[PATCH 2/2] arm64: topology: read CPPC FFH feedback counters in one operation
Beata Michalska
beata.michalska at arm.com
Fri Jul 3 02:13:18 PDT 2026
On Wed, Jul 01, 2026 at 08:21:41PM +0800, Pengjie Zhang wrote:
>
> On 6/30/2026 3:34 PM, Beata Michalska wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 10, 2026 at 05:41:45PM +0800, Pengjie Zhang wrote:
> > > arm64 implements CPPC FFH feedback-counter reads using AMU counters.
> > > Because those counters must be sampled on the target CPU, reading the
> > > delivered and reference counters separately widens the observation window
> > > between them.
> > >
> > > Implement the paired FFH feedback-counter read hook on arm64 and sample
> > > both AMU counters together before decoding the requested CPC register
> > > values.
> > >
> > > Also factor the FFH bitfield extraction logic into a helper and reuse
> > > it from the existing single-counter FFH read path.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Pengjie Zhang <zhangpengjie2 at huawei.com>
> > > ---
> > > arch/arm64/kernel/topology.c | 75 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
> > > 1 file changed, 67 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/topology.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/topology.c
> > > index b32f13358fbb..b90a767b2a1f 100644
> > > --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/topology.c
> > > +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/topology.c
> > > @@ -50,6 +50,16 @@ struct amu_cntr_sample {
> > > unsigned long last_scale_update;
> > > };
> > > +struct amu_ffh_ctrs {
> > > + u64 corecnt;
> > > + u64 constcnt;
> > > +};
> > > +
> > > +enum cpc_ffh_ctr_id {
> > > + CPC_FFH_CTR_CORE = 0x0,
> > > + CPC_FFH_CTR_CONST = 0x1,
> > > +};
> > > +
> > Those should probably go under the #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_CPPC_LIB section.
>
> yes
>
> > > static DEFINE_PER_CPU_SHARED_ALIGNED(struct amu_cntr_sample, cpu_amu_samples);
> > > void update_freq_counters_refs(void)
> > > @@ -397,7 +407,7 @@ static void cpu_read_constcnt(void *val)
> > > }
> > > static inline
> > > -int counters_read_on_cpu(int cpu, smp_call_func_t func, u64 *val)
> > > +int counters_read_on_cpu(int cpu, smp_call_func_t func, void *val)
> > > {
> > > /*
> > > * Abort call on counterless CPU.
> > > @@ -447,24 +457,73 @@ bool cpc_ffh_supported(void)
> > > return true;
> > > }
> > > +static void amu_read_core_const_ctrs(void *val)
> > > +{
> > > + struct amu_ffh_ctrs *ctrs = val;
> > > +
> > > + cpu_read_constcnt(&ctrs->constcnt);
> > > + cpu_read_corecnt(&ctrs->corecnt);
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > +static u64 cpc_ffh_extract_bits(const struct cpc_reg *reg, u64 val)
> > > +{
> > > + val &= GENMASK_ULL(reg->bit_offset + reg->bit_width - 1,
> > > + reg->bit_offset);
> > > + val >>= reg->bit_offset;
> > > +
> > > + return val;
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > +static bool cpc_ffh_ctr_value(const struct cpc_reg *reg,
> > > + const struct amu_ffh_ctrs *ctrs, u64 *val)
> > > +{
> > > + switch ((u64)reg->address) {
> > > + case CPC_FFH_CTR_CORE:
> > > + *val = ctrs->corecnt;
> > > + break;
> > > + case CPC_FFH_CTR_CONST:
> > > + *val = ctrs->constcnt;
> > > + break;
> > > + default:
> > > + return false;
> > > + }
> > > +
> > > + *val = cpc_ffh_extract_bits(reg, *val);
> > > + return true;
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > +int cpc_read_ffh_fb_ctrs(int cpu, struct cpc_reg *reg1, u64 *val1,
> > > + struct cpc_reg *reg2, u64 *val2)
> > > +{
> > > + struct amu_ffh_ctrs ctrs;
> > > + int ret;
> > > +
> > > + ret = counters_read_on_cpu(cpu, amu_read_core_const_ctrs, &ctrs);
> > > + if (ret)
> > > + return ret;
> > > +
> > > + if (!cpc_ffh_ctr_value(reg1, &ctrs, val1) ||
> > > + !cpc_ffh_ctr_value(reg2, &ctrs, val2))
> > > + return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> > Right, so there might be an issues with that:
> > If you return EOPNOTSUPP here, that would trigger reading the registers again,
> > this time one by one. Is that intentional ?
> > Also counters_read_on_cpu might also return EOPNOTSUPP, in which case trying
> > again to read the counters is pointless.
> >
> > I'm not entirely sure I understand the condition itself though.
> > This will fail if either of the requested registers in not really expected.
> > And that should probably be verified upfront ?
> >
> >
> > ---
> > BR
> > Beata
>
> Right. The following code may be more appropriate.
>
> static bool is_valid_cpc_ffh_reg(const struct cpc_reg *reg)
SO that is all fine, though the naming here somehow doesn't sit with me.
Maybe is_amu_ctr_reg ?
Anyways - you can ignore that, that might be just me.
> {
> return reg->address == CPC_FFH_CTR_CORE ||
> reg->address == CPC_FFH_CTR_CONST;
> }
>
> int cpc_read_ffh_fb_ctrs(int cpu, struct cpc_reg *reg1, u64 *val1,
> struct cpc_reg *reg2, u64 *val2)
> {
> struct amu_ffh_ctrs ctrs;
> int ret;
>
> if (!is_valid_cpc_ffh_reg(reg1) || !is_valid_cpc_ffh_reg(reg2))
> return -EINVAL;
>
> ret = counters_read_on_cpu(cpu, amu_read_core_const_ctrs, &ctrs);
> if (ret)
> return ret == -EOPNOTSUPP ? -ENODEV : ret;
>
> cpc_ffh_ctr_value(reg1, &ctrs, val1);
> cpc_ffh_ctr_value(reg2, &ctrs, val2);
>
> return 0;
> }
>
> thanks,
>
> Pengjie
>
That does look better - thank you.
I'd just also add a comment why the error code flip is here.
---
BR
Beata
> > > +
> > > + return 0;
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > int cpc_read_ffh(int cpu, struct cpc_reg *reg, u64 *val)
> > > {
> > > int ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
> > > switch ((u64)reg->address) {
> > > - case 0x0:
> > > + case CPC_FFH_CTR_CORE:
> > > ret = counters_read_on_cpu(cpu, cpu_read_corecnt, val);
> > > break;
> > > - case 0x1:
> > > + case CPC_FFH_CTR_CONST:
> > > ret = counters_read_on_cpu(cpu, cpu_read_constcnt, val);
> > > break;
> > > }
> > > - if (!ret) {
> > > - *val &= GENMASK_ULL(reg->bit_offset + reg->bit_width - 1,
> > > - reg->bit_offset);
> > > - *val >>= reg->bit_offset;
> > > - }
> > > + if (!ret)
> > > + *val = cpc_ffh_extract_bits(reg, *val);
> > > return ret;
> > > }
> > > --
> > > 2.33.0
> > >
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