1 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
3 * Timer events oriented CPU idle governor
5 * Copyright (C) 2018 Intel Corporation
6 * Author: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
8 * The idea of this governor is based on the observation that on many systems
9 * timer events are two or more orders of magnitude more frequent than any
10 * other interrupts, so they are likely to be the most significant source of CPU
11 * wakeups from idle states. Moreover, information about what happened in the
12 * (relatively recent) past can be used to estimate whether or not the deepest
13 * idle state with target residency within the time to the closest timer is
14 * likely to be suitable for the upcoming idle time of the CPU and, if not, then
15 * which of the shallower idle states to choose.
17 * Of course, non-timer wakeup sources are more important in some use cases and
18 * they can be covered by taking a few most recent idle time intervals of the
19 * CPU into account. However, even in that case it is not necessary to consider
20 * idle duration values greater than the time till the closest timer, as the
21 * patterns that they may belong to produce average values close enough to
22 * the time till the closest timer (sleep length) anyway.
24 * Thus this governor estimates whether or not the upcoming idle time of the CPU
25 * is likely to be significantly shorter than the sleep length and selects an
26 * idle state for it in accordance with that, as follows:
28 * - Find an idle state on the basis of the sleep length and state statistics
29 * collected over time:
31 * o Find the deepest idle state whose target residency is less than or equal
32 * to the sleep length.
34 * o Select it if it matched both the sleep length and the observed idle
35 * duration in the past more often than it matched the sleep length alone
36 * (i.e. the observed idle duration was significantly shorter than the sleep
37 * length matched by it).
39 * o Otherwise, select the shallower state with the greatest matched "early"
42 * - If the majority of the most recent idle duration values are below the
43 * target residency of the idle state selected so far, use those values to
44 * compute the new expected idle duration and find an idle state matching it
45 * (which has to be shallower than the one selected so far).
48 #include <linux/cpuidle.h>
49 #include <linux/jiffies.h>
50 #include <linux/kernel.h>
51 #include <linux/sched/clock.h>
52 #include <linux/tick.h>
55 * The PULSE value is added to metrics when they grow and the DECAY_SHIFT value
56 * is used for decreasing metrics on a regular basis.
62 * Number of the most recent idle duration values to take into consideration for
63 * the detection of wakeup patterns.
68 * struct teo_idle_state - Idle state data used by the TEO cpuidle governor.
69 * @early_hits: "Early" CPU wakeups "matching" this state.
70 * @hits: "On time" CPU wakeups "matching" this state.
71 * @misses: CPU wakeups "missing" this state.
73 * A CPU wakeup is "matched" by a given idle state if the idle duration measured
74 * after the wakeup is between the target residency of that state and the target
75 * residency of the next one (or if this is the deepest available idle state, it
76 * "matches" a CPU wakeup when the measured idle duration is at least equal to
77 * its target residency).
79 * Also, from the TEO governor perspective, a CPU wakeup from idle is "early" if
80 * it occurs significantly earlier than the closest expected timer event (that
81 * is, early enough to match an idle state shallower than the one matching the
82 * time till the closest timer event). Otherwise, the wakeup is "on time", or
85 * A "miss" occurs when the given state doesn't match the wakeup, but it matches
86 * the time till the closest timer event used for idle state selection.
88 struct teo_idle_state
{
89 unsigned int early_hits
;
95 * struct teo_cpu - CPU data used by the TEO cpuidle governor.
96 * @time_span_ns: Time between idle state selection and post-wakeup update.
97 * @sleep_length_ns: Time till the closest timer event (at the selection time).
98 * @states: Idle states data corresponding to this CPU.
99 * @interval_idx: Index of the most recent saved idle interval.
100 * @intervals: Saved idle duration values.
105 struct teo_idle_state states
[CPUIDLE_STATE_MAX
];
107 u64 intervals
[INTERVALS
];
110 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct teo_cpu
, teo_cpus
);
113 * teo_update - Update CPU data after wakeup.
114 * @drv: cpuidle driver containing state data.
117 static void teo_update(struct cpuidle_driver
*drv
, struct cpuidle_device
*dev
)
119 struct teo_cpu
*cpu_data
= per_cpu_ptr(&teo_cpus
, dev
->cpu
);
120 int i
, idx_hit
= -1, idx_timer
= -1;
123 if (cpu_data
->time_span_ns
>= cpu_data
->sleep_length_ns
) {
125 * One of the safety nets has triggered or the wakeup was close
126 * enough to the closest timer event expected at the idle state
127 * selection time to be discarded.
129 measured_ns
= U64_MAX
;
131 u64 lat_ns
= drv
->states
[dev
->last_state_idx
].exit_latency_ns
;
134 * The computations below are to determine whether or not the
135 * (saved) time till the next timer event and the measured idle
136 * duration fall into the same "bin", so use last_residency_ns
137 * for that instead of time_span_ns which includes the cpuidle
140 measured_ns
= dev
->last_residency_ns
;
142 * The delay between the wakeup and the first instruction
143 * executed by the CPU is not likely to be worst-case every
144 * time, so take 1/2 of the exit latency as a very rough
145 * approximation of the average of it.
147 if (measured_ns
>= lat_ns
)
148 measured_ns
-= lat_ns
/ 2;
154 * Decay the "early hits" metric for all of the states and find the
155 * states matching the sleep length and the measured idle duration.
157 for (i
= 0; i
< drv
->state_count
; i
++) {
158 unsigned int early_hits
= cpu_data
->states
[i
].early_hits
;
160 cpu_data
->states
[i
].early_hits
-= early_hits
>> DECAY_SHIFT
;
162 if (drv
->states
[i
].target_residency_ns
<= cpu_data
->sleep_length_ns
) {
164 if (drv
->states
[i
].target_residency_ns
<= measured_ns
)
170 * Update the "hits" and "misses" data for the state matching the sleep
171 * length. If it matches the measured idle duration too, this is a hit,
172 * so increase the "hits" metric for it then. Otherwise, this is a
173 * miss, so increase the "misses" metric for it. In the latter case
174 * also increase the "early hits" metric for the state that actually
175 * matches the measured idle duration.
177 if (idx_timer
>= 0) {
178 unsigned int hits
= cpu_data
->states
[idx_timer
].hits
;
179 unsigned int misses
= cpu_data
->states
[idx_timer
].misses
;
181 hits
-= hits
>> DECAY_SHIFT
;
182 misses
-= misses
>> DECAY_SHIFT
;
184 if (idx_timer
> idx_hit
) {
187 cpu_data
->states
[idx_hit
].early_hits
+= PULSE
;
192 cpu_data
->states
[idx_timer
].misses
= misses
;
193 cpu_data
->states
[idx_timer
].hits
= hits
;
197 * Save idle duration values corresponding to non-timer wakeups for
200 cpu_data
->intervals
[cpu_data
->interval_idx
++] = measured_ns
;
201 if (cpu_data
->interval_idx
>= INTERVALS
)
202 cpu_data
->interval_idx
= 0;
205 static bool teo_time_ok(u64 interval_ns
)
207 return !tick_nohz_tick_stopped() || interval_ns
>= TICK_NSEC
;
211 * teo_find_shallower_state - Find shallower idle state matching given duration.
212 * @drv: cpuidle driver containing state data.
214 * @state_idx: Index of the capping idle state.
215 * @duration_ns: Idle duration value to match.
217 static int teo_find_shallower_state(struct cpuidle_driver
*drv
,
218 struct cpuidle_device
*dev
, int state_idx
,
223 for (i
= state_idx
- 1; i
>= 0; i
--) {
224 if (dev
->states_usage
[i
].disable
)
228 if (drv
->states
[i
].target_residency_ns
<= duration_ns
)
235 * teo_select - Selects the next idle state to enter.
236 * @drv: cpuidle driver containing state data.
238 * @stop_tick: Indication on whether or not to stop the scheduler tick.
240 static int teo_select(struct cpuidle_driver
*drv
, struct cpuidle_device
*dev
,
243 struct teo_cpu
*cpu_data
= per_cpu_ptr(&teo_cpus
, dev
->cpu
);
244 s64 latency_req
= cpuidle_governor_latency_req(dev
->cpu
);
246 unsigned int hits
, misses
, early_hits
;
247 int max_early_idx
, prev_max_early_idx
, constraint_idx
, idx
, i
;
250 if (dev
->last_state_idx
>= 0) {
251 teo_update(drv
, dev
);
252 dev
->last_state_idx
= -1;
255 cpu_data
->time_span_ns
= local_clock();
257 duration_ns
= tick_nohz_get_sleep_length(&delta_tick
);
258 cpu_data
->sleep_length_ns
= duration_ns
;
264 prev_max_early_idx
= -1;
265 constraint_idx
= drv
->state_count
;
268 for (i
= 0; i
< drv
->state_count
; i
++) {
269 struct cpuidle_state
*s
= &drv
->states
[i
];
271 if (dev
->states_usage
[i
].disable
) {
273 * Ignore disabled states with target residencies beyond
274 * the anticipated idle duration.
276 if (s
->target_residency_ns
> duration_ns
)
280 * This state is disabled, so the range of idle duration
281 * values corresponding to it is covered by the current
282 * candidate state, but still the "hits" and "misses"
283 * metrics of the disabled state need to be used to
284 * decide whether or not the state covering the range in
285 * question is good enough.
287 hits
= cpu_data
->states
[i
].hits
;
288 misses
= cpu_data
->states
[i
].misses
;
290 if (early_hits
>= cpu_data
->states
[i
].early_hits
||
295 * If the current candidate state has been the one with
296 * the maximum "early hits" metric so far, the "early
297 * hits" metric of the disabled state replaces the
298 * current "early hits" count to avoid selecting a
299 * deeper state with lower "early hits" metric.
301 if (max_early_idx
== idx
) {
302 early_hits
= cpu_data
->states
[i
].early_hits
;
307 * The current candidate state is closer to the disabled
308 * one than the current maximum "early hits" state, so
309 * replace the latter with it, but in case the maximum
310 * "early hits" state index has not been set so far,
311 * check if the current candidate state is not too
312 * shallow for that role.
314 if (teo_time_ok(drv
->states
[idx
].target_residency_ns
)) {
315 prev_max_early_idx
= max_early_idx
;
316 early_hits
= cpu_data
->states
[i
].early_hits
;
324 idx
= i
; /* first enabled state */
325 hits
= cpu_data
->states
[i
].hits
;
326 misses
= cpu_data
->states
[i
].misses
;
329 if (s
->target_residency_ns
> duration_ns
)
332 if (s
->exit_latency_ns
> latency_req
&& constraint_idx
> i
)
336 hits
= cpu_data
->states
[i
].hits
;
337 misses
= cpu_data
->states
[i
].misses
;
339 if (early_hits
< cpu_data
->states
[i
].early_hits
&&
340 teo_time_ok(drv
->states
[i
].target_residency_ns
)) {
341 prev_max_early_idx
= max_early_idx
;
342 early_hits
= cpu_data
->states
[i
].early_hits
;
348 * If the "hits" metric of the idle state matching the sleep length is
349 * greater than its "misses" metric, that is the one to use. Otherwise,
350 * it is more likely that one of the shallower states will match the
351 * idle duration observed after wakeup, so take the one with the maximum
352 * "early hits" metric, but if that cannot be determined, just use the
353 * state selected so far.
355 if (hits
<= misses
) {
357 * The current candidate state is not suitable, so take the one
358 * whose "early hits" metric is the maximum for the range of
361 if (idx
== max_early_idx
)
362 max_early_idx
= prev_max_early_idx
;
364 if (max_early_idx
>= 0) {
366 duration_ns
= drv
->states
[idx
].target_residency_ns
;
371 * If there is a latency constraint, it may be necessary to use a
372 * shallower idle state than the one selected so far.
374 if (constraint_idx
< idx
)
375 idx
= constraint_idx
;
378 idx
= 0; /* No states enabled. Must use 0. */
379 } else if (idx
> 0) {
380 unsigned int count
= 0;
384 * Count and sum the most recent idle duration values less than
385 * the current expected idle duration value.
387 for (i
= 0; i
< INTERVALS
; i
++) {
388 u64 val
= cpu_data
->intervals
[i
];
390 if (val
>= duration_ns
)
398 * Give up unless the majority of the most recent idle duration
399 * values are in the interesting range.
401 if (count
> INTERVALS
/ 2) {
402 u64 avg_ns
= div64_u64(sum
, count
);
405 * Avoid spending too much time in an idle state that
406 * would be too shallow.
408 if (teo_time_ok(avg_ns
)) {
409 duration_ns
= avg_ns
;
410 if (drv
->states
[idx
].target_residency_ns
> avg_ns
)
411 idx
= teo_find_shallower_state(drv
, dev
,
418 * Don't stop the tick if the selected state is a polling one or if the
419 * expected idle duration is shorter than the tick period length.
421 if (((drv
->states
[idx
].flags
& CPUIDLE_FLAG_POLLING
) ||
422 duration_ns
< TICK_NSEC
) && !tick_nohz_tick_stopped()) {
426 * The tick is not going to be stopped, so if the target
427 * residency of the state to be returned is not within the time
428 * till the closest timer including the tick, try to correct
431 if (idx
> 0 && drv
->states
[idx
].target_residency_ns
> delta_tick
)
432 idx
= teo_find_shallower_state(drv
, dev
, idx
, delta_tick
);
439 * teo_reflect - Note that governor data for the CPU need to be updated.
441 * @state: Entered state.
443 static void teo_reflect(struct cpuidle_device
*dev
, int state
)
445 struct teo_cpu
*cpu_data
= per_cpu_ptr(&teo_cpus
, dev
->cpu
);
447 dev
->last_state_idx
= state
;
449 * If the wakeup was not "natural", but triggered by one of the safety
450 * nets, assume that the CPU might have been idle for the entire sleep
453 if (dev
->poll_time_limit
||
454 (tick_nohz_idle_got_tick() && cpu_data
->sleep_length_ns
> TICK_NSEC
)) {
455 dev
->poll_time_limit
= false;
456 cpu_data
->time_span_ns
= cpu_data
->sleep_length_ns
;
458 cpu_data
->time_span_ns
= local_clock() - cpu_data
->time_span_ns
;
463 * teo_enable_device - Initialize the governor's data for the target CPU.
464 * @drv: cpuidle driver (not used).
467 static int teo_enable_device(struct cpuidle_driver
*drv
,
468 struct cpuidle_device
*dev
)
470 struct teo_cpu
*cpu_data
= per_cpu_ptr(&teo_cpus
, dev
->cpu
);
473 memset(cpu_data
, 0, sizeof(*cpu_data
));
475 for (i
= 0; i
< INTERVALS
; i
++)
476 cpu_data
->intervals
[i
] = U64_MAX
;
481 static struct cpuidle_governor teo_governor
= {
484 .enable
= teo_enable_device
,
485 .select
= teo_select
,
486 .reflect
= teo_reflect
,
489 static int __init
teo_governor_init(void)
491 return cpuidle_register_governor(&teo_governor
);
494 postcore_initcall(teo_governor_init
);