -159,8 +159,12 @@ static unsigned int get_next_freq(struct sugov_policy *sg_policy,
 				  unsigned long util, unsigned long max)
 {
 	struct cpufreq_policy *policy = sg_policy->policy;
-	unsigned int freq = arch_scale_freq_invariant() ?
-				policy->cpuinfo.max_freq : policy->cur;
+	unsigned int freq, max_freq;
+
+	max_freq = cpufreq_driver_has_max_boost() ?
+			policy->cpuinfo.max_boost : policy->cpuinfo.max_freq;
+
+	freq = arch_scale_freq_invariant() ? max_freq : policy->cur;
 
 	freq = map_util_freq(util, freq, max);
 
-- 
2.26.2

Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] x86,sched: On AMD EPYC set freq_max = max_boost in schedutil invariant formula

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 2:53 PM Giovanni Gherdovich <ggherdovich@suse.cz> wrote:
>

[cut]

> Fixes: 41ea667227ba ("x86, sched: Calculate frequency invariance for AMD systems")
> Fixes: 976df7e5730e ("x86, sched: Use midpoint of max_boost and max_P for frequency invariance on AMD EPYC")
> Reported-by: Michael Larabel <Michael@phoronix.com>
> Tested-by: Michael Larabel <Michael@phoronix.com>
> Signed-off-by: Giovanni Gherdovich <ggherdovich@suse.cz>
> ---
>  drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c   | 61 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c        |  3 ++
>  include/linux/cpufreq.h          |  5 +++
>  kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c |  8 +++--

I don't really think that it is necessary to modify schedutil to
address this issue.

>  4 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
> index 1e4fbb002a31..a5facc6cad16 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
> @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
>  #include <linux/uaccess.h>
>
>  #include <acpi/processor.h>
> +#include <acpi/cppc_acpi.h>
>
>  #include <asm/msr.h>
>  #include <asm/processor.h>
> @@ -628,11 +629,57 @@ static int acpi_cpufreq_blacklist(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
>  }
>  #endif
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_CPPC_LIB
> +static bool amd_max_boost(unsigned int max_freq,
> +                         unsigned int *max_boost)

Is there anything specific to AMD CPUs in this function?

> +{
> +       struct cppc_perf_caps perf_caps;
> +       u64 highest_perf, nominal_perf, perf_ratio;
> +       int ret;
> +
> +       ret = cppc_get_perf_caps(0, &perf_caps);
> +       if (ret) {
> +               pr_debug("Could not retrieve perf counters (%d)\n", ret);
> +               return false;
> +       }
> +
> +       highest_perf = perf_caps.highest_perf;
> +       nominal_perf = perf_caps.nominal_perf;
> +
> +       if (!highest_perf || !nominal_perf) {
> +               pr_debug("Could not retrieve highest or nominal performance\n");
> +               return false;
> +       }
> +
> +       perf_ratio = div_u64(highest_perf * SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE, nominal_perf);

Why do you use SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE here?  And why does this multiply
instead of shifting?

> +       if (perf_ratio <= SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE) {
> +               pr_debug("Either perf_ratio is 0, or nominal >= highest performance\n");
> +               return false;
> +       }
> +
> +       *max_boost = max_freq * perf_ratio >> SCHED_CAPACITY_SHIFT;

Is this assuming that max_freq corresponds to nominal_perf?

> +       if (!*max_boost) {
> +               pr_debug("max_boost seems to be zero\n");
> +               return false;

So this function may just return the max_boost value with 0 meaning a failure.

> +       }
> +
> +       return true;
> +}
> +#else
> +static bool amd_max_boost(unsigned int max_freq,
> +                         unsigned int *max_boost)
> +{
> +       return false;
> +}
> +#endif
> +
>  static int acpi_cpufreq_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
>  {
>         unsigned int i;
>         unsigned int valid_states = 0;
>         unsigned int cpu = policy->cpu;
> +       unsigned int freq, max_freq = 0;
> +       unsigned int max_boost;
>         struct acpi_cpufreq_data *data;
>         unsigned int result = 0;
>         struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &cpu_data(policy->cpu);
> @@ -779,15 +826,25 @@ static int acpi_cpufreq_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
>                     freq_table[valid_states-1].frequency / 1000)
>                         continue;
>
> +               freq = perf->states[i].core_frequency * 1000;
>                 freq_table[valid_states].driver_data = i;
> -               freq_table[valid_states].frequency =
> -                   perf->states[i].core_frequency * 1000;
> +               freq_table[valid_states].frequency = freq;
> +
> +               if (freq > max_freq)
> +                       max_freq = freq;
> +
>                 valid_states++;
>         }
>         freq_table[valid_states].frequency = CPUFREQ_TABLE_END;
>         policy->freq_table = freq_table;
>         perf->state = 0;
>
> +       if (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_AMD &&
> +           amd_max_boost(max_freq, &max_boost)) {

AFAICS, the issue is not limited to AMD CPUs .

> +               policy->cpuinfo.max_boost = max_boost;
> +               static_branch_enable(&cpufreq_amd_max_boost);
> +       }
> +
>         switch (perf->control_register.space_id) {
>         case ACPI_ADR_SPACE_SYSTEM_IO:
>                 /*
> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
> index d0a3525ce27f..b96677f6b57e 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
> @@ -2721,6 +2721,9 @@ int cpufreq_boost_enabled(void)
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpufreq_boost_enabled);
>
> +DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(cpufreq_amd_max_boost);
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpufreq_amd_max_boost);
> +
>  /*********************************************************************
>   *               REGISTER / UNREGISTER CPUFREQ DRIVER                *
>   *********************************************************************/
> diff --git a/include/linux/cpufreq.h b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
> index 9c8b7437b6cd..341cac76d254 100644
> --- a/include/linux/cpufreq.h
> +++ b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
> @@ -40,9 +40,14 @@ enum cpufreq_table_sorting {
>         CPUFREQ_TABLE_SORTED_DESCENDING
>  };
>
> +DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(cpufreq_amd_max_boost);
> +
> +#define cpufreq_driver_has_max_boost() static_branch_unlikely(&cpufreq_amd_max_boost)
> +
>  struct cpufreq_cpuinfo {
>         unsigned int            max_freq;
>         unsigned int            min_freq;
> +       unsigned int            max_boost;
>
>         /* in 10^(-9) s = nanoseconds */
>         unsigned int            transition_latency;
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
> index 6931f0cdeb80..541f3db3f576 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
> @@ -159,8 +159,12 @@ static unsigned int get_next_freq(struct sugov_policy *sg_policy,
>                                   unsigned long util, unsigned long max)
>  {
>         struct cpufreq_policy *policy = sg_policy->policy;
> -       unsigned int freq = arch_scale_freq_invariant() ?
> -                               policy->cpuinfo.max_freq : policy->cur;
> +       unsigned int freq, max_freq;
> +
> +       max_freq = cpufreq_driver_has_max_boost() ?
> +                       policy->cpuinfo.max_boost : policy->cpuinfo.max_freq;
> +
> +       freq = arch_scale_freq_invariant() ? max_freq : policy->cur;
>
>         freq = map_util_freq(util, freq, max);
>
> --

Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] x86,sched: On AMD EPYC set freq_max = max_boost in schedutil invariant formula

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Wednesday, February 3, 2021 3:11:37 PM CET Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 2:53 PM Giovanni Gherdovich <ggherdovich@suse.cz> wrote:
> >
> 
> [cut]
> 
> > Fixes: 41ea667227ba ("x86, sched: Calculate frequency invariance for AMD systems")
> > Fixes: 976df7e5730e ("x86, sched: Use midpoint of max_boost and max_P for frequency invariance on AMD EPYC")
> > Reported-by: Michael Larabel <Michael@phoronix.com>
> > Tested-by: Michael Larabel <Michael@phoronix.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Giovanni Gherdovich <ggherdovich@suse.cz>
> > ---
> >  drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c   | 61 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> >  drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c        |  3 ++
> >  include/linux/cpufreq.h          |  5 +++
> >  kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c |  8 +++--
> 
> I don't really think that it is necessary to modify schedutil to
> address this issue.

So below is a prototype of an alternative fix for the issue at hand.

I can't really test it here, because there's no _CPC in the ACPI tables of my
test machines, so testing it would be appreciated.  However, AFAICS these
machines are affected by the performance issue related to the scale-invariance
when they are running acpi-cpufreq, so what we are doing here is not entirely
sufficient.

It looks like the scale-invariance code should ask the cpufreq driver about
the maximum frequency and note that cpufreq drivers may be changed on the
fly.

What the patch below does is to add an extra entry to the frequency table for
each CPU to represent the maximum "boost" frequency, so as to cause that
frequency to be used as cpuinfo.max_freq.

The reason why I think it is better to extend the frequency tables instead
of simply increasing the frequency for the "P0" entry is because the latter
may cause "turbo" frequency to be asked for less often.

---
 drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c |  107 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 95 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

Index: linux-pm/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
===================================================================
--- linux-pm.orig/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
+++ linux-pm/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 
 #include <acpi/processor.h>
+#include <acpi/cppc_acpi.h>
 
 #include <asm/msr.h>
 #include <asm/processor.h>
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ struct acpi_cpufreq_data {
 	unsigned int resume;
 	unsigned int cpu_feature;
 	unsigned int acpi_perf_cpu;
+	unsigned int first_perf_state;
 	cpumask_var_t freqdomain_cpus;
 	void (*cpu_freq_write)(struct acpi_pct_register *reg, u32 val);
 	u32 (*cpu_freq_read)(struct acpi_pct_register *reg);
@@ -221,10 +223,10 @@ static unsigned extract_msr(struct cpufr
 
 	perf = to_perf_data(data);
 
-	cpufreq_for_each_entry(pos, policy->freq_table)
+	cpufreq_for_each_entry(pos, policy->freq_table + data->first_perf_state)
 		if (msr == perf->states[pos->driver_data].status)
 			return pos->frequency;
-	return policy->freq_table[0].frequency;
+	return policy->freq_table[data->first_perf_state].frequency;
 }
 
 static unsigned extract_freq(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, u32 val)
@@ -363,6 +365,7 @@ static unsigned int get_cur_freq_on_cpu(
 	struct cpufreq_policy *policy;
 	unsigned int freq;
 	unsigned int cached_freq;
+	unsigned int state;
 
 	pr_debug("%s (%d)\n", __func__, cpu);
 
@@ -374,7 +377,11 @@ static unsigned int get_cur_freq_on_cpu(
 	if (unlikely(!data || !policy->freq_table))
 		return 0;
 
-	cached_freq = policy->freq_table[to_perf_data(data)->state].frequency;
+	state = to_perf_data(data)->state;
+	if (state < data->first_perf_state)
+		state = data->first_perf_state;
+
+	cached_freq = policy->freq_table[state].frequency;
 	freq = extract_freq(policy, get_cur_val(cpumask_of(cpu), data));
 	if (freq != cached_freq) {
 		/*
@@ -628,16 +635,54 @@ static int acpi_cpufreq_blacklist(struct
 }
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_CPPC_LIB
+static u64 get_max_boost_ratio(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+	struct cppc_perf_caps perf_caps;
+	u64 highest_perf, nominal_perf;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (acpi_pstate_strict)
+		return 0;
+
+	ret = cppc_get_perf_caps(cpu, &perf_caps);
+	if (ret) {
+		pr_debug("CPU%d: Unable to get performance capabilities (%d)\n",
+			 cpu, ret);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	highest_perf = perf_caps.highest_perf;
+	nominal_perf = perf_caps.nominal_perf;
+
+	if (!highest_perf || !nominal_perf) {
+		pr_debug("CPU%d: highest or nominal performance missing\n", cpu);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	if (highest_perf < nominal_perf) {
+		pr_debug("CPU%d: nominal performance above highest\n", cpu);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	return div_u64(highest_perf << SCHED_CAPACITY_SHIFT, nominal_perf);
+}
+#else
+static inline u64 get_max_boost_ratio(unsigned int cpu) { return 0; }
+#endif
+
 static int acpi_cpufreq_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 {
-	unsigned int i;
-	unsigned int valid_states = 0;
-	unsigned int cpu = policy->cpu;
+	struct cpufreq_frequency_table *freq_table;
+	struct acpi_processor_performance *perf;
 	struct acpi_cpufreq_data *data;
+	unsigned int cpu = policy->cpu;
+	struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &cpu_data(cpu);
+	unsigned int valid_states = 0;
 	unsigned int result = 0;
-	struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &cpu_data(policy->cpu);
-	struct acpi_processor_performance *perf;
-	struct cpufreq_frequency_table *freq_table;
+	unsigned int state_count;
+	u64 max_boost_ratio;
+	unsigned int i;
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 	static int blacklisted;
 #endif
@@ -750,8 +795,20 @@ static int acpi_cpufreq_cpu_init(struct
 		goto err_unreg;
 	}
 
-	freq_table = kcalloc(perf->state_count + 1, sizeof(*freq_table),
-			     GFP_KERNEL);
+	state_count = perf->state_count + 1;
+
+	max_boost_ratio = get_max_boost_ratio(cpu);
+	if (max_boost_ratio) {
+		/*
+		 * Make a room for one more entry to represent the highest
+		 * available "boost" frequency.
+		 */
+		state_count++;
+		valid_states++;
+		data->first_perf_state = valid_states;
+	}
+
+	freq_table = kcalloc(state_count, sizeof(*freq_table), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!freq_table) {
 		result = -ENOMEM;
 		goto err_unreg;
@@ -785,6 +842,30 @@ static int acpi_cpufreq_cpu_init(struct
 		valid_states++;
 	}
 	freq_table[valid_states].frequency = CPUFREQ_TABLE_END;
+
+	if (max_boost_ratio) {
+		unsigned int state = data->first_perf_state;
+		unsigned int freq = freq_table[state].frequency;
+
+		/*
+		 * Because the loop above sorts the freq_table entries in the
+		 * descending order, freq is the maximum frequency in the table.
+		 * Assume that it corresponds to the CPPC nominal frequency and
+		 * use it to populate the frequency field of the extra "boost"
+		 * frequency entry.
+		 */
+		freq_table[0].frequency = freq * max_boost_ratio >> SCHED_CAPACITY_SHIFT;
+		/*
+		 * The purpose of the extra "boost" frequency entry is to make
+		 * the rest of cpufreq aware of the real maximum frequency, but
+		 * the way to request it is the same as for the first_perf_state
+		 * entry that is expected to cover the entire range of "boost"
+		 * frequencies of the CPU, so copy the driver_data value from
+		 * that entry.
+		 */
+		freq_table[0].driver_data = freq_table[state].driver_data;
+	}
+
 	policy->freq_table = freq_table;
 	perf->state = 0;
 
@@ -858,8 +939,10 @@ static void acpi_cpufreq_cpu_ready(struc
 {
 	struct acpi_processor_performance *perf = per_cpu_ptr(acpi_perf_data,
 							      policy->cpu);
+	struct acpi_cpufreq_data *data = policy->driver_data;
+	unsigned int freq = policy->freq_table[data->first_perf_state].frequency;
 
-	if (perf->states[0].core_frequency * 1000 != policy->cpuinfo.max_freq)
+	if (perf->states[0].core_frequency * 1000 != freq)
 		pr_warn(FW_WARN "P-state 0 is not max freq\n");
 }
 

Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] x86,sched: On AMD EPYC set freq_max = max_boost in schedutil invariant formula

[Michael Larabel]

On 2/3/21 12:25 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Wednesday, February 3, 2021 3:11:37 PM CET Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>> On Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 2:53 PM Giovanni Gherdovich <ggherdovich@suse.cz> wrote:
>> [cut]
>>
>>> Fixes: 41ea667227ba ("x86, sched: Calculate frequency invariance for AMD systems")
>>> Fixes: 976df7e5730e ("x86, sched: Use midpoint of max_boost and max_P for frequency invariance on AMD EPYC")
>>> Reported-by: Michael Larabel <Michael@phoronix.com>
>>> Tested-by: Michael Larabel <Michael@phoronix.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Giovanni Gherdovich <ggherdovich@suse.cz>
>>> ---
>>>   drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c   | 61 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>>>   drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c        |  3 ++
>>>   include/linux/cpufreq.h          |  5 +++
>>>   kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c |  8 +++--
>> I don't really think that it is necessary to modify schedutil to
>> address this issue.
> So below is a prototype of an alternative fix for the issue at hand.
>
> I can't really test it here, because there's no _CPC in the ACPI tables of my
> test machines, so testing it would be appreciated.  However, AFAICS these
> machines are affected by the performance issue related to the scale-invariance
> when they are running acpi-cpufreq, so what we are doing here is not entirely
> sufficient.


I have benchmarks running on several Ryzen and EPYC systems with this 
patch. The full batch of tests won't be done until tomorrow, but in 
looking at the data so far from an AMD EPYC 7F72 2P server over the past 
few hours, this patch does provide fairly comparable numbers to 
Giovanni's patch. There were a few outliers so far but waiting to see 
with the complete set of results. At the very least it's clear enough 
already this new patch is at least an improvement over the current 5.11 
upstream state with schedutil on AMD.

Michael


>
> It looks like the scale-invariance code should ask the cpufreq driver about
> the maximum frequency and note that cpufreq drivers may be changed on the
> fly.
>
> What the patch below does is to add an extra entry to the frequency table for
> each CPU to represent the maximum "boost" frequency, so as to cause that
> frequency to be used as cpuinfo.max_freq.
>
> The reason why I think it is better to extend the frequency tables instead
> of simply increasing the frequency for the "P0" entry is because the latter
> may cause "turbo" frequency to be asked for less often.
>
> ---
>   drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c |  107 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>   1 file changed, 95 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>
> Index: linux-pm/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-pm.orig/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
> +++ linux-pm/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
> @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
>   #include <linux/uaccess.h>
>   
>   #include <acpi/processor.h>
> +#include <acpi/cppc_acpi.h>
>   
>   #include <asm/msr.h>
>   #include <asm/processor.h>
> @@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ struct acpi_cpufreq_data {
>   	unsigned int resume;
>   	unsigned int cpu_feature;
>   	unsigned int acpi_perf_cpu;
> +	unsigned int first_perf_state;
>   	cpumask_var_t freqdomain_cpus;
>   	void (*cpu_freq_write)(struct acpi_pct_register *reg, u32 val);
>   	u32 (*cpu_freq_read)(struct acpi_pct_register *reg);
> @@ -221,10 +223,10 @@ static unsigned extract_msr(struct cpufr
>   
>   	perf = to_perf_data(data);
>   
> -	cpufreq_for_each_entry(pos, policy->freq_table)
> +	cpufreq_for_each_entry(pos, policy->freq_table + data->first_perf_state)
>   		if (msr == perf->states[pos->driver_data].status)
>   			return pos->frequency;
> -	return policy->freq_table[0].frequency;
> +	return policy->freq_table[data->first_perf_state].frequency;
>   }
>   
>   static unsigned extract_freq(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, u32 val)
> @@ -363,6 +365,7 @@ static unsigned int get_cur_freq_on_cpu(
>   	struct cpufreq_policy *policy;
>   	unsigned int freq;
>   	unsigned int cached_freq;
> +	unsigned int state;
>   
>   	pr_debug("%s (%d)\n", __func__, cpu);
>   
> @@ -374,7 +377,11 @@ static unsigned int get_cur_freq_on_cpu(
>   	if (unlikely(!data || !policy->freq_table))
>   		return 0;
>   
> -	cached_freq = policy->freq_table[to_perf_data(data)->state].frequency;
> +	state = to_perf_data(data)->state;
> +	if (state < data->first_perf_state)
> +		state = data->first_perf_state;
> +
> +	cached_freq = policy->freq_table[state].frequency;
>   	freq = extract_freq(policy, get_cur_val(cpumask_of(cpu), data));
>   	if (freq != cached_freq) {
>   		/*
> @@ -628,16 +635,54 @@ static int acpi_cpufreq_blacklist(struct
>   }
>   #endif
>   
> +#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_CPPC_LIB
> +static u64 get_max_boost_ratio(unsigned int cpu)
> +{
> +	struct cppc_perf_caps perf_caps;
> +	u64 highest_perf, nominal_perf;
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	if (acpi_pstate_strict)
> +		return 0;
> +
> +	ret = cppc_get_perf_caps(cpu, &perf_caps);
> +	if (ret) {
> +		pr_debug("CPU%d: Unable to get performance capabilities (%d)\n",
> +			 cpu, ret);
> +		return 0;
> +	}
> +
> +	highest_perf = perf_caps.highest_perf;
> +	nominal_perf = perf_caps.nominal_perf;
> +
> +	if (!highest_perf || !nominal_perf) {
> +		pr_debug("CPU%d: highest or nominal performance missing\n", cpu);
> +		return 0;
> +	}
> +
> +	if (highest_perf < nominal_perf) {
> +		pr_debug("CPU%d: nominal performance above highest\n", cpu);
> +		return 0;
> +	}
> +
> +	return div_u64(highest_perf << SCHED_CAPACITY_SHIFT, nominal_perf);
> +}
> +#else
> +static inline u64 get_max_boost_ratio(unsigned int cpu) { return 0; }
> +#endif
> +
>   static int acpi_cpufreq_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
>   {
> -	unsigned int i;
> -	unsigned int valid_states = 0;
> -	unsigned int cpu = policy->cpu;
> +	struct cpufreq_frequency_table *freq_table;
> +	struct acpi_processor_performance *perf;
>   	struct acpi_cpufreq_data *data;
> +	unsigned int cpu = policy->cpu;
> +	struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &cpu_data(cpu);
> +	unsigned int valid_states = 0;
>   	unsigned int result = 0;
> -	struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &cpu_data(policy->cpu);
> -	struct acpi_processor_performance *perf;
> -	struct cpufreq_frequency_table *freq_table;
> +	unsigned int state_count;
> +	u64 max_boost_ratio;
> +	unsigned int i;
>   #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
>   	static int blacklisted;
>   #endif
> @@ -750,8 +795,20 @@ static int acpi_cpufreq_cpu_init(struct
>   		goto err_unreg;
>   	}
>   
> -	freq_table = kcalloc(perf->state_count + 1, sizeof(*freq_table),
> -			     GFP_KERNEL);
> +	state_count = perf->state_count + 1;
> +
> +	max_boost_ratio = get_max_boost_ratio(cpu);
> +	if (max_boost_ratio) {
> +		/*
> +		 * Make a room for one more entry to represent the highest
> +		 * available "boost" frequency.
> +		 */
> +		state_count++;
> +		valid_states++;
> +		data->first_perf_state = valid_states;
> +	}
> +
> +	freq_table = kcalloc(state_count, sizeof(*freq_table), GFP_KERNEL);
>   	if (!freq_table) {
>   		result = -ENOMEM;
>   		goto err_unreg;
> @@ -785,6 +842,30 @@ static int acpi_cpufreq_cpu_init(struct
>   		valid_states++;
>   	}
>   	freq_table[valid_states].frequency = CPUFREQ_TABLE_END;
> +
> +	if (max_boost_ratio) {
> +		unsigned int state = data->first_perf_state;
> +		unsigned int freq = freq_table[state].frequency;
> +
> +		/*
> +		 * Because the loop above sorts the freq_table entries in the
> +		 * descending order, freq is the maximum frequency in the table.
> +		 * Assume that it corresponds to the CPPC nominal frequency and
> +		 * use it to populate the frequency field of the extra "boost"
> +		 * frequency entry.
> +		 */
> +		freq_table[0].frequency = freq * max_boost_ratio >> SCHED_CAPACITY_SHIFT;
> +		/*
> +		 * The purpose of the extra "boost" frequency entry is to make
> +		 * the rest of cpufreq aware of the real maximum frequency, but
> +		 * the way to request it is the same as for the first_perf_state
> +		 * entry that is expected to cover the entire range of "boost"
> +		 * frequencies of the CPU, so copy the driver_data value from
> +		 * that entry.
> +		 */
> +		freq_table[0].driver_data = freq_table[state].driver_data;
> +	}
> +
>   	policy->freq_table = freq_table;
>   	perf->state = 0;
>   
> @@ -858,8 +939,10 @@ static void acpi_cpufreq_cpu_ready(struc
>   {
>   	struct acpi_processor_performance *perf = per_cpu_ptr(acpi_perf_data,
>   							      policy->cpu);
> +	struct acpi_cpufreq_data *data = policy->driver_data;
> +	unsigned int freq = policy->freq_table[data->first_perf_state].frequency;
>   
> -	if (perf->states[0].core_frequency * 1000 != policy->cpuinfo.max_freq)
> +	if (perf->states[0].core_frequency * 1000 != freq)
>   		pr_warn(FW_WARN "P-state 0 is not max freq\n");
>   }
>   
>
>
>

Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] x86,sched: On AMD EPYC set freq_max = max_boost in schedutil invariant formula

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Thu, Feb 4, 2021 at 12:36 AM Michael Larabel <Michael@phoronix.com> wrote:
>
> On 2/3/21 12:25 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > On Wednesday, February 3, 2021 3:11:37 PM CET Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> >> On Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 2:53 PM Giovanni Gherdovich <ggherdovich@suse.cz> wrote:
> >> [cut]
> >>
> >>> Fixes: 41ea667227ba ("x86, sched: Calculate frequency invariance for AMD systems")
> >>> Fixes: 976df7e5730e ("x86, sched: Use midpoint of max_boost and max_P for frequency invariance on AMD EPYC")
> >>> Reported-by: Michael Larabel <Michael@phoronix.com>
> >>> Tested-by: Michael Larabel <Michael@phoronix.com>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Giovanni Gherdovich <ggherdovich@suse.cz>
> >>> ---
> >>>   drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c   | 61 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> >>>   drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c        |  3 ++
> >>>   include/linux/cpufreq.h          |  5 +++
> >>>   kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c |  8 +++--
> >> I don't really think that it is necessary to modify schedutil to
> >> address this issue.
> > So below is a prototype of an alternative fix for the issue at hand.
> >
> > I can't really test it here, because there's no _CPC in the ACPI tables of my
> > test machines, so testing it would be appreciated.  However, AFAICS these
> > machines are affected by the performance issue related to the scale-invariance
> > when they are running acpi-cpufreq, so what we are doing here is not entirely
> > sufficient.
>
>
> I have benchmarks running on several Ryzen and EPYC systems with this
> patch. The full batch of tests won't be done until tomorrow, but in
> looking at the data so far from an AMD EPYC 7F72 2P server over the past
> few hours, this patch does provide fairly comparable numbers to
> Giovanni's patch. There were a few outliers so far but waiting to see
> with the complete set of results. At the very least it's clear enough
> already this new patch is at least an improvement over the current 5.11
> upstream state with schedutil on AMD.

Thanks for the feedback, much appreciated!

Let me submit the patch properly, then.

Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] x86,sched: On AMD EPYC set freq_max = max_boost in schedutil invariant formula

[Giovanni Gherdovich]

On Wed, 2021-02-03 at 19:25 +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> [cut]
> 
> So below is a prototype of an alternative fix for the issue at hand.
> 
> I can't really test it here, because there's no _CPC in the ACPI tables of my
> test machines, so testing it would be appreciated.  However, AFAICS these
> machines are affected by the performance issue related to the scale-invariance
> when they are running acpi-cpufreq, so what we are doing here is not entirely
> sufficient.
> 
> It looks like the scale-invariance code should ask the cpufreq driver about
> the maximum frequency and note that cpufreq drivers may be changed on the
> fly.
> 
> What the patch below does is to add an extra entry to the frequency table for
> each CPU to represent the maximum "boost" frequency, so as to cause that
> frequency to be used as cpuinfo.max_freq.
> 
> The reason why I think it is better to extend the frequency tables instead
> of simply increasing the frequency for the "P0" entry is because the latter
> may cause "turbo" frequency to be asked for less often.
> 
> ---
>  drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c |  107 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 95 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

Hello Rafael,

thanks for looking at this. Your patch is indeed cleaner than the one I proposed.

Preliminary testing is favorable; more tests are running.

Results from your patch are in the fourth column below; the performance from
v5.10 looks restored.

I'll follow up once the tests I queued are completed.

Giovanni


TEST        : Intel Open Image Denoise, www.openimagedenoise.org
INVOCATION  : ./denoise -hdr memorial.pfm -out out.pfm -bench 200 -threads $NTHREADS
CPU         : MODEL            : 2x AMD EPYC 7742
              FREQUENCY TABLE  : P2: 1.50 GHz
                                 P1: 2.00 GHz
				 P0: 2.25 GHz
              MAX BOOST        :     3.40 GHz

Results: threads, msecs (ratio). Lower is better.

               v5.10          v5.11-rc4   v5.11-rc4-ggherdov v5.11-rc6-rafael
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      1   1069.85 (1.00)   1071.84 (1.00)   1070.42 (1.00)   1069.12 (1.00)
      2    542.24 (1.00)    544.40 (1.00)    544.48 (1.00)    540.81 (1.00)
      4    278.00 (1.00)    278.44 (1.00)    277.72 (1.00)    277.79 (1.00)
      8    149.81 (1.00)    149.61 (1.00)    149.87 (1.00)    149.51 (1.00)
     16     79.01 (1.00)     79.31 (1.00)     78.94 (1.00)     79.02 (1.00)
     24     58.01 (1.00)     58.51 (1.01)     58.15 (1.00)     57.84 (1.00)
     32     46.58 (1.00)     48.30 (1.04)     46.66 (1.00)     46.70 (1.00)
     48     37.29 (1.00)     51.29 (1.38)     37.27 (1.00)     38.10 (1.02)
     64     34.01 (1.00)     49.59 (1.46)     33.71 (0.99)     34.51 (1.01)
     80     31.09 (1.00)     44.27 (1.42)     31.33 (1.01)     31.11 (1.00)
     96     28.56 (1.00)     40.82 (1.43)     28.47 (1.00)     28.65 (1.00)
    112     28.09 (1.00)     40.06 (1.43)     28.63 (1.02)     28.38 (1.01)
    120     28.73 (1.00)     39.78 (1.38)     28.14 (0.98)     28.16 (0.98)
    128     28.93 (1.00)     39.60 (1.37)     29.38 (1.02)     28.55 (0.99)

Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] x86,sched: On AMD EPYC set freq_max = max_boost in schedutil invariant formula

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Thu, Feb 4, 2021 at 2:49 PM Giovanni Gherdovich <ggherdovich@suse.cz> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2021-02-03 at 19:25 +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > [cut]
> >
> > So below is a prototype of an alternative fix for the issue at hand.
> >
> > I can't really test it here, because there's no _CPC in the ACPI tables of my
> > test machines, so testing it would be appreciated.  However, AFAICS these
> > machines are affected by the performance issue related to the scale-invariance
> > when they are running acpi-cpufreq, so what we are doing here is not entirely
> > sufficient.
> >
> > It looks like the scale-invariance code should ask the cpufreq driver about
> > the maximum frequency and note that cpufreq drivers may be changed on the
> > fly.
> >
> > What the patch below does is to add an extra entry to the frequency table for
> > each CPU to represent the maximum "boost" frequency, so as to cause that
> > frequency to be used as cpuinfo.max_freq.
> >
> > The reason why I think it is better to extend the frequency tables instead
> > of simply increasing the frequency for the "P0" entry is because the latter
> > may cause "turbo" frequency to be asked for less often.
> >
> > ---
> >  drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c |  107 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
> >  1 file changed, 95 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>
> Hello Rafael,
>
> thanks for looking at this. Your patch is indeed cleaner than the one I proposed.
>
> Preliminary testing is favorable; more tests are running.
>
> Results from your patch are in the fourth column below; the performance from
> v5.10 looks restored.
>
> I'll follow up once the tests I queued are completed.

Thank you!

> TEST        : Intel Open Image Denoise, www.openimagedenoise.org
> INVOCATION  : ./denoise -hdr memorial.pfm -out out.pfm -bench 200 -threads $NTHREADS
> CPU         : MODEL            : 2x AMD EPYC 7742
>               FREQUENCY TABLE  : P2: 1.50 GHz
>                                  P1: 2.00 GHz
>                                  P0: 2.25 GHz
>               MAX BOOST        :     3.40 GHz
>
> Results: threads, msecs (ratio). Lower is better.
>
>                v5.10          v5.11-rc4   v5.11-rc4-ggherdov v5.11-rc6-rafael
>     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>       1   1069.85 (1.00)   1071.84 (1.00)   1070.42 (1.00)   1069.12 (1.00)
>       2    542.24 (1.00)    544.40 (1.00)    544.48 (1.00)    540.81 (1.00)
>       4    278.00 (1.00)    278.44 (1.00)    277.72 (1.00)    277.79 (1.00)
>       8    149.81 (1.00)    149.61 (1.00)    149.87 (1.00)    149.51 (1.00)
>      16     79.01 (1.00)     79.31 (1.00)     78.94 (1.00)     79.02 (1.00)
>      24     58.01 (1.00)     58.51 (1.01)     58.15 (1.00)     57.84 (1.00)
>      32     46.58 (1.00)     48.30 (1.04)     46.66 (1.00)     46.70 (1.00)
>      48     37.29 (1.00)     51.29 (1.38)     37.27 (1.00)     38.10 (1.02)
>      64     34.01 (1.00)     49.59 (1.46)     33.71 (0.99)     34.51 (1.01)
>      80     31.09 (1.00)     44.27 (1.42)     31.33 (1.01)     31.11 (1.00)
>      96     28.56 (1.00)     40.82 (1.43)     28.47 (1.00)     28.65 (1.00)
>     112     28.09 (1.00)     40.06 (1.43)     28.63 (1.02)     28.38 (1.01)
>     120     28.73 (1.00)     39.78 (1.38)     28.14 (0.98)     28.16 (0.98)
>     128     28.93 (1.00)     39.60 (1.37)     29.38 (1.02)     28.55 (0.99)

Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] x86,sched: On AMD EPYC set freq_max = max_boost in schedutil invariant formula

[Michael Larabel]

On 2/4/21 7:40 AM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 4, 2021 at 12:36 AM Michael Larabel <Michael@phoronix.com> wrote:
>> On 2/3/21 12:25 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, February 3, 2021 3:11:37 PM CET Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 2:53 PM Giovanni Gherdovich <ggherdovich@suse.cz> wrote:
>>>> [cut]
>>>>
>>>>> Fixes: 41ea667227ba ("x86, sched: Calculate frequency invariance for AMD systems")
>>>>> Fixes: 976df7e5730e ("x86, sched: Use midpoint of max_boost and max_P for frequency invariance on AMD EPYC")
>>>>> Reported-by: Michael Larabel <Michael@phoronix.com>
>>>>> Tested-by: Michael Larabel <Michael@phoronix.com>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Giovanni Gherdovich <ggherdovich@suse.cz>
>>>>> ---
>>>>>    drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c   | 61 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>>>>>    drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c        |  3 ++
>>>>>    include/linux/cpufreq.h          |  5 +++
>>>>>    kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c |  8 +++--
>>>> I don't really think that it is necessary to modify schedutil to
>>>> address this issue.
>>> So below is a prototype of an alternative fix for the issue at hand.
>>>
>>> I can't really test it here, because there's no _CPC in the ACPI tables of my
>>> test machines, so testing it would be appreciated.  However, AFAICS these
>>> machines are affected by the performance issue related to the scale-invariance
>>> when they are running acpi-cpufreq, so what we are doing here is not entirely
>>> sufficient.
>>
>> I have benchmarks running on several Ryzen and EPYC systems with this
>> patch. The full batch of tests won't be done until tomorrow, but in
>> looking at the data so far from an AMD EPYC 7F72 2P server over the past
>> few hours, this patch does provide fairly comparable numbers to
>> Giovanni's patch. There were a few outliers so far but waiting to see
>> with the complete set of results. At the very least it's clear enough
>> already this new patch is at least an improvement over the current 5.11
>> upstream state with schedutil on AMD.
> Thanks for the feedback, much appreciated!
>
> Let me submit the patch properly, then.


Everything continues looking good in running this patch on a variety of 
AMD Zen2/Zen3 systems.

As Giovanni has been focusing on EPYC testing, I have been running 
several Ryzen laptops/desktop for more exposure and there it's looking 
very good. On a Ryzen 9 5900X[1] when looking at this latest patch 
against current 5.11 Git and 5.10, the performance is recovered and in 
some cases better off now than 5.10 with Schedutil. No anomalies there 
and with other Zen 2/3 desktops and Zen 2 notebook the performance 
relative to 5.10 is comparable or in some cases better while all 
indications point to the 5.11 regression being addressed. Some of the 
slower systems still finishing up but no unexpected results yet and 
likely just redundant testing at this point.

Tests on EPYC hardware has also been looking good. With some 44 tests on 
an EPYC 7F72 2P setup[2] when taking the geometric mean of all the data 
finding it rightly in line with the prior patch from Giovanni. EPYC 7702 
and EPYC 7F52 1P performance similarly showing no regression any longer 
with the patched kernel. This patch also seemed to help CPUFreq ondemand 
performance improve as well in some cases.

Will advise if hitting anything unexpected with the remainder of the 
testing but all is looking solid at this point and a definite 
improvement over the current 5.11 Git state.

Tested-by: Michael Larabel <Michael@phoronix.com>

[1] https://openbenchmarking.org/result/2102048-PTS-RYZEN95920 (5.10 
stable vs. 5.11 Git vs. patched.)
[2] https://openbenchmarking.org/result/2102048-HA-AMDEPYC7F37 
(Giovanni's earlier patch against this new patch, compared to unpatched 
Linux 5.11 Git and then Linux 5.11 with CPUfreq performance governor.)

Michael

Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] x86,sched: On AMD EPYC set freq_max = max_boost in schedutil invariant formula

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Fri, Feb 5, 2021 at 12:04 AM Michael Larabel <Michael@phoronix.com> wrote:
>
> On 2/4/21 7:40 AM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 4, 2021 at 12:36 AM Michael Larabel <Michael@phoronix.com> wrote:
> >> On 2/3/21 12:25 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> >>> On Wednesday, February 3, 2021 3:11:37 PM CET Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> >>>> On Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 2:53 PM Giovanni Gherdovich <ggherdovich@suse.cz> wrote:
> >>>> [cut]
> >>>>
> >>>>> Fixes: 41ea667227ba ("x86, sched: Calculate frequency invariance for AMD systems")
> >>>>> Fixes: 976df7e5730e ("x86, sched: Use midpoint of max_boost and max_P for frequency invariance on AMD EPYC")
> >>>>> Reported-by: Michael Larabel <Michael@phoronix.com>
> >>>>> Tested-by: Michael Larabel <Michael@phoronix.com>
> >>>>> Signed-off-by: Giovanni Gherdovich <ggherdovich@suse.cz>
> >>>>> ---
> >>>>>    drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c   | 61 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> >>>>>    drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c        |  3 ++
> >>>>>    include/linux/cpufreq.h          |  5 +++
> >>>>>    kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c |  8 +++--
> >>>> I don't really think that it is necessary to modify schedutil to
> >>>> address this issue.
> >>> So below is a prototype of an alternative fix for the issue at hand.
> >>>
> >>> I can't really test it here, because there's no _CPC in the ACPI tables of my
> >>> test machines, so testing it would be appreciated.  However, AFAICS these
> >>> machines are affected by the performance issue related to the scale-invariance
> >>> when they are running acpi-cpufreq, so what we are doing here is not entirely
> >>> sufficient.
> >>
> >> I have benchmarks running on several Ryzen and EPYC systems with this
> >> patch. The full batch of tests won't be done until tomorrow, but in
> >> looking at the data so far from an AMD EPYC 7F72 2P server over the past
> >> few hours, this patch does provide fairly comparable numbers to
> >> Giovanni's patch. There were a few outliers so far but waiting to see
> >> with the complete set of results. At the very least it's clear enough
> >> already this new patch is at least an improvement over the current 5.11
> >> upstream state with schedutil on AMD.
> > Thanks for the feedback, much appreciated!
> >
> > Let me submit the patch properly, then.
>
>
> Everything continues looking good in running this patch on a variety of
> AMD Zen2/Zen3 systems.
>
> As Giovanni has been focusing on EPYC testing, I have been running
> several Ryzen laptops/desktop for more exposure and there it's looking
> very good. On a Ryzen 9 5900X[1] when looking at this latest patch
> against current 5.11 Git and 5.10, the performance is recovered and in
> some cases better off now than 5.10 with Schedutil. No anomalies there
> and with other Zen 2/3 desktops and Zen 2 notebook the performance
> relative to 5.10 is comparable or in some cases better while all
> indications point to the 5.11 regression being addressed. Some of the
> slower systems still finishing up but no unexpected results yet and
> likely just redundant testing at this point.
>
> Tests on EPYC hardware has also been looking good. With some 44 tests on
> an EPYC 7F72 2P setup[2] when taking the geometric mean of all the data
> finding it rightly in line with the prior patch from Giovanni. EPYC 7702
> and EPYC 7F52 1P performance similarly showing no regression any longer
> with the patched kernel. This patch also seemed to help CPUFreq ondemand
> performance improve as well in some cases.
>
> Will advise if hitting anything unexpected with the remainder of the
> testing but all is looking solid at this point and a definite
> improvement over the current 5.11 Git state.
>
> Tested-by: Michael Larabel <Michael@phoronix.com>

Thank you for all of the verification work, much appreciated!

> [1] https://openbenchmarking.org/result/2102048-PTS-RYZEN95920 (5.10
> stable vs. 5.11 Git vs. patched.)
> [2] https://openbenchmarking.org/result/2102048-HA-AMDEPYC7F37
> (Giovanni's earlier patch against this new patch, compared to unpatched
> Linux 5.11 Git and then Linux 5.11 with CPUfreq performance governor.)