Re: [RESEND][PATCH 1/8] PM: EM: Add .get_cost() callback

[Ionela Voinescu <ionela.voinescu@arm.com>]

On Monday 21 Mar 2022 at 09:57:22 (+0000), Lukasz Luba wrote:
> The Energy Model (EM) supports devices which report abstract power scale,
> not only real Watts. The primary goal for EM is to enable the Energy Aware
> Scheduler (EAS) for a given platform. Some of the platforms might not be
> able to deliver proper power values. The only information that they might
> have is the relative efficiency between CPU types.
> 
> Thus, it makes sense to remove some restrictions in the EM framework and
> introduce a mechanism which would support those platforms. What is crucial
> for EAS to operate is the 'cost' field in the EM. The 'cost' is calculated
> internally in EM framework based on knowledge from 'power' values.
> The 'cost' values must be strictly increasing. The existing API with its
> 'power' value size restrictions cannot guarantee that the 'cost' will meet
> this requirement.
> 
> Since the platform is missing this detailed information, but has only
> efficiency details, introduce a new custom callback in the EM framework.
> The new callback would allow to provide the 'cost' values which reflect
> efficiency of the CPUs. This would allow to provide EAS information which
> has different relation than what would be forced by the EM internal
> formulas calculating 'cost' values. Thanks to this new callback it is
> possible to create a system view for EAS which has no overlapping
> performance states across many Performance Domains.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@arm.com>
> ---
>  include/linux/energy_model.h | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/energy_model.h b/include/linux/energy_model.h
> index 9f3c400bc52d..0a3a5663177b 100644
> --- a/include/linux/energy_model.h
> +++ b/include/linux/energy_model.h
> @@ -114,9 +114,30 @@ struct em_data_callback {
>  	 */
>  	int (*active_power)(unsigned long *power, unsigned long *freq,
>  			    struct device *dev);
> +
> +	/**
> +	 * get_cost() - Provide the cost at the given performance state of
> +	 *		a device
> +	 * @dev		: Device for which we do this operation (can be a CPU)
> +	 * @freq	: Frequency at the performance state in kHz
> +	 * @cost	: The cost value for the performance state
> +	 *		(modified)
> +	 *
> +	 * In case of CPUs, the cost is the one of a single CPU in the domain.
> +	 * It is expected to fit in the [0, EM_MAX_POWER] range due to internal
> +	 * usage in EAS calculation.
> +	 *
> +	 * Return 0 on success, or appropriate error value in case of failure.
> +	 */
> +	int (*get_cost)(struct device *dev, unsigned long freq,
> +			unsigned long *cost);
>  };
> -#define EM_DATA_CB(_active_power_cb) { .active_power = &_active_power_cb }
>  #define EM_SET_ACTIVE_POWER_CB(em_cb, cb) ((em_cb).active_power = cb)
> +#define EM_ADV_DATA_CB(_active_power_cb, _cost_cb)	\
> +	{ .active_power = _active_power_cb,		\
> +	  .get_cost = _cost_cb }
> +#define EM_DATA_CB(_active_power_cb)			\
> +		EM_ADV_DATA_CB(_active_power_cb, NULL)
>  
>  struct em_perf_domain *em_cpu_get(int cpu);
>  struct em_perf_domain *em_pd_get(struct device *dev);
> @@ -264,6 +285,7 @@ static inline int em_pd_nr_perf_states(struct em_perf_domain *pd)
>  
>  #else
>  struct em_data_callback {};
> +#define EM_ADV_DATA_CB(_active_power_cb, _cost_cb) { }
>  #define EM_DATA_CB(_active_power_cb) { }
>  #define EM_SET_ACTIVE_POWER_CB(em_cb, cb) do { } while (0)
>  

Reviewed-by: Ionela Voinescu <ionela.voinescu@arm.com>

Thanks,
Ionela.

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