[PATCH v2 1/5] arch_topology: Introduce thermal pressure update function

Lukasz Luba lukasz.luba at arm.com
Thu Oct 28 00:19:05 PDT 2021



On 10/28/21 6:44 AM, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> On 15-10-21, 15:45, Lukasz Luba wrote:
>> +/**
>> + * topology_thermal_pressure_update() - Update thermal pressure for CPUs
>> + * @cpus	: The related CPUs for which capacity has been reduced
>> + * @capped_freq	: The maximum allowed frequency that CPUs can run at
> 
> Maybe replace tabs with spaces here ?

Sure

> 
>> + *
>> + * Update the value of thermal pressure for all @cpus in the mask. The
>> + * cpumask should include all (online+offline) affected CPUs, to avoid
>> + * operating on stale data when hot-plug is used for some CPUs. The
>> + * @capped_freq must be less or equal to the max possible frequency and
>> + * reflects the currently allowed max CPUs frequency due to thermal capping.
>> + * The @capped_freq must be provided in kHz.
>> + */
>> +void topology_thermal_pressure_update(const struct cpumask *cpus,
>> +				      unsigned long capped_freq)
>> +{
>> +	unsigned long max_capacity, capacity;
>> +	int cpu;
>> +
>> +	if (!cpus)
> 
> I will drop this and let the kernel crash :)

OK :)

> 
>> +		return;
>> +
>> +	cpu = cpumask_first(cpus);
>> +	max_capacity = arch_scale_cpu_capacity(cpu);
>> +
>> +	/* Convert to MHz scale which is used in 'freq_factor' */
>> +	capped_freq /= 1000;
> 
> We should make sure capped_freq > freq_factor and WARN if not. This will also
> get rid of similar checks at the users.

OK, I'll change that.

Thank you for the review.

Regards,
Lukasz



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