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From:   Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri-calderon@linux.intel.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc:     Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com>,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>,
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 15/23] thermal: intel: hfi: Report per-cpu
 class-specific performance scores
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On Tue, Sep 27, 2022 at 01:59:15PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 09, 2022 at 04:11:57PM -0700, Ricardo Neri wrote:
> > Support the arch_get_task_class_score() interface of the scheduler. Use the
> > data that Intel Thread Director provides to inform the scheduler the
> > performance of a class of tasks when placed on a given CPU.
> > 
> 
> > +static void get_one_hfi_cap(struct hfi_instance *hfi_instance, s16 index,
> > +			    struct hfi_cpu_data *hfi_caps, int class)
> > +{
> > +	struct hfi_cpu_data *caps;
> > +
> > +	/* Find the capabilities of @cpu */
> > +	caps = hfi_instance->data + index * hfi_features.cpu_stride +
> > +	       class * hfi_features.class_stride;
> > +	memcpy(hfi_caps, caps, sizeof(*hfi_caps));
> > +}
> > +
> > +int intel_hfi_get_task_class_score(int class, int cpu)
> > +{
> > +	struct hfi_cpu_info *info = &per_cpu(hfi_cpu_info, cpu);
> > +	struct hfi_instance *instance;
> > +	struct hfi_cpu_data caps;
> > +	unsigned long flags;
> > +	int cap;
> > +
> > +	if (cpu < 0 || cpu >= nr_cpu_ids)
> > +		return -EINVAL;
> > +
> > +	if (class == TASK_CLASS_UNCLASSIFIED)
> > +		return -EINVAL;
> > +
> > +	if (class >= (int)hfi_features.nr_classes)
> > +		return -EINVAL;
> > +
> > +	instance = info->hfi_instance;
> > +	if (!instance)
> > +		return -ENOENT;
> > +
> > +	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&instance->table_lock, flags);
> > +	get_one_hfi_cap(instance, info->index, &caps, class);
> > +	cap = caps.perf_cap;
> > +	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&instance->table_lock, flags);
> > +
> > +	return cap;
> > +}
> 
> Does any of that data actually ever change? Isn't the class score fixed
> per CPU type?

Yes, data can change. The Intel SDM Vol 3 Section 14.6.7 states that the
table can be updated during runtime.

Thanks and BR,
Ricardo