From a1ff59784b277795a613beaa5d3dd9c5595c69a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2024 18:14:53 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] cpufreq: intel_pstate: Use HWP to initialize ITMT if CPPC is missing It is reported that single-thread performance on some hybrid systems dropped significantly after commit 7feec7430edd ("ACPI: CPPC: Only probe for _CPC if CPPC v2 is acked") which prevented _CPC from being used if the support for it had not been confirmed by the platform firmware. The problem is that if the platform firmware does not confirm CPPC v2 support, cppc_get_perf_caps() returns an error which prevents the intel_pstate driver from enabling ITMT. Consequently, the scheduler does not get any hints on CPU performance differences, so in a hybrid system some tasks may run on CPUs with lower capacity even though they should be running on high-capacity CPUs. To address this, modify intel_pstate to use the information from MSR_HWP_CAPABILITIES to enable ITMT if CPPC is not available (which is done already if the highest performance number coming from CPPC is not realistic). Fixes: 7feec7430edd ("ACPI: CPPC: Only probe for _CPC if CPPC v2 is acked") Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-acpi/d01b0a1f-bd33-47fe-ab41-43843d8a374f@kfocus.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-acpi/ZnD22b3Br1ng7alf@kf-XE Reported-by: Aaron Rainbolt Tested-by: Aaron Rainbolt Cc: 5.19+ # 5.19+ Link: https://patch.msgid.link/12460110.O9o76ZdvQC@rjwysocki.net Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki Reviewed-by: Mario Limonciello --- drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c | 13 ++++++------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c index 15de5e3d96fd..c31914a9876f 100644 --- a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c @@ -355,15 +355,14 @@ static void intel_pstate_set_itmt_prio(int cpu) int ret; ret = cppc_get_perf_caps(cpu, &cppc_perf); - if (ret) - return; - /* - * On some systems with overclocking enabled, CPPC.highest_perf is hardcoded to 0xff. - * In this case we can't use CPPC.highest_perf to enable ITMT. - * In this case we can look at MSR_HWP_CAPABILITIES bits [8:0] to decide. + * If CPPC is not available, fall back to MSR_HWP_CAPABILITIES bits [8:0]. + * + * Also, on some systems with overclocking enabled, CPPC.highest_perf is + * hardcoded to 0xff, so CPPC.highest_perf cannot be used to enable ITMT. + * Fall back to MSR_HWP_CAPABILITIES then too. */ - if (cppc_perf.highest_perf == CPPC_MAX_PERF) + if (ret || cppc_perf.highest_perf == CPPC_MAX_PERF) cppc_perf.highest_perf = HWP_HIGHEST_PERF(READ_ONCE(all_cpu_data[cpu]->hwp_cap_cached)); /*