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authorThomas Renninger <trenn@suse.de>2007-10-02 13:28:12 -0700
committerDave Jones <davej@redhat.com>2007-10-04 18:40:57 -0400
commit1c2562459faedc35927546cfa5273ec6c2884cce (patch)
treea6133aa5c0ac2b4a8cb12fa37c28e755a458aef0 /drivers
parent8122c6cea033e8034e99d3b10a4e3f377ce23994 (diff)
[CPUFREQ] allow ondemand and conservative cpufreq governors to be used as default
Depending on the transition latency of the HW for cpufreq switches, the ondemand or conservative governor cannot be used with certain cpufreq drivers. Still the ondemand should be the default governor on a wide range of systems. This patch allows this and lets the governor fallback to the performance governor at cpufreq driver load time, if the driver does not support fast enough frequency switching. Main benefit is that on e.g. installation or other systems without userspace support a working dynamic cpufreq support can be achieved on most systems by simply loading the cpufreq driver. This is especially essential for recent x86(_64) laptop hardware which may rely on working dynamic cpufreq OS support. Signed-off-by: Thomas Renninger <trenn@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com> Cc: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk> Cc: Bryan Wu <bryan.wu@analog.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Cc: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
-rw-r--r--drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig27
-rw-r--r--drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c12
-rw-r--r--drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c19
-rw-r--r--drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c22
4 files changed, 53 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig b/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig
index 993fa7b8925..721f86f4f00 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig
@@ -56,10 +56,6 @@ config CPU_FREQ_STAT_DETAILS
If in doubt, say N.
-# Note that it is not currently possible to set the other governors (such as ondemand)
-# as the default, since if they fail to initialise, cpufreq will be
-# left in an undefined state.
-
choice
prompt "Default CPUFreq governor"
default CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_USERSPACE if CPU_FREQ_SA1100 || CPU_FREQ_SA1110
@@ -85,6 +81,29 @@ config CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_USERSPACE
program shall be able to set the CPU dynamically without having
to enable the userspace governor manually.
+config CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_ONDEMAND
+ bool "ondemand"
+ select CPU_FREQ_GOV_ONDEMAND
+ select CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE
+ help
+ Use the CPUFreq governor 'ondemand' as default. This allows
+ you to get a full dynamic frequency capable system by simply
+ loading your cpufreq low-level hardware driver.
+ Be aware that not all cpufreq drivers support the ondemand
+ governor. If unsure have a look at the help section of the
+ driver. Fallback governor will be the performance governor.
+
+config CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_CONSERVATIVE
+ bool "conservative"
+ select CPU_FREQ_GOV_CONSERVATIVE
+ select CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE
+ help
+ Use the CPUFreq governor 'conservative' as default. This allows
+ you to get a full dynamic frequency capable system by simply
+ loading your cpufreq low-level hardware driver.
+ Be aware that not all cpufreq drivers support the conservative
+ governor. If unsure have a look at the help section of the
+ driver. Fallback governor will be the performance governor.
endchoice
config CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 9528bd57736..418522f88f7 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -1484,6 +1484,18 @@ static int __cpufreq_governor(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
unsigned int event)
{
int ret;
+ struct cpufreq_governor *gov = CPUFREQ_PERFORMANCE_GOVERNOR;
+
+ if (policy->governor->max_transition_latency &&
+ policy->cpuinfo.transition_latency >
+ policy->governor->max_transition_latency) {
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "%s governor failed, too long"
+ " transition latency of HW, fallback"
+ " to %s governor\n",
+ policy->governor->name,
+ gov->name);
+ policy->governor = gov;
+ }
if (!try_module_get(policy->governor->owner))
return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c
index 26f440ccc3f..4bd33ce8a6f 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ static unsigned int def_sampling_rate;
#define DEF_SAMPLING_RATE_LATENCY_MULTIPLIER (1000)
#define DEF_SAMPLING_DOWN_FACTOR (1)
#define MAX_SAMPLING_DOWN_FACTOR (10)
-#define TRANSITION_LATENCY_LIMIT (10 * 1000)
+#define TRANSITION_LATENCY_LIMIT (10 * 1000 * 1000)
static void do_dbs_timer(struct work_struct *work);
@@ -466,9 +466,6 @@ static int cpufreq_governor_dbs(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
(!policy->cur))
return -EINVAL;
- if (policy->cpuinfo.transition_latency >
- (TRANSITION_LATENCY_LIMIT * 1000))
- return -EINVAL;
if (this_dbs_info->enable) /* Already enabled */
break;
@@ -551,15 +548,17 @@ static int cpufreq_governor_dbs(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
return 0;
}
-static struct cpufreq_governor cpufreq_gov_dbs = {
- .name = "conservative",
- .governor = cpufreq_governor_dbs,
- .owner = THIS_MODULE,
+struct cpufreq_governor cpufreq_gov_conservative = {
+ .name = "conservative",
+ .governor = cpufreq_governor_dbs,
+ .max_transition_latency = TRANSITION_LATENCY_LIMIT,
+ .owner = THIS_MODULE,
};
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpufreq_gov_conservative);
static int __init cpufreq_gov_dbs_init(void)
{
- return cpufreq_register_governor(&cpufreq_gov_dbs);
+ return cpufreq_register_governor(&cpufreq_gov_conservative);
}
static void __exit cpufreq_gov_dbs_exit(void)
@@ -567,7 +566,7 @@ static void __exit cpufreq_gov_dbs_exit(void)
/* Make sure that the scheduled work is indeed not running */
flush_scheduled_work();
- cpufreq_unregister_governor(&cpufreq_gov_dbs);
+ cpufreq_unregister_governor(&cpufreq_gov_conservative);
}
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
index e794527e492..369f4459515 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static unsigned int def_sampling_rate;
(def_sampling_rate / MIN_SAMPLING_RATE_RATIO)
#define MAX_SAMPLING_RATE (500 * def_sampling_rate)
#define DEF_SAMPLING_RATE_LATENCY_MULTIPLIER (1000)
-#define TRANSITION_LATENCY_LIMIT (10 * 1000)
+#define TRANSITION_LATENCY_LIMIT (10 * 1000 * 1000)
static void do_dbs_timer(struct work_struct *work);
@@ -508,12 +508,6 @@ static int cpufreq_governor_dbs(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
if ((!cpu_online(cpu)) || (!policy->cur))
return -EINVAL;
- if (policy->cpuinfo.transition_latency >
- (TRANSITION_LATENCY_LIMIT * 1000)) {
- printk(KERN_WARNING "ondemand governor failed to load "
- "due to too long transition latency\n");
- return -EINVAL;
- }
if (this_dbs_info->enable) /* Already enabled */
break;
@@ -585,11 +579,13 @@ static int cpufreq_governor_dbs(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
return 0;
}
-static struct cpufreq_governor cpufreq_gov_dbs = {
- .name = "ondemand",
- .governor = cpufreq_governor_dbs,
- .owner = THIS_MODULE,
+struct cpufreq_governor cpufreq_gov_ondemand = {
+ .name = "ondemand",
+ .governor = cpufreq_governor_dbs,
+ .max_transition_latency = TRANSITION_LATENCY_LIMIT,
+ .owner = THIS_MODULE,
};
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpufreq_gov_ondemand);
static int __init cpufreq_gov_dbs_init(void)
{
@@ -598,12 +594,12 @@ static int __init cpufreq_gov_dbs_init(void)
printk(KERN_ERR "Creation of kondemand failed\n");
return -EFAULT;
}
- return cpufreq_register_governor(&cpufreq_gov_dbs);
+ return cpufreq_register_governor(&cpufreq_gov_ondemand);
}
static void __exit cpufreq_gov_dbs_exit(void)
{
- cpufreq_unregister_governor(&cpufreq_gov_dbs);
+ cpufreq_unregister_governor(&cpufreq_gov_ondemand);
destroy_workqueue(kondemand_wq);
}