From: Sumit Gupta <sumitg@nvidia.com>
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Subject: [PATCH v5 3/4] cpufreq: CPPC: Preserve OSPM-set registers across hotplug and unload
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2026 16:08:19 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260916103820.1760297-4-sumitg@nvidia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260916103820.1760297-1-sumitg@nvidia.com>
Values written to OSPM-set CPPC registers via sysfs can be lost in two
ways:
- Across CPU hotplug: the platform may reset a CPU's registers while it
is offline.
- On driver unload: the value the driver wrote is left in the register
instead of returning to its pre-driver state.
Add a small table-driven mechanism that handles both:
- On init(), capture each register's firmware value before the
driver programs anything.
- On offline(), read back each register's current value (whatever was
last set via sysfs) so it can be reapplied, then restore the firmware
value.
- On online(), reapply the value captured at offline() after
reprogramming the performance controls. A failed write to the controls
does not skip the reapply, as no other path restores these registers.
- On exit(), nothing is needed, as the core calls offline() first, which
already restored the firmware values.
Cover the Autonomous Selection (auto_sel), Energy Performance Preference
(EPP) and Autonomous Activity Window (auto_act_window) registers. Writes
to EPP and auto_act_window only have meaning while auto_sel is enabled,
so write auto_sel before them when enabling it and after them when
disabling it. While autonomous selection stays disabled, the platform may
ignore those writes.
Suggested-by: Pierre Gondois <pierre.gondois@arm.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/86780f97-29ee-4a72-b311-38c89434b707@arm.com/
Signed-off-by: Sumit Gupta <sumitg@nvidia.com>
---
drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c | 193 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 190 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c
index d7d96fe0da1b..ac315071a979 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c
@@ -28,6 +28,183 @@
static struct cpufreq_driver cppc_cpufreq_driver;
+/*
+ * OSPM-set CPPC registers tracked for save/restore. A value the OS wrote is
+ * reapplied from online() across CPU hotplug, and the firmware value is
+ * restored from offline().
+ *
+ * Autonomous Selection (auto_sel) is kept first, as the registers after it
+ * only have meaning while it is enabled.
+ */
+enum cppc_saved_reg_id {
+ CPPC_SAVED_AUTO_SEL,
+ CPPC_SAVED_EPP,
+ CPPC_SAVED_AUTO_ACT_WINDOW,
+ CPPC_NR_SAVED_REGS,
+};
+
+struct cppc_saved_reg {
+ const char *name;
+ int (*get)(int cpu, u64 *val);
+ int (*set)(int cpu, u64 val);
+};
+
+static const struct cppc_saved_reg cppc_saved_regs[CPPC_NR_SAVED_REGS] = {
+ [CPPC_SAVED_AUTO_SEL] = {
+ .name = "auto_sel",
+ .get = cppc_get_auto_sel,
+ .set = cppc_set_auto_sel,
+ },
+ [CPPC_SAVED_EPP] = {
+ .name = "epp",
+ .get = cppc_get_epp_perf,
+ .set = cppc_set_epp,
+ },
+ [CPPC_SAVED_AUTO_ACT_WINDOW] = {
+ .name = "auto_act_window",
+ .get = cppc_get_auto_act_window,
+ .set = cppc_set_auto_act_window,
+ },
+};
+
+enum cppc_saved_type {
+ CPPC_SAVED_FIRMWARE,
+ CPPC_SAVED_REQUESTED,
+};
+
+/*
+ * Per-policy values saved for each register in cppc_saved_regs[]:
+ * firmware_val - value before the driver touched it, captured at init()
+ * and written back when the policy goes offline. U64_MAX
+ * if it could not be read
+ * requested_val - value in effect when the policy last went offline,
+ * reapplied at online(). U64_MAX if none
+ */
+struct cppc_saved_vals {
+ u64 firmware_val;
+ u64 requested_val;
+};
+
+struct cppc_policy_state {
+ struct cppc_saved_vals regs[CPPC_NR_SAVED_REGS];
+};
+
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct cppc_policy_state, cppc_policy_state);
+
+/*
+ * Per-policy state is kept in the per-CPU variable of the first CPU the policy
+ * manages. related_cpus (the policy's full set of CPUs) never changes while the
+ * policy exists, so this CPU (unlike policy->cpu) stays the same across CPU
+ * hotplug, and every callback reaches the same copy.
+ */
+static struct cppc_policy_state *
+cppc_cpufreq_policy_state(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
+{
+ const struct cpumask *policy_cpus = policy->related_cpus;
+
+ /*
+ * related_cpus is empty until the core fills it in after init(), so
+ * fall back to policy->cpus, which has the same first CPU.
+ */
+ if (cpumask_empty(policy_cpus))
+ policy_cpus = policy->cpus;
+
+ return &per_cpu(cppc_policy_state, cpumask_first(policy_cpus));
+}
+
+/*
+ * Save each register's current value, either as the firmware value, captured
+ * before the driver programs anything, or as the requested value, to reapply
+ * at online().
+ */
+static void cppc_cpufreq_save_regs(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
+ enum cppc_saved_type saved_type)
+{
+ struct cppc_policy_state *st = cppc_cpufreq_policy_state(policy);
+ unsigned int cpu = policy->cpu;
+ u64 val;
+ int i;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < CPPC_NR_SAVED_REGS; i++) {
+ if (cppc_saved_regs[i].get(cpu, &val))
+ val = U64_MAX;
+
+ if (saved_type == CPPC_SAVED_FIRMWARE) {
+ st->regs[i].firmware_val = val;
+ st->regs[i].requested_val = U64_MAX;
+ } else {
+ st->regs[i].requested_val = val;
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+static u64 cppc_cpufreq_saved_reg_value(const struct cppc_saved_vals *st,
+ enum cppc_saved_reg_id reg,
+ enum cppc_saved_type saved_type)
+{
+ if (saved_type == CPPC_SAVED_FIRMWARE)
+ return st[reg].firmware_val;
+
+ return st[reg].requested_val;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Write one tracked register, skipping it when there is no saved value.
+ * A register the platform does not allow writing is not an error.
+ */
+static void cppc_cpufreq_write_saved_reg(unsigned int cpu,
+ enum cppc_saved_reg_id reg, u64 val,
+ enum cppc_saved_type saved_type)
+{
+ const char *op = (saved_type == CPPC_SAVED_FIRMWARE) ?
+ "restore firmware" : "reapply saved";
+ int ret;
+
+ if (val == U64_MAX)
+ return;
+
+ ret = cppc_saved_regs[reg].set(cpu, val);
+ if (ret == -EOPNOTSUPP)
+ return;
+ if (ret)
+ pr_debug("Failed to %s %s=%llu on CPU%u (%d)\n", op,
+ cppc_saved_regs[reg].name, val, cpu, ret);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Apply the saved firmware or requested value to each tracked register.
+ *
+ * Write auto_sel first when the value being applied enables autonomous
+ * selection and last when it disables it, so the writes to the dependent
+ * registers can still take effect. While autonomous selection stays disabled,
+ * the platform may ignore those writes. Do not enable it temporarily to force
+ * them through.
+ */
+static void cppc_cpufreq_apply_saved_regs(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
+ enum cppc_saved_type saved_type)
+{
+ const struct cppc_saved_vals *st = cppc_cpufreq_policy_state(policy)->regs;
+ unsigned int cpu = policy->cpu;
+ u64 auto_sel, val;
+ int i;
+
+ auto_sel = cppc_cpufreq_saved_reg_value(st, CPPC_SAVED_AUTO_SEL,
+ saved_type);
+
+ if (auto_sel)
+ cppc_cpufreq_write_saved_reg(cpu, CPPC_SAVED_AUTO_SEL, auto_sel,
+ saved_type);
+
+ for (i = CPPC_SAVED_AUTO_SEL + 1; i < CPPC_NR_SAVED_REGS; i++) {
+ val = cppc_cpufreq_saved_reg_value(st, i, saved_type);
+ cppc_cpufreq_write_saved_reg(cpu, i, val, saved_type);
+ }
+
+ if (!auto_sel)
+ cppc_cpufreq_write_saved_reg(cpu, CPPC_SAVED_AUTO_SEL, auto_sel,
+ saved_type);
+}
+
#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_CPPC_CPUFREQ_FIE
static enum {
FIE_UNSET = -1,
@@ -718,6 +895,8 @@ static int cppc_cpufreq_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
policy->cur = cppc_perf_to_khz(caps, caps->highest_perf);
cpu_data->perf_ctrls.desired_perf = caps->highest_perf;
+ cppc_cpufreq_save_regs(policy, CPPC_SAVED_FIRMWARE);
+
ret = cppc_set_perf(cpu, &cpu_data->perf_ctrls);
if (ret) {
pr_debug("Err setting perf value:%d on CPU:%d. ret:%d\n",
@@ -791,12 +970,14 @@ cppc_cpufreq_prepare_perf_restore(unsigned int cpu,
*
* The platform may have disabled CPPC and reset the performance controls
* (desired, min and max performance) while the CPU was offline, so re-enable
- * CPPC and reprogram them.
+ * CPPC and reprogram them. Also reapply the OSPM-set registers that offline()
+ * reset to firmware values.
*
* Report failures without returning them, or the core would free the policy and
* leave the CPU without cpufreq. A failed write to the performance controls is
- * not fatal, as the governor's next request programs them again. A failed CPPC
- * enable stops the restore, as the writes that follow may not reach the
+ * not fatal, as the governor's next request programs them again. The OSPM-set
+ * registers are reapplied even then, as no other path restores them. A failed
+ * CPPC enable skips both restores, as the writes that follow may not reach the
* platform.
*/
static int cppc_cpufreq_cpu_online(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
@@ -832,6 +1013,8 @@ static int cppc_cpufreq_cpu_online(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
pr_debug("Failed to restore perf controls on CPU%u (%d)\n",
cpu, ret);
+ cppc_cpufreq_apply_saved_regs(policy, CPPC_SAVED_REQUESTED);
+
out_fie:
/* Restart what offline() stopped, with a new counter snapshot. */
cppc_cpufreq_cpu_fie_init(policy);
@@ -851,6 +1034,10 @@ static int cppc_cpufreq_cpu_offline(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
unsigned int cpu = policy->cpu;
int ret;
+ /* Save what the OS set, and leave the platform in its pre-driver state. */
+ cppc_cpufreq_save_regs(policy, CPPC_SAVED_REQUESTED);
+ cppc_cpufreq_apply_saved_regs(policy, CPPC_SAVED_FIRMWARE);
+
/*
* Stop the frequency invariance updates and cancel the pending work, so
* that no sample spans the offline window. online() restarts them with
--
2.34.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-16 10:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-16 10:38 [PATCH v5 0/4] " Sumit Gupta
2026-09-16 10:38 ` [PATCH v5 1/4] cpufreq: CPPC: Keep the policy across CPU hotplug Sumit Gupta
2026-09-16 10:38 ` [PATCH v5 2/4] ACPI: CPPC: Make autonomous selection helpers take a u64 Sumit Gupta
2026-09-16 18:48 ` K Prateek Nayak
2026-09-16 10:38 ` Sumit Gupta [this message]
2026-09-16 10:38 ` [PATCH v5 4/4] cpufreq: CPPC: Preserve OSPM-set registers across suspend/resume Sumit Gupta
2026-09-16 19:04 ` [PATCH v5 0/4] cpufreq: CPPC: Preserve OSPM-set registers across hotplug and unload K Prateek Nayak
2026-09-17 7:13 ` Sumit Gupta
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