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// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
/*
* Timer events oriented CPU idle governor
*
* Copyright (C) 2018 - 2021 Intel Corporation
* Author: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
*/
/**
* DOC: teo-description
*
* The idea of this governor is based on the observation that on many systems
* timer interrupts are two or more orders of magnitude more frequent than any
* other interrupt types, so they are likely to dominate CPU wakeup patterns.
* Moreover, in principle, the time when the next timer event is going to occur
* can be determined at the idle state selection time, although doing that may
* be costly, so it can be regarded as the most reliable source of information
* for idle state selection.
*
* Of course, non-timer wakeup sources are more important in some use cases,
* but even then it is generally unnecessary to consider idle duration values
* greater than the time till the next timer event, referred as the sleep
* length in what follows, because the closest timer will ultimately wake up the
* CPU anyway unless it is woken up earlier.
*
* However, since obtaining the sleep length may be costly, the governor first
* checks if it can select a shallow idle state using wakeup pattern information
* from recent times, in which case it can do without knowing the sleep length
* at all. For this purpose, it counts CPU wakeup events and looks for an idle
* state whose target residency has not exceeded the idle duration (measured
* after wakeup) in the majority of relevant recent cases. If the target
* residency of that state is small enough, it may be used right away and the
* sleep length need not be determined.
*
* The computations carried out by this governor are based on using bins whose
* boundaries are aligned with the target residency parameter values of the CPU
* idle states provided by the %CPUIdle driver in the ascending order. That is,
* the first bin spans from 0 up to, but not including, the target residency of
* the second idle state (idle state 1), the second bin spans from the target
* residency of idle state 1 up to, but not including, the target residency of
* idle state 2, the third bin spans from the target residency of idle state 2
* up to, but not including, the target residency of idle state 3 and so on.
* The last bin spans from the target residency of the deepest idle state
* supplied by the driver to infinity.
*
* Two metrics called "hits" and "intercepts" are associated with each bin.
* They are updated every time before selecting an idle state for the given CPU
* in accordance with what happened last time.
*
* The "hits" metric reflects the relative frequency of situations in which the
* sleep length and the idle duration measured after CPU wakeup are close enough
* (that is, the CPU appears to wake up "on time" relative to the sleep length).
* In turn, the "intercepts" metric reflects the relative frequency of non-timer
* wakeup events for which the measured idle duration is significantly different
* from the sleep length (these events are also referred to as "intercepts"
* below).
*
* The governor also counts "intercepts" with the measured idle duration below
* the tick period length and uses this information when deciding whether or not
* to stop the scheduler tick.
*
* In order to select an idle state for a CPU, the governor takes the following
* steps (modulo the possible latency constraint that must be taken into account
* too):
*
* 1. Find the deepest enabled CPU idle state (the candidate idle state) and
* compute 2 sums as follows:
*
* - The sum of the "hits" metric for all of the idle states shallower than
* the candidate one (it represents the cases in which the CPU was likely
* woken up by a timer).
*
* - The sum of the "intercepts" metric for all of the idle states shallower
* than the candidate one (it represents the cases in which the CPU was
* likely woken up by a non-timer wakeup source).
*
* Also find the idle state with the maximum intercepts metric (if there are
* multiple states with the maximum intercepts metric, choose the one with
* the highest index).
*
* 2. If the second sum computed in step 1 is greater than a half of the sum of
* both metrics for the candidate state bin and all subsequent bins (if any),
* a shallower idle state is likely to be more suitable, so look for it.
*
* - Traverse the enabled idle states shallower than the candidate one in the
* descending order, starting at the state with the maximum intercepts
* metric found in step 1.
*
* - For each of them compute the sum of the "intercepts" metrics over all
* of the idle states between it and the candidate one (including the
* former and excluding the latter).
*
* - If this sum is greater than a half of the second sum computed in step 1,
* use the given idle state as the new candidate one.
*
* 3. If the current candidate state is state 0 or its target residency is short
* enough, return it and prevent the scheduler tick from being stopped.
*
* 4. Obtain the sleep length value and check if it is below the target
* residency of the current candidate state, in which case a new shallower
* candidate state needs to be found, so look for it.
*/
#include <linux/cpuidle.h>
#include <linux/jiffies.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/sched/clock.h>
#include <linux/tick.h>
#include "gov.h"
/*
* Idle state exit latency threshold used for deciding whether or not to check
* the time till the closest expected timer event.
*/
#define LATENCY_THRESHOLD_NS (RESIDENCY_THRESHOLD_NS / 2)
/*
* The PULSE value is added to metrics when they grow and the DECAY_SHIFT value
* is used for decreasing metrics on a regular basis.
*/
#define PULSE 1024
#define DECAY_SHIFT 3
/**
* struct teo_bin - Metrics used by the TEO cpuidle governor.
* @intercepts: The "intercepts" metric.
* @hits: The "hits" metric.
*/
struct teo_bin {
unsigned int intercepts;
unsigned int hits;
};
/**
* struct teo_cpu - CPU data used by the TEO cpuidle governor.
* @sleep_length_ns: Time till the closest timer event (at the selection time).
* @state_bins: Idle state data bins for this CPU.
* @total: Grand total of the "intercepts" and "hits" metrics for all bins.
* @total_tick: Wakeups by the scheduler tick.
* @tick_intercepts: "Intercepts" before TICK_NSEC.
* @short_idles: Wakeups after short idle periods.
* @tick_wakeup: Set if the last wakeup was by the scheduler tick.
*/
struct teo_cpu {
s64 sleep_length_ns;
struct teo_bin state_bins[CPUIDLE_STATE_MAX];
unsigned int total;
unsigned int total_tick;
unsigned int tick_intercepts;
unsigned int short_idles;
bool tick_wakeup;
};
static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct teo_cpu, teo_cpus);
static void teo_decay(unsigned int *metric)
{
unsigned int delta = *metric >> DECAY_SHIFT;
if (delta)
*metric -= delta;
else
*metric = 0;
}
/**
* teo_update - Update CPU metrics after wakeup.
* @drv: cpuidle driver containing state data.
* @dev: Target CPU.
*/
static void teo_update(struct cpuidle_driver *drv, struct cpuidle_device *dev)
{
s64 lat_ns = drv->states[dev->last_state_idx].exit_latency_ns;
struct teo_cpu *cpu_data = this_cpu_ptr(&teo_cpus);
int i, idx_timer = 0, idx_duration = 0;
s64 target_residency_ns, measured_ns;
unsigned int total = 0;
teo_decay(&cpu_data->short_idles);
if (dev->poll_time_limit) {
dev->poll_time_limit = false;
/*
* Polling state timeout has triggered, so assume that this
* might have been a long sleep.
*/
measured_ns = S64_MAX;
} else {
measured_ns = dev->last_residency_ns;
/*
* The delay between the wakeup and the first instruction
* executed by the CPU is not likely to be worst-case every
* time, so take 1/2 of the exit latency as a very rough
* approximation of the average of it.
*/
if (measured_ns >= lat_ns) {
measured_ns -= lat_ns / 2;
if (measured_ns < RESIDENCY_THRESHOLD_NS)
cpu_data->short_idles += PULSE;
} else {
measured_ns /= 2;
cpu_data->short_idles += PULSE;
}
}
/*
* Decay the "hits" and "intercepts" metrics for all of the bins and
* find the bins that the sleep length and the measured idle duration
* fall into.
*/
for (i = 0; i < drv->state_count; i++) {
struct teo_bin *bin = &cpu_data->state_bins[i];
teo_decay(&bin->hits);
total += bin->hits;
teo_decay(&bin->intercepts);
total += bin->intercepts;
target_residency_ns = drv->states[i].target_residency_ns;
if (target_residency_ns <= cpu_data->sleep_length_ns) {
idx_timer = i;
if (target_residency_ns <= measured_ns)
idx_duration = i;
}
}
cpu_data->total = total + PULSE;
teo_decay(&cpu_data->tick_intercepts);
teo_decay(&cpu_data->total_tick);
if (cpu_data->tick_wakeup) {
cpu_data->total_tick += PULSE;
/*
* If tick wakeups dominate the wakeup pattern, count this one
* as a hit on the deepest available idle state to increase the
* likelihood of stopping the tick.
*/
if (3 * cpu_data->total_tick > 2 * cpu_data->total) {
cpu_data->state_bins[drv->state_count-1].hits += PULSE;
return;
}
/*
* If intercepts within the tick period range are not frequent
* enough, count this wakeup as a hit, since it is likely that
* the tick has woken up the CPU because an expected intercept
* was not there. Otherwise, one of the intercepts may have
* been incidentally preceded by the tick wakeup.
*/
if (3 * cpu_data->tick_intercepts < 2 * total) {
cpu_data->state_bins[idx_timer].hits += PULSE;
return;
}
}
/*
* If the measured idle duration (adjusted for the entered state exit
* latency) falls into the same bin as the sleep length and the latter
* is less than the "raw" measured idle duration (so the wakeup appears
* to have occurred after the anticipated timer event), this is a "hit",
* so update the "hits" metric for that bin.
*
* Otherwise, update the "intercepts" metric for the bin fallen into by
* the measured idle duration.
*/
if (idx_timer == idx_duration &&
cpu_data->sleep_length_ns - measured_ns < lat_ns / 2) {
cpu_data->state_bins[idx_timer].hits += PULSE;
} else {
cpu_data->state_bins[idx_duration].intercepts += PULSE;
if (measured_ns <= TICK_NSEC)
cpu_data->tick_intercepts += PULSE;
}
}
/**
* teo_find_shallower_state - Find shallower idle state matching given duration.
* @drv: cpuidle driver containing state data.
* @dev: Target CPU.
* @state_idx: Index of the capping idle state.
* @duration_ns: Idle duration value to match.
*/
static int teo_find_shallower_state(struct cpuidle_driver *drv,
struct cpuidle_device *dev, int state_idx,
s64 duration_ns)
{
int i;
for (i = state_idx - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
if (dev->states_usage[i].disable)
continue;
state_idx = i;
if (drv->states[i].target_residency_ns <= duration_ns)
break;
}
return state_idx;
}
/**
* teo_select - Selects the next idle state to enter.
* @drv: cpuidle driver containing state data.
* @dev: Target CPU.
* @stop_tick: Indication on whether or not to stop the scheduler tick.
*/
static int teo_select(struct cpuidle_driver *drv, struct cpuidle_device *dev,
bool *stop_tick)
{
struct teo_cpu *cpu_data = this_cpu_ptr(&teo_cpus);
s64 latency_req = cpuidle_governor_latency_req(dev->cpu);
ktime_t delta_tick = TICK_NSEC / 2;
unsigned int idx_intercept_sum = 0;
unsigned int intercept_sum = 0;
unsigned int intercept_max = 0;
unsigned int idx_hit_sum = 0;
unsigned int hit_sum = 0;
int intercept_max_idx = -1;
int constraint_idx = 0;
int idx0 = 0, idx = -1;
s64 duration_ns;
int i;
if (dev->last_state_idx >= 0) {
teo_update(drv, dev);
dev->last_state_idx = -1;
}
/*
* Set the sleep length to infinity in case the invocation of
* tick_nohz_get_sleep_length() below is skipped, in which case it won't
* be known whether or not the subsequent wakeup is caused by a timer.
* It is generally fine to count the wakeup as an intercept then, except
* for the cases when the CPU is mostly woken up by timers and there may
* be opportunities to ask for a deeper idle state when no imminent
* timers are scheduled which may be missed.
*/
cpu_data->sleep_length_ns = KTIME_MAX;
if (!dev->states_usage[0].disable)
idx = 0;
/*
* Compute the sums of metrics for early wakeup pattern detection and
* look for the state bin with the maximum intercepts metric below the
* deepest enabled one (if there are multiple states with the maximum
* intercepts metric, choose the one with the highest index).
*/
for (i = 1; i < drv->state_count; i++) {
struct teo_bin *prev_bin = &cpu_data->state_bins[i-1];
unsigned int prev_intercepts = prev_bin->intercepts;
struct cpuidle_state *s = &drv->states[i];
/*
* Update the sums of idle state metrics for all of the states
* shallower than the current one.
*/
hit_sum += prev_bin->hits;
intercept_sum += prev_intercepts;
/*
* Check if this is the bin with the maximum number of
* intercepts so far and in that case update the index of
* the state with the maximum intercepts metric.
*/
if (prev_intercepts >= intercept_max) {
intercept_max = prev_intercepts;
intercept_max_idx = i - 1;
}
if (dev->states_usage[i].disable)
continue;
if (idx < 0)
idx0 = i; /* first enabled state */
idx = i;
if (s->exit_latency_ns <= latency_req)
constraint_idx = i;
/* Save the sums for the current state. */
idx_intercept_sum = intercept_sum;
idx_hit_sum = hit_sum;
}
/* Avoid unnecessary overhead. */
if (idx < 0) {
idx = 0; /* No states enabled, must use 0. */
goto out_tick;
}
if (idx == idx0) {
/*
* Only one idle state is enabled, so use it, but do not
* allow the tick to be stopped it is shallow enough.
*/
duration_ns = drv->states[idx].target_residency_ns;
goto end;
}
/*
* If the sum of the intercepts metric for all of the idle states
* shallower than the current candidate one (idx) is greater than the
* sum of the intercepts and hits metrics for the candidate state and
* all of the deeper states, a shallower idle state is likely to be a
* better choice.
*/
if (2 * idx_intercept_sum > cpu_data->total - idx_hit_sum) {
int min_idx = idx0;
if (tick_nohz_tick_stopped()) {
/*
* Look for the shallowest idle state below the current
* candidate one whose target residency is at least
* equal to the tick period length.
*/
while (min_idx < idx &&
drv->states[min_idx].target_residency_ns < TICK_NSEC)
min_idx++;
/*
* Avoid selecting a state with a lower index, but with
* the same target residency as the current candidate
* one.
*/
if (drv->states[min_idx].target_residency_ns ==
drv->states[idx].target_residency_ns)
goto constraint;
}
/*
* If the minimum state index is greater than or equal to the
* index of the state with the maximum intercepts metric and
* the corresponding state is enabled, there is no need to look
* at the deeper states.
*/
if (min_idx >= intercept_max_idx &&
!dev->states_usage[min_idx].disable) {
idx = min_idx;
goto constraint;
}
/*
* Look for the deepest enabled idle state, at most as deep as
* the one with the maximum intercepts metric, whose target
* residency had not been greater than the idle duration in over
* a half of the relevant cases in the past.
*
* Take the possible duration limitation present if the tick
* has been stopped already into account.
*/
for (i = idx - 1, intercept_sum = 0; i >= min_idx; i--) {
intercept_sum += cpu_data->state_bins[i].intercepts;
if (dev->states_usage[i].disable)
continue;
idx = i;
if (2 * intercept_sum > idx_intercept_sum &&
i <= intercept_max_idx)
break;
}
}
constraint:
/*
* If there is a latency constraint, it may be necessary to select an
* idle state shallower than the current candidate one.
*/
if (idx > constraint_idx)
idx = constraint_idx;
/*
* If either the candidate state is state 0 or its target residency is
* low enough, there is basically nothing more to do, but if the sleep
* length is not updated, the subsequent wakeup will be counted as an
* "intercept" which may be problematic in the cases when timer wakeups
* are dominant. Namely, it may effectively prevent deeper idle states
* from being selected at one point even if no imminent timers are
* scheduled.
*
* However, frequent timers in the RESIDENCY_THRESHOLD_NS range on one
* CPU are unlikely (user space has a default 50 us slack value for
* hrtimers and there are relatively few timers with a lower deadline
* value in the kernel), and even if they did happen, the potential
* benefit from using a deep idle state in that case would be
* questionable anyway for latency reasons. Thus if the measured idle
* duration falls into that range in the majority of cases, assume
* non-timer wakeups to be dominant and skip updating the sleep length
* to reduce latency.
*
* Also, if the latency constraint is sufficiently low, it will force
* shallow idle states regardless of the wakeup type, so the sleep
* length need not be known in that case.
*/
if ((!idx || drv->states[idx].target_residency_ns < RESIDENCY_THRESHOLD_NS) &&
(2 * cpu_data->short_idles >= cpu_data->total ||
latency_req < LATENCY_THRESHOLD_NS))
goto out_tick;
duration_ns = tick_nohz_get_sleep_length(&delta_tick);
cpu_data->sleep_length_ns = duration_ns;
if (!idx)
goto out_tick;
/*
* If the closest expected timer is before the target residency of the
* candidate state, a shallower one needs to be found.
*/
if (drv->states[idx].target_residency_ns > duration_ns)
idx = teo_find_shallower_state(drv, dev, idx, duration_ns);
/*
* If the selected state's target residency is below the tick length
* and intercepts occurring before the tick length are the majority of
* total wakeup events, do not stop the tick.
*/
if (drv->states[idx].target_residency_ns < TICK_NSEC &&
3 * cpu_data->tick_intercepts >= 2 * cpu_data->total)
duration_ns = TICK_NSEC / 2;
end:
/*
* Allow the tick to be stopped unless the selected state is a polling
* one or the expected idle duration is shorter than the tick period
* length.
*/
if ((!(drv->states[idx].flags & CPUIDLE_FLAG_POLLING) &&
duration_ns >= TICK_NSEC) || tick_nohz_tick_stopped())
return idx;
/*
* The tick is not going to be stopped, so if the target residency of
* the state to be returned is not within the time till the closest
* timer including the tick, try to correct that.
*/
if (idx > idx0 &&
drv->states[idx].target_residency_ns > delta_tick)
idx = teo_find_shallower_state(drv, dev, idx, delta_tick);
out_tick:
*stop_tick = false;
return idx;
}
/**
* teo_reflect - Note that governor data for the CPU need to be updated.
* @dev: Target CPU.
* @state: Entered state.
*/
static void teo_reflect(struct cpuidle_device *dev, int state)
{
struct teo_cpu *cpu_data = this_cpu_ptr(&teo_cpus);
cpu_data->tick_wakeup = tick_nohz_idle_got_tick();
dev->last_state_idx = state;
}
/**
* teo_enable_device - Initialize the governor's data for the target CPU.
* @drv: cpuidle driver (not used).
* @dev: Target CPU.
*/
static int teo_enable_device(struct cpuidle_driver *drv,
struct cpuidle_device *dev)
{
struct teo_cpu *cpu_data = per_cpu_ptr(&teo_cpus, dev->cpu);
memset(cpu_data, 0, sizeof(*cpu_data));
return 0;
}
static struct cpuidle_governor teo_governor = {
.name = "teo",
.rating = 19,
.enable = teo_enable_device,
.select = teo_select,
.reflect = teo_reflect,
};
static int __init teo_governor_init(void)
{
return cpuidle_register_governor(&teo_governor);
}
postcore_initcall(teo_governor_init);