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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/dove-thermal.txt | 18 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/kirkwood-thermal.txt | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/rcar-thermal.txt | 29 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/thermal/exynos_thermal_emulation | 53 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/thermal/intel_powerclamp.txt | 307 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/thermal/sysfs-api.txt | 18 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/dove-thermal.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/dove-thermal.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..6f474677d472 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/dove-thermal.txt @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +* Dove Thermal + +This driver is for Dove SoCs which contain a thermal sensor. + +Required properties: +- compatible : "marvell,dove-thermal" +- reg : Address range of the thermal registers + +The reg properties should contain two ranges. The first is for the +three Thermal Manager registers, while the second range contains the +Thermal Diode Control Registers. + +Example: + + thermal@10078 { + compatible = "marvell,dove-thermal"; + reg = <0xd001c 0x0c>, <0xd005c 0x08>; + }; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/kirkwood-thermal.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/kirkwood-thermal.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..8c0f5eb86da7 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/kirkwood-thermal.txt @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +* Kirkwood Thermal + +This version is for Kirkwood 88F8262 & 88F6283 SoCs. Other kirkwoods +don't contain a thermal sensor. + +Required properties: +- compatible : "marvell,kirkwood-thermal" +- reg : Address range of the thermal registers + +Example: + + thermal@10078 { + compatible = "marvell,kirkwood-thermal"; + reg = <0x10078 0x4>; + }; diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/rcar-thermal.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/rcar-thermal.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..28ef498a66e5 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/thermal/rcar-thermal.txt @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +* Renesas R-Car Thermal + +Required properties: +- compatible : "renesas,rcar-thermal" +- reg : Address range of the thermal registers. + The 1st reg will be recognized as common register + if it has "interrupts". + +Option properties: + +- interrupts : use interrupt + +Example (non interrupt support): + +thermal@e61f0100 { + compatible = "renesas,rcar-thermal"; + reg = <0xe61f0100 0x38>; +}; + +Example (interrupt support): + +thermal@e61f0000 { + compatible = "renesas,rcar-thermal"; + reg = <0xe61f0000 0x14 + 0xe61f0100 0x38 + 0xe61f0200 0x38 + 0xe61f0300 0x38>; + interrupts = <0 69 4>; +}; diff --git a/Documentation/thermal/exynos_thermal_emulation b/Documentation/thermal/exynos_thermal_emulation new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..b73bbfb697bb --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/thermal/exynos_thermal_emulation @@ -0,0 +1,53 @@ +EXYNOS EMULATION MODE +======================== + +Copyright (C) 2012 Samsung Electronics + +Written by Jonghwa Lee <jonghwa3.lee@samsung.com> + +Description +----------- + +Exynos 4x12 (4212, 4412) and 5 series provide emulation mode for thermal management unit. +Thermal emulation mode supports software debug for TMU's operation. User can set temperature +manually with software code and TMU will read current temperature from user value not from +sensor's value. + +Enabling CONFIG_EXYNOS_THERMAL_EMUL option will make this support in available. +When it's enabled, sysfs node will be created under +/sys/bus/platform/devices/'exynos device name'/ with name of 'emulation'. + +The sysfs node, 'emulation', will contain value 0 for the initial state. When you input any +temperature you want to update to sysfs node, it automatically enable emulation mode and +current temperature will be changed into it. +(Exynos also supports user changable delay time which would be used to delay of + changing temperature. However, this node only uses same delay of real sensing time, 938us.) + +Exynos emulation mode requires synchronous of value changing and enabling. It means when you +want to update the any value of delay or next temperature, then you have to enable emulation +mode at the same time. (Or you have to keep the mode enabling.) If you don't, it fails to +change the value to updated one and just use last succeessful value repeatedly. That's why +this node gives users the right to change termerpature only. Just one interface makes it more +simply to use. + +Disabling emulation mode only requires writing value 0 to sysfs node. + + +TEMP 120 | + | + 100 | + | + 80 | + | +----------- + 60 | | | + | +-------------| | + 40 | | | | + | | | | + 20 | | | +---------- + | | | | | + 0 |______________|_____________|__________|__________|_________ + A A A A TIME + |<----->| |<----->| |<----->| | + | 938us | | | | | | +emulation : 0 50 | 70 | 20 | 0 +current temp : sensor 50 70 20 sensor diff --git a/Documentation/thermal/intel_powerclamp.txt b/Documentation/thermal/intel_powerclamp.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..332de4a39b5a --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/thermal/intel_powerclamp.txt @@ -0,0 +1,307 @@ + ======================= + INTEL POWERCLAMP DRIVER + ======================= +By: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> + Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@linux.intel.com> + +Contents: + (*) Introduction + - Goals and Objectives + + (*) Theory of Operation + - Idle Injection + - Calibration + + (*) Performance Analysis + - Effectiveness and Limitations + - Power vs Performance + - Scalability + - Calibration + - Comparison with Alternative Techniques + + (*) Usage and Interfaces + - Generic Thermal Layer (sysfs) + - Kernel APIs (TBD) + +============ +INTRODUCTION +============ + +Consider the situation where a system’s power consumption must be +reduced at runtime, due to power budget, thermal constraint, or noise +level, and where active cooling is not preferred. Software managed +passive power reduction must be performed to prevent the hardware +actions that are designed for catastrophic scenarios. + +Currently, P-states, T-states (clock modulation), and CPU offlining +are used for CPU throttling. + +On Intel CPUs, C-states provide effective power reduction, but so far +they’re only used opportunistically, based on workload. With the +development of intel_powerclamp driver, the method of synchronizing +idle injection across all online CPU threads was introduced. The goal +is to achieve forced and controllable C-state residency. + +Test/Analysis has been made in the areas of power, performance, +scalability, and user experience. In many cases, clear advantage is +shown over taking the CPU offline or modulating the CPU clock. + + +=================== +THEORY OF OPERATION +=================== + +Idle Injection +-------------- + +On modern Intel processors (Nehalem or later), package level C-state +residency is available in MSRs, thus also available to the kernel. + +These MSRs are: + #define MSR_PKG_C2_RESIDENCY 0x60D + #define MSR_PKG_C3_RESIDENCY 0x3F8 + #define MSR_PKG_C6_RESIDENCY 0x3F9 + #define MSR_PKG_C7_RESIDENCY 0x3FA + +If the kernel can also inject idle time to the system, then a +closed-loop control system can be established that manages package +level C-state. The intel_powerclamp driver is conceived as such a +control system, where the target set point is a user-selected idle +ratio (based on power reduction), and the error is the difference +between the actual package level C-state residency ratio and the target idle +ratio. + +Injection is controlled by high priority kernel threads, spawned for +each online CPU. + +These kernel threads, with SCHED_FIFO class, are created to perform +clamping actions of controlled duty ratio and duration. Each per-CPU +thread synchronizes its idle time and duration, based on the rounding +of jiffies, so accumulated errors can be prevented to avoid a jittery +effect. Threads are also bound to the CPU such that they cannot be +migrated, unless the CPU is taken offline. In this case, threads +belong to the offlined CPUs will be terminated immediately. + +Running as SCHED_FIFO and relatively high priority, also allows such +scheme to work for both preemptable and non-preemptable kernels. +Alignment of idle time around jiffies ensures scalability for HZ +values. This effect can be better visualized using a Perf timechart. +The following diagram shows the behavior of kernel thread +kidle_inject/cpu. During idle injection, it runs monitor/mwait idle +for a given "duration", then relinquishes the CPU to other tasks, +until the next time interval. + +The NOHZ schedule tick is disabled during idle time, but interrupts +are not masked. Tests show that the extra wakeups from scheduler tick +have a dramatic impact on the effectiveness of the powerclamp driver +on large scale systems (Westmere system with 80 processors). + +CPU0 + ____________ ____________ +kidle_inject/0 | sleep | mwait | sleep | + _________| |________| |_______ + duration +CPU1 + ____________ ____________ +kidle_inject/1 | sleep | mwait | sleep | + _________| |________| |_______ + ^ + | + | + roundup(jiffies, interval) + +Only one CPU is allowed to collect statistics and update global +control parameters. This CPU is referred to as the controlling CPU in +this document. The controlling CPU is elected at runtime, with a +policy that favors BSP, taking into account the possibility of a CPU +hot-plug. + +In terms of dynamics of the idle control system, package level idle +time is considered largely as a non-causal system where its behavior +cannot be based on the past or current input. Therefore, the +intel_powerclamp driver attempts to enforce the desired idle time +instantly as given input (target idle ratio). After injection, +powerclamp moniors the actual idle for a given time window and adjust +the next injection accordingly to avoid over/under correction. + +When used in a causal control system, such as a temperature control, +it is up to the user of this driver to implement algorithms where +past samples and outputs are included in the feedback. For example, a +PID-based thermal controller can use the powerclamp driver to +maintain a desired target temperature, based on integral and +derivative gains of the past samples. + + + +Calibration +----------- +During scalability testing, it is observed that synchronized actions +among CPUs become challenging as the number of cores grows. This is +also true for the ability of a system to enter package level C-states. + +To make sure the intel_powerclamp driver scales well, online +calibration is implemented. The goals for doing such a calibration +are: + +a) determine the effective range of idle injection ratio +b) determine the amount of compensation needed at each target ratio + +Compensation to each target ratio consists of two parts: + + a) steady state error compensation + This is to offset the error occurring when the system can + enter idle without extra wakeups (such as external interrupts). + + b) dynamic error compensation + When an excessive amount of wakeups occurs during idle, an + additional idle ratio can be added to quiet interrupts, by + slowing down CPU activities. + +A debugfs file is provided for the user to examine compensation +progress and results, such as on a Westmere system. +[jacob@nex01 ~]$ cat +/sys/kernel/debug/intel_powerclamp/powerclamp_calib +controlling cpu: 0 +pct confidence steady dynamic (compensation) +0 0 0 0 +1 1 0 0 +2 1 1 0 +3 3 1 0 +4 3 1 0 +5 3 1 0 +6 3 1 0 +7 3 1 0 +8 3 1 0 +... +30 3 2 0 +31 3 2 0 +32 3 1 0 +33 3 2 0 +34 3 1 0 +35 3 2 0 +36 3 1 0 +37 3 2 0 +38 3 1 0 +39 3 2 0 +40 3 3 0 +41 3 1 0 +42 3 2 0 +43 3 1 0 +44 3 1 0 +45 3 2 0 +46 3 3 0 +47 3 0 0 +48 3 2 0 +49 3 3 0 + +Calibration occurs during runtime. No offline method is available. +Steady state compensation is used only when confidence levels of all +adjacent ratios have reached satisfactory level. A confidence level +is accumulated based on clean data collected at runtime. Data +collected during a period without extra interrupts is considered +clean. + +To compensate for excessive amounts of wakeup during idle, additional +idle time is injected when such a condition is detected. Currently, +we have a simple algorithm to double the injection ratio. A possible +enhancement might be to throttle the offending IRQ, such as delaying +EOI for level triggered interrupts. But it is a challenge to be +non-intrusive to the scheduler or the IRQ core code. + + +CPU Online/Offline +------------------ +Per-CPU kernel threads are started/stopped upon receiving +notifications of CPU hotplug activities. The intel_powerclamp driver +keeps track of clamping kernel threads, even after they are migrated +to other CPUs, after a CPU offline event. + + +===================== +Performance Analysis +===================== +This section describes the general performance data collected on +multiple systems, including Westmere (80P) and Ivy Bridge (4P, 8P). + +Effectiveness and Limitations +----------------------------- +The maximum range that idle injection is allowed is capped at 50 +percent. As mentioned earlier, since interrupts are allowed during +forced idle time, excessive interrupts could result in less +effectiveness. The extreme case would be doing a ping -f to generated +flooded network interrupts without much CPU acknowledgement. In this +case, little can be done from the idle injection threads. In most +normal cases, such as scp a large file, applications can be throttled +by the powerclamp driver, since slowing down the CPU also slows down +network protocol processing, which in turn reduces interrupts. + +When control parameters change at runtime by the controlling CPU, it +may take an additional period for the rest of the CPUs to catch up +with the changes. During this time, idle injection is out of sync, +thus not able to enter package C- states at the expected ratio. But +this effect is minor, in that in most cases change to the target +ratio is updated much less frequently than the idle injection +frequency. + +Scalability +----------- +Tests also show a minor, but measurable, difference between the 4P/8P +Ivy Bridge system and the 80P Westmere server under 50% idle ratio. +More compensation is needed on Westmere for the same amount of +target idle ratio. The compensation also increases as the idle ratio +gets larger. The above reason constitutes the need for the +calibration code. + +On the IVB 8P system, compared to an offline CPU, powerclamp can +achieve up to 40% better performance per watt. (measured by a spin +counter summed over per CPU counting threads spawned for all running +CPUs). + +==================== +Usage and Interfaces +==================== +The powerclamp driver is registered to the generic thermal layer as a +cooling device. Currently, it’s not bound to any thermal zones. + +jacob@chromoly:/sys/class/thermal/cooling_device14$ grep . * +cur_state:0 +max_state:50 +type:intel_powerclamp + +Example usage: +- To inject 25% idle time +$ sudo sh -c "echo 25 > /sys/class/thermal/cooling_device80/cur_state +" + +If the system is not busy and has more than 25% idle time already, +then the powerclamp driver will not start idle injection. Using Top +will not show idle injection kernel threads. + +If the system is busy (spin test below) and has less than 25% natural +idle time, powerclamp kernel threads will do idle injection, which +appear running to the scheduler. But the overall system idle is still +reflected. In this example, 24.1% idle is shown. This helps the +system admin or user determine the cause of slowdown, when a +powerclamp driver is in action. + + +Tasks: 197 total, 1 running, 196 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie +Cpu(s): 71.2%us, 4.7%sy, 0.0%ni, 24.1%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st +Mem: 3943228k total, 1689632k used, 2253596k free, 74960k buffers +Swap: 4087804k total, 0k used, 4087804k free, 945336k cached + + PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND + 3352 jacob 20 0 262m 644 428 S 286 0.0 0:17.16 spin + 3341 root -51 0 0 0 0 D 25 0.0 0:01.62 kidle_inject/0 + 3344 root -51 0 0 0 0 D 25 0.0 0:01.60 kidle_inject/3 + 3342 root -51 0 0 0 0 D 25 0.0 0:01.61 kidle_inject/1 + 3343 root -51 0 0 0 0 D 25 0.0 0:01.60 kidle_inject/2 + 2935 jacob 20 0 696m 125m 35m S 5 3.3 0:31.11 firefox + 1546 root 20 0 158m 20m 6640 S 3 0.5 0:26.97 Xorg + 2100 jacob 20 0 1223m 88m 30m S 3 2.3 0:23.68 compiz + +Tests have shown that by using the powerclamp driver as a cooling +device, a PID based userspace thermal controller can manage to +control CPU temperature effectively, when no other thermal influence +is added. For example, a UltraBook user can compile the kernel under +certain temperature (below most active trip points). diff --git a/Documentation/thermal/sysfs-api.txt b/Documentation/thermal/sysfs-api.txt index 88c02334e356..6859661c9d31 100644 --- a/Documentation/thermal/sysfs-api.txt +++ b/Documentation/thermal/sysfs-api.txt @@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ temperature) and throttle appropriate devices. .get_trip_type: get the type of certain trip point. .get_trip_temp: get the temperature above which the certain trip point will be fired. + .set_emul_temp: set the emulation temperature which helps in debugging + different threshold temperature points. 1.1.2 void thermal_zone_device_unregister(struct thermal_zone_device *tz) @@ -153,6 +155,7 @@ Thermal zone device sys I/F, created once it's registered: |---trip_point_[0-*]_temp: Trip point temperature |---trip_point_[0-*]_type: Trip point type |---trip_point_[0-*]_hyst: Hysteresis value for this trip point + |---emul_temp: Emulated temperature set node Thermal cooling device sys I/F, created once it's registered: /sys/class/thermal/cooling_device[0-*]: @@ -252,6 +255,16 @@ passive Valid values: 0 (disabled) or greater than 1000 RW, Optional +emul_temp + Interface to set the emulated temperature method in thermal zone + (sensor). After setting this temperature, the thermal zone may pass + this temperature to platform emulation function if registered or + cache it locally. This is useful in debugging different temperature + threshold and its associated cooling action. This is write only node + and writing 0 on this node should disable emulation. + Unit: millidegree Celsius + WO, Optional + ***************************** * Cooling device attributes * ***************************** @@ -329,8 +342,9 @@ The framework includes a simple notification mechanism, in the form of a netlink event. Netlink socket initialization is done during the _init_ of the framework. Drivers which intend to use the notification mechanism just need to call thermal_generate_netlink_event() with two arguments viz -(originator, event). Typically the originator will be an integer assigned -to a thermal_zone_device when it registers itself with the framework. The +(originator, event). The originator is a pointer to struct thermal_zone_device +from where the event has been originated. An integer which represents the +thermal zone device will be used in the message to identify the zone. The event will be one of:{THERMAL_AUX0, THERMAL_AUX1, THERMAL_CRITICAL, THERMAL_DEV_FAULT}. Notification can be sent when the current temperature crosses any of the configured thresholds. |