Re: [RFC/RFT] [PATCH v3 4/4] cpufreq: intel_pstate: enable boost for SKX

[Giovanni Gherdovich <ggherdovich@suse.cz>]

On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 03:51:43PM -0700, Srinivas Pandruvada wrote:
> Enable HWP boost on Skylake server platform.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@linux.intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c | 9 +++++++++
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
> index 254e30a6c1e0..75c5a95bc0ac 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
> @@ -1794,6 +1794,11 @@ static const struct x86_cpu_id intel_pstate_cpu_ee_disable_ids[] = {
>  	{}
>  };
>  
> +static const struct x86_cpu_id intel_pstate_hwp_boost_ids[] __initconst = {
> +	ICPU(INTEL_FAM6_SKYLAKE_X, core_funcs),
> +	{}
> +};
> +
>  static int intel_pstate_init_cpu(unsigned int cpunum)
>  {
>  	struct cpudata *cpu;
> @@ -1824,6 +1829,10 @@ static int intel_pstate_init_cpu(unsigned int cpunum)
>  			intel_pstate_disable_ee(cpunum);
>  
>  		intel_pstate_hwp_enable(cpu);
> +
> +		id = x86_match_cpu(intel_pstate_hwp_boost_ids);
> +		if (id)
> +			hwp_boost = true;
>  	}
>  
>  	intel_pstate_get_cpu_pstates(cpu);
> -- 
> 2.13.6
> 
> 

I have a Skylake server, HWP capable, but it doesn't trigger this bit; I had
to do "echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/hwp_dynamic_boost".

Just out of curiosity, do you see reasons for leaving some SKL out of the
default setting? Or maybe I'm missing something.

/proc/cpuinfo says that the model name is "Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1240 v5";
the outputs of `cpuid -1` and `cpuid -1 --raw` are in this pastebin:
http://paste.opensuse.org/view/raw/34255499


Giovanni Gherdovich
SUSE Labs