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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt | 26 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c | 18 |
3 files changed, 18 insertions, 43 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt b/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt index ce73f3eb5dd..aed082f49d0 100644 --- a/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt +++ b/Documentation/cpu-freq/governors.txt @@ -119,10 +119,6 @@ want the kernel to look at the CPU usage and to make decisions on what to do about the frequency. Typically this is set to values of around '10000' or more. It's default value is (cmp. with users-guide.txt): transition_latency * 1000 -The lowest value you can set is: -transition_latency * 100 or it may get restricted to a value where it -makes not sense for the kernel anymore to poll that often which depends -on your HZ config variable (HZ=1000: max=20000us, HZ=250: max=5000). Be aware that transition latency is in ns and sampling_rate is in us, so you get the same sysfs value by default. Sampling rate should always get adjusted considering the transition latency @@ -131,14 +127,20 @@ in the bash (as said, 1000 is default), do: echo `$(($(cat cpuinfo_transition_latency) * 750 / 1000)) \ >ondemand/sampling_rate -show_sampling_rate_(min|max): THIS INTERFACE IS DEPRECATED, DON'T USE IT. -You can use wider ranges now and the general -cpuinfo_transition_latency variable (cmp. with user-guide.txt) can be -used to obtain exactly the same info: -show_sampling_rate_min = transtition_latency * 500 / 1000 -show_sampling_rate_max = transtition_latency * 500000 / 1000 -(divided by 1000 is to illustrate that sampling rate is in us and -transition latency is exported ns). +show_sampling_rate_min: +The sampling rate is limited by the HW transition latency: +transition_latency * 100 +Or by kernel restrictions: +If CONFIG_NO_HZ is set, the limit is 10ms fixed. +If CONFIG_NO_HZ is not set or no_hz=off boot parameter is used, the +limits depend on the CONFIG_HZ option: +HZ=1000: min=20000us (20ms) +HZ=250: min=80000us (80ms) +HZ=100: min=200000us (200ms) +The highest value of kernel and HW latency restrictions is shown and +used as the minimum sampling rate. + +show_sampling_rate_max: THIS INTERFACE IS DEPRECATED, DON'T USE IT. up_threshold: defines what the average CPU usage between the samplings of 'sampling_rate' needs to be for the kernel to make a decision on diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c index 06bfe1c572c..7fc58af748b 100644 --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c @@ -167,26 +167,13 @@ static struct notifier_block dbs_cpufreq_notifier_block = { /************************** sysfs interface ************************/ static ssize_t show_sampling_rate_max(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, char *buf) { - static int print_once; - - if (!print_once) { - printk(KERN_INFO "CPUFREQ: conservative sampling_rate_max " - "sysfs file is deprecated - used by: %s\n", - current->comm); - print_once = 1; - } + printk_once(KERN_INFO "CPUFREQ: conservative sampling_rate_max " + "sysfs file is deprecated - used by: %s\n", current->comm); return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", -1U); } static ssize_t show_sampling_rate_min(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, char *buf) { - static int print_once; - - if (!print_once) { - printk(KERN_INFO "CPUFREQ: conservative sampling_rate_max " - "sysfs file is deprecated - used by: %s\n", current->comm); - print_once = 1; - } return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", min_sampling_rate); } diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c index a235114c3d8..1911d172935 100644 --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c @@ -205,27 +205,13 @@ static void ondemand_powersave_bias_init(void) /************************** sysfs interface ************************/ static ssize_t show_sampling_rate_max(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, char *buf) { - static int print_once; - - if (!print_once) { - printk(KERN_INFO "CPUFREQ: ondemand sampling_rate_max " - "sysfs file is deprecated - used by: %s\n", - current->comm); - print_once = 1; - } + printk_once(KERN_INFO "CPUFREQ: ondemand sampling_rate_max " + "sysfs file is deprecated - used by: %s\n", current->comm); return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", -1U); } static ssize_t show_sampling_rate_min(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, char *buf) { - static int print_once; - - if (!print_once) { - printk(KERN_INFO "CPUFREQ: ondemand sampling_rate_min " - "sysfs file is deprecated - used by: %s\n", - current->comm); - print_once = 1; - } return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", min_sampling_rate); } |