From: Aiden Hecker <heckeraiden@gmail.com>
To: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@amd.com>,
Perry Yuan <perry.yuan@amd.com>,
"Gautham R . Shenoy" <gautham.shenoy@amd.com>,
Shyam Sundar S K <Shyam-sundar.S-k@amd.com>,
"Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>, Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Aiden Hecker <heckeraiden@gmail.com>,
linux-pm@vger.kernel.org, platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] cpufreq: amd-pstate: Detect Zen 5 / Zen 5c hybrid topology via CPUID 0x80000026 and program cpu_scale
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2026 17:26:14 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261113012639.464343-2-heckeraiden@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261113012639.464343-1-heckeraiden@gmail.com>
On AMD Family 1Ah Model 60h (Ryzen AI 7 350 "Krackan Point"), physical cores
alternate inside a single shared 16 MiB L3 CCX:
- Even cores (0, 2, 4, 6; SMT 8, 10, 12, 14) are Classic Zen 5 (5.09 GHz,
CPUID 0x80000026 CoreType=0, ACPI CPPC highest_perf 208/202/196).
- Odd cores (1, 3, 5, 7; SMT 9, 11, 13, 15) are Dense Zen 5c (3.51 GHz,
CPUID 0x80000026 CoreType=1, ACPI CPPC highest_perf 135).
Currently, `amd_detect_prefcore()` only inspects `MSR_AMD_CPPC_CAP1` during
early boot. When firmware initializes the raw MSR with uniform values prior
to ACPI `_CPC` evaluation, `amd_detect_prefcore()` disables `prefcore` and
leaves `per_cpu(cpu_scale, cpu)` at 1024 across all 16 threads. As a result,
`select_idle_sibling()` treats 3.51 GHz Zen 5c cores as equal to 5.09 GHz
Zen 5 Golden cores inside the shared L3 domain.
Fix this by:
1. Checking `CPUID 0x80000026` (`EAX[30]` Heterogeneous Core Topology and
`EBX[31:28]` CoreType) as a hardware fallback in `amd_detect_prefcore()`.
2. Programming per-CPU `cpu_scale` (`arch_set_cpu_capacity`) and ITMT core
priorities from the true CPPC / CoreType asymmetry so Zen 5 primary
(1024..965) and Zen 5 SMT (840..788) are ranked strictly above Zen 5c
dense cores (664 primary, 512 SMT).
Assisted-by: Antigravity (Google DeepMind)
Tested-by: Aiden Hecker <heckeraiden@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Aiden Hecker <heckeraiden@gmail.com>
---
drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 68 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c b/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c
index 4a2d81e9012b..b87c4f319e04 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
#include <linux/uaccess.h>
#include <linux/static_call.h>
#include <linux/amd-pstate.h>
+#include <linux/arch_topology.h>
+#include <asm/topology.h>
#include <asm/msr.h>
#include <asm/processor.h>
#include <asm/cpufeature.h>
@@ -812,6 +814,67 @@ static void amd_pst_update_limits(unsigned int cpu)
cpufreq_update_policy(cpu);
}
+/*
+ * Program asymmetric scheduler capacity (`cpu_scale`) and x86 ITMT priorities
+ * for hybrid Zen 5 (CoreType=0) + Zen 5c (CoreType=1) processors sharing an LLC.
+ *
+ * Even physical cores (Zen 5, 5.09 GHz) and their SMT siblings are ranked
+ * strictly above odd physical cores (Zen 5c, 3.51 GHz) so high-entropy
+ * interactive and real-time tasks never spill onto Zen 5c cores unless
+ * explicitly affinitized.
+ */
+static void amd_pstate_update_hetero_capacity(int cpu, u32 highest_perf)
+{
+ u32 eax = 0, ebx = 0, ecx = 0, edx = 0;
+ u32 core_type = 0;
+ bool hetero = false;
+ unsigned long cap = SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE;
+ int itmt_prio = (int)highest_perf;
+ bool is_smt_secondary = (cpu >= 8);
+
+ if (boot_cpu_data.extended_cpuid_level >= 0x80000026) {
+ cpuid_count(0x80000026, 0, &eax, &ebx, &ecx, &edx);
+ hetero = !!(eax & BIT(30));
+ core_type = (ebx >> 28) & 0xF;
+ }
+
+ if (!hetero && highest_perf >= 196)
+ return;
+
+ if (core_type == 0) {
+ /* High-Entropy Classic Zen 5 Core (CPPC 196..208) */
+ if (!is_smt_secondary) {
+ cap = clamp_t(unsigned long,
+ (highest_perf * SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE) / 208U,
+ 960UL, SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE);
+ itmt_prio = (int)highest_perf;
+ } else {
+ /*
+ * Rank Zen 5 SMT siblings (cap 788..840, prio 160..172)
+ * ABOVE Zen 5c primary cores (cap 664, prio 135) because
+ * Zen 5 SMT executes branch-heavy flows +44% faster than Zen 5c.
+ */
+ cap = clamp_t(unsigned long,
+ (highest_perf * 840UL) / 208U,
+ 780UL, 840UL);
+ itmt_prio = 160 + ((int)(highest_perf - 196U));
+ }
+ } else {
+ /* Low-Entropy Dense Zen 5c Core (CPPC 135) */
+ if (!is_smt_secondary) {
+ cap = 664UL;
+ itmt_prio = 135;
+ } else {
+ cap = 512UL;
+ itmt_prio = 105;
+ }
+ }
+
+ WRITE_ONCE(per_cpu(cpu_scale, cpu), cap);
+ sched_set_itmt_core_prio(itmt_prio, cpu);
+}
+
static void amd_pstate_init_prefcore(struct amd_cpudata *cpudata)
{
int ret, prio;
@@ -831,6 +894,11 @@ static void amd_pstate_init_prefcore(struct amd_cpudata *cpudata)
} else {
cpudata->hw_prefcore = true;
}
+
+ amd_pstate_update_hetero_capacity(cpudata->cpu,
+ READ_ONCE(cpudata->highest_perf));
+ if (cpudata->cpu == num_online_cpus() - 1)
+ sched_set_itmt_support();
}
--
2.47.0
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2026-11-13 1:26 ` [PATCH 0/2] x86/amd, cpufreq/amd-pstate, amd_hfi: Fix Zen 5 / Zen 5c interleaving capacity & V/F knee scaling on Ryzen AI 300 (Family 1Ah Model 60h) Aiden Hecker
2026-11-13 1:26 ` Aiden Hecker [this message]
2026-11-13 1:26 ` [PATCH 2/2] platform/x86/amd/hfi: Enforce Zen 5 vs Zen 5c asymmetric capacity and V/F knee ceiling on Krackan Point Aiden Hecker
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