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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 2/6] cpufreq: intel_pstate: Do not update
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From: srinivas pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@linux.intel.com>
To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>, Xi Ruoyao <xry111@xry111.site>
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Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2024 11:47:54 -0700
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On Mon, 2024-06-03 at 20:32 +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 3, 2024 at 7:44=E2=80=AFPM Xi Ruoyao <xry111@xry111.site> wro=
te:
> >=20
> > On Mon, 2024-06-03 at 10:11 -0700, srinivas pandruvada wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2024-06-03 at 21:12 +0800, Xi Ruoyao wrote:
> > > > On Sun, 2024-06-02 at 16:11 -0700, srinivas pandruvada wrote:
> > > >=20
> > > > /* snip */
> > > >=20
> > > > > What is the output of:
> > > > > grep . /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/*
> > > > >=20
> > > > > Also
> > > > > rdmsr 0x771
> > > > > rdmsr 0x774
> > > > >=20
> > > > >=20
> > > > > Try these three patches. Don't worry about the commit
> > > > > description
> > > > > for
> > > > > this issue.
> > > >=20
> > > > Unfortunately they still do not fix the issue for me.
> > > >=20
> > > > The outputs of grep and rdmsr commands are initially:
> > > >=20
> > > > /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/hwp_dynamic_boost:0
> > > > /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/max_perf_pct:100
> > > > /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/min_perf_pct:9
> > > > /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/no_turbo:1
> > > > /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/num_pstates:41
> > > > /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/status:active
> > > > /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/turbo_pct:33
> > > > rdmsr 0x771: 10d1f2c
> > > > rdmsr 0x774: 1f04
> > > >=20
> > > > But it then changes to:
> > > >=20
> > > > /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/hwp_dynamic_boost:0
> > > > /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/max_perf_pct:100
> > > > /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/min_perf_pct:9
> > > > /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/no_turbo:1
> > > > /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/num_pstates:41
> > > > /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/status:active
> > > > /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/turbo_pct:33
> > > > rdmsr 0x771: 10c1f2c
> > > > rdmsr 0x774: 1f04
> > > >=20
> > > > It seems only the output of rdmsr 0x771 has changed.=C2=A0 And if I
> > > > read
> > > > the
> > > > SDM correctly it's a "Most_Efficient_Performance" change.
> > > That is fine.
> > >=20
> > > We don't have any notifications either via ACPI or via HWP
> > > interrupt.
> > > I think it was working by chance before this change as by the
> > > cpufreq
> > > core is trying to set policy, the turbo is enabled by the
> > > firmware.
> > >=20
> > > What is this laptop make and model?
> >=20
> > It's a Hasee X5-2021S5H.
> >=20
> > Hasee is known for producing some laptops very cheap but often
> > having
> > "minor" issues.=C2=A0 So I guess the firmware is doing some stupid
> > thing.
> >=20
> > But turbo works just fine on Windows 11 so it'd be better if we
> > could
> > make it work for Linux too.
>=20
> In principle, there are two things that can be done about this.
>=20
> First, MSR_IA32_MISC_ENABLE_TURBO_DISABLE on this system can be
> ignored altogether, but that would require adding a quirk.
>=20
> Second, a delayed work can be added to check the MSR long enough
> after
> initialization and update global.turbo_disabled if it is 1.=C2=A0 However=
,
> that would require some code surgery.

I was about to send this suggestion.

For the first one we can always program the HWP_REQ.max to HWP_CAP.max
and  let hardware do the clipping. But this is not friendly to passive
mode. But display of scalig_max_freq still should reflect the reality.


Thanks,
Srinivas

>=20