[PATCH v2 1/4] PM: EM: convert power field to micro-Watts precision and align drivers

[Daniel Lezcano]

On 07/07/2022 09:15, Lukasz Luba wrote:
> The milli-Watts precision causes rounding errors while calculating
> efficiency cost for each OPP. This is especially visible in the 'simple'
> Energy Model (EM), where the power for each OPP is provided from OPP
> framework. This can cause some OPPs to be marked inefficient, while
> using micro-Watts precision that might not happen.
> 
> Update all EM users which access 'power' field and assume the value is
> in milli-Watts.
> 
> Solve also an issue with potential overflow in calculation of energy
> estimation on 32bit machine. It's needed now since the power value
> (thus the 'cost' as well) are higher.
> 
> Example calculation which shows the rounding error and impact:
> 
> power = 'dyn-power-coeff' * volt_mV * volt_mV * freq_MHz
> 
> power_a_uW = (100 * 600mW * 600mW * 500MHz) / 10^6 = 18000
> power_a_mW = (100 * 600mW * 600mW * 500MHz) / 10^9 = 18
> 
> power_b_uW = (100 * 605mW * 605mW * 600MHz) / 10^6 = 21961
> power_b_mW = (100 * 605mW * 605mW * 600MHz) / 10^9 = 21
> 
> max_freq = 2000MHz
> 
> cost_a_mW = 18 * 2000MHz/500MHz = 72
> cost_a_uW = 18000 * 2000MHz/500MHz = 72000
> 
> cost_b_mW = 21 * 2000MHz/600MHz = 70 // <- artificially better
> cost_b_uW = 21961 * 2000MHz/600MHz = 73203
> 
> The 'cost_b_mW' (which is based on old milli-Watts) is misleadingly
> better that the 'cost_b_uW' (this patch uses micro-Watts) and such
> would have impact on the 'inefficient OPPs' information in the Cpufreq
> framework. This patch set removes the rounding issue.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba at arm.com>

Acked-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano at linaro.org>



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