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Subject: Re: [PATCH V7 0/7] amd-pstate preferred core
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To:     Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>, Meng Li <li.meng@amd.com>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>,
        Huang Rui <ray.huang@amd.com>
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        linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
        Nathan Fontenot <nathan.fontenot@amd.com>,
        Deepak Sharma <deepak.sharma@amd.com>,
        Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>,
        Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@amd.com>,
        Shimmer Huang <shimmer.huang@amd.com>,
        Perry Yuan <Perry.Yuan@amd.com>,
        Xiaojian Du <Xiaojian.Du@amd.com>,
        Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
        Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
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From:   Shuah <shuah@kernel.org>
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On 9/18/23 11:44, Shuah Khan wrote:
> On 9/18/23 02:14, Meng Li wrote:
>> Hi all:
>>
>> The core frequency is subjected to the process variation in semiconductors.
>> Not all cores are able to reach the maximum frequency respecting the
>> infrastructure limits. Consequently, AMD has redefined the concept of
>> maximum frequency of a part. This means that a fraction of cores can reach
>> maximum frequency. To find the best process scheduling policy for a given
>> scenario, OS needs to know the core ordering informed by the platform through
>> highest performance capability register of the CPPC interface.
>>
>> Earlier implementations of amd-pstate preferred core only support a static
>> core ranking and targeted performance. Now it has the ability to dynamically
>> change the preferred core based on the workload and platform conditions and
>> accounting for thermals and aging.
>>
>> Amd-pstate driver utilizes the functions and data structures provided by
>> the ITMT architecture to enable the scheduler to favor scheduling on cores
>> which can be get a higher frequency with lower voltage.
>> We call it amd-pstate preferred core.
>>
>> Here sched_set_itmt_core_prio() is called to set priorities and
>> sched_set_itmt_support() is called to enable ITMT feature.
>> Amd-pstate driver uses the highest performance value to indicate
>> the priority of CPU. The higher value has a higher priority.
>>
>> Amd-pstate driver will provide an initial core ordering at boot time.
>> It relies on the CPPC interface to communicate the core ranking to the
>> operating system and scheduler to make sure that OS is choosing the cores
>> with highest performance firstly for scheduling the process. When amd-pstate
>> driver receives a message with the highest performance change, it will
>> update the core ranking.
>>
>> Changes form V6->V7:
>> - x86:
>> - - Modify kconfig about X86_AMD_PSTATE.
>> - cpufreq: amd-pstate:
>> - - modify incorrect comments about scheduler_work().
>> - - convert highest_perf data type.
>> - - modify preferred core init when cpu init and online.
>> - acpi: cppc:
>> - - modify link of CPPC highest performance.
>> - cpufreq:
>> - - modify link of CPPC highest performance changed.
>>
> 
> This series in now in linux-kselftest next branch for Linux 6.7-rc1.
> 
> If there are any changes and/or fixes, please send patches on top of
> linux-kselftest next branch.
> 

Sorry for the mix-up. Wrong series - my bad. This series isn't
in linux-kselftest next.

thanks,
-- Shuah