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[v3,3/3] powerpc/powernv: Introduce sysfs control for fastsleep workaround behavior

Message ID 1426999379-20542-3-git-send-email-shreyas@linux.vnet.ibm.com (mailing list archive)
State Changes Requested
Delegated to: Michael Ellerman
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Shreyas B. Prabhu March 22, 2015, 4:42 a.m. UTC
Fastsleep is one of the idle state which cpuidle subsystem currently
uses on power8 machines. In this state L2 cache is brought down to a
threshold voltage. Therefore when the core is in fastsleep, the
communication between L2 and L3 needs to be fenced. But there is a bug
in the current power8 chips surrounding this fencing.

OPAL provides a workaround which precludes the possibility of hitting
this bug. But running with this workaround applied causes checkstop
if any correctable error in L2 cache directory is detected. Hence OPAL
also provides a way to undo the workaround.

In the existing implementation, workaround is applied by the last thread
of the core entering fastsleep and undone by the first thread waking up.
But this has a performance cost. These OPAL calls account for roughly
4000 cycles everytime the core has to enter or wakeup from fastsleep.

This patch introduces a sysfs attribute (fastsleep_workaround_state)
to choose the behavior of this workaround.

By default, fastsleep_workaround_state = 0. In this case, workaround
is applied/undone everytime the core enters/exits fastsleep.

fastsleep_workaround_state = 1. In this case the workaround is applied
once on all the cores and never undone. This can be triggered by
echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/fastsleep_workaround_state

For simplicity this attribute can be modified only once. Implying, once
fastsleep_workaround_state is changed to 1, it cannot be reverted to
the default state.

Signed-off-by: Shreyas B. Prabhu <shreyas@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
Changes in V3-
Kernel parameter changed to sysfs attribute
Modified commmit message

 arch/powerpc/include/asm/opal.h                |  8 +++
 arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/idle.c          | 83 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-wrappers.S |  1 +
 3 files changed, 91 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Michael Ellerman March 30, 2015, 10:21 a.m. UTC | #1
On Sun, 2015-22-03 at 04:42:59 UTC, "Shreyas B. Prabhu" wrote:
> Fastsleep is one of the idle state which cpuidle subsystem currently
> uses on power8 machines. In this state L2 cache is brought down to a
> threshold voltage. Therefore when the core is in fastsleep, the
> communication between L2 and L3 needs to be fenced. But there is a bug
> in the current power8 chips surrounding this fencing.
> 
> OPAL provides a workaround which precludes the possibility of hitting
> this bug. But running with this workaround applied causes checkstop
> if any correctable error in L2 cache directory is detected. Hence OPAL
> also provides a way to undo the workaround.
> 
> In the existing implementation, workaround is applied by the last thread
> of the core entering fastsleep and undone by the first thread waking up.
> But this has a performance cost. These OPAL calls account for roughly
> 4000 cycles everytime the core has to enter or wakeup from fastsleep.
> 
> This patch introduces a sysfs attribute (fastsleep_workaround_state)
> to choose the behavior of this workaround.
> 
> By default, fastsleep_workaround_state = 0. In this case, workaround
> is applied/undone everytime the core enters/exits fastsleep.
> 
> fastsleep_workaround_state = 1. In this case the workaround is applied
> once on all the cores and never undone. This can be triggered by
> echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/fastsleep_workaround_state
> 
> For simplicity this attribute can be modified only once. Implying, once
> fastsleep_workaround_state is changed to 1, it cannot be reverted to
> the default state.

This sounds good, although the name is a bit vague.

Just calling it "state" doesn't make it clear what 0 and 1 mean.
I think better would be "fastsleep_workaround_active" ?

Though even that is a bit wrong, because 0 doesn't really mean it's not active,
it means it's not *permanently* active.

So another option would be to make it a string attribute, with the initial
state being eg. "dynamic" and then maybe "applied" for the applied state?

I won't say you have to do that, but think about it, seeing as I'm going to ask
for a v4 anyway (see comments below).

> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/opal.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/opal.h
> index 9ee0a30..8bea8fc 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/opal.h
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/opal.h
> @@ -180,6 +180,13 @@ struct opal_sg_list {
>  #define OPAL_PM_WINKLE_ENABLED	0x00040000
>  #define OPAL_PM_SLEEP_ENABLED_ER1	0x00080000
>  
> +/*
> + * OPAL_CONFIG_CPU_IDLE_STATE parameters
> + */
> +#define OPAL_CONFIG_IDLE_FASTSLEEP	1
> +#define OPAL_CONFIG_IDLE_UNDO		0
> +#define OPAL_CONFIG_IDLE_APPLY		1

The OPAL defines have moved to opal-api.h in Linux.

They should also be made #defines in skiboot.

> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/idle.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/idle.c
> index 77992f6..79157b9 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/idle.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/idle.c
> @@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
>  #include <linux/mm.h>
>  #include <linux/slab.h>
>  #include <linux/of.h>
> +#include <linux/device.h>
> +#include <linux/cpu.h>
>  
>  #include <asm/firmware.h>
>  #include <asm/opal.h>
> @@ -136,6 +138,77 @@ u32 pnv_get_supported_cpuidle_states(void)
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pnv_get_supported_cpuidle_states);
>  
> +static void pnv_fastsleep_workaround_apply(void *info)
> +{
> +	opal_config_cpu_idle_state(OPAL_CONFIG_IDLE_FASTSLEEP,
> +					OPAL_CONFIG_IDLE_APPLY);

This can fail, please check the return. You'll need to report the result via
*info.

> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Used to store fastsleep workaround state
> + * 0 - Workaround applied/undone at fastsleep entry/exit path (Default)
> + * 1 - Workaround applied once, never undone.
> + */
> +static u8 fastsleep_workaround_state;
> +
> +static ssize_t show_fastsleep_workaround_state(struct device *dev,
> +		struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
> +{
> +	return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", fastsleep_workaround_state);
> +}
> +
> +static ssize_t store_fastsleep_workaround_state(struct device *dev,
> +		struct device_attribute *attr, const char *buf,
> +		size_t count)
> +{
> +	u32 val;
> +	cpumask_t primary_thread_mask;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * fastsleep_workaround_state is write-once parameter.
> +	 * Once it has been set to 1, it cannot be undone.
> +	 */
> +	if (fastsleep_workaround_state == 1)
> +		return -EINVAL;

Better behaviour here is to delay this check until after you've done the
kstrtou32(), and if they are asking to set it to 1 (again) then you just return
count (OK).

That way scripts can just "echo 1 > .." and if the workaround is already
applied then there is no error.

> +	if (kstrtou32(buf, 0, &val))
> +		return -EINVAL;

You use a u8 above, so why not a u8 here?

> +	if (val > 1)
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
> +	fastsleep_workaround_state = 1;

You should delay setting this until below when you know it's succeeded.

> +	/*
> +	 * fastsleep_workaround_state = 1 implies fastsleep workaround needs to
> +	 * be left in 'applied' state on all the cores. Do this by-
> +	 * 1. Patching out the call to 'undo' workaround in fastsleep exit path
> +	 * 2. Sending ipi to all the cores which have atleast one online thread
> +	 * 3. Patching out the call to 'apply' workaround in fastsleep entry
> +	 * path
> +	 * There is no need to send ipi to cores which have all threads
> +	 * offlined, as last thread of the core entering fastsleep or deeper
> +	 * state would have applied workaround.
> +	 */
> +	patch_instruction(
> +		(unsigned int *)pnv_fastsleep_workaround_at_exit,
> +		PPC_INST_NOP);

This can fail.

> +	primary_thread_mask = cpu_online_cores_map();
> +	on_each_cpu_mask(&primary_thread_mask,
> +				pnv_fastsleep_workaround_apply,
> +				NULL, 1);
> +
> +	patch_instruction(
> +		(unsigned int *)pnv_fastsleep_workaround_at_entry,
> +		PPC_INST_NOP);

And so can this.

> +	return count;
> +}
> +
> +static DEVICE_ATTR(fastsleep_workaround_state, 0600,
> +			show_fastsleep_workaround_state,
> +			store_fastsleep_workaround_state);
> +
>  static int __init pnv_init_idle_states(void)
>  {
>  	struct device_node *power_mgt;
> @@ -178,7 +251,15 @@ static int __init pnv_init_idle_states(void)
>  		patch_instruction(
>  			(unsigned int *)pnv_fastsleep_workaround_at_exit,
>  			PPC_INST_NOP);
> -	}
> +	} else

I know it's coding style to not bracket a single statement else block, but I
disagree in cases like this. Because the comment is so big it's preferable to
bracket it IMHO.

> +	/*
> +	 * OPAL_PM_SLEEP_ENABLED_ER1 is set. It indicates that workaround is
> +	 * needed to use fastsleep. Provide sysfs control to choose how this
> +	 * workaround has to be applied.
> +	 */

And the comment should indentend to match the code.

> +		device_create_file(cpu_subsys.dev_root,
> +					&dev_attr_fastsleep_workaround_state);
> +
>  	pnv_alloc_idle_core_states();
>  	return 0;
>  }

cheers
Shreyas B. Prabhu March 30, 2015, 5:15 p.m. UTC | #2
On Monday 30 March 2015 03:51 PM, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> On Sun, 2015-22-03 at 04:42:59 UTC, "Shreyas B. Prabhu" wrote:
>> Fastsleep is one of the idle state which cpuidle subsystem currently
>> uses on power8 machines. In this state L2 cache is brought down to a
>> threshold voltage. Therefore when the core is in fastsleep, the
>> communication between L2 and L3 needs to be fenced. But there is a bug
>> in the current power8 chips surrounding this fencing.
>>
>> OPAL provides a workaround which precludes the possibility of hitting
>> this bug. But running with this workaround applied causes checkstop
>> if any correctable error in L2 cache directory is detected. Hence OPAL
>> also provides a way to undo the workaround.
>>
>> In the existing implementation, workaround is applied by the last thread
>> of the core entering fastsleep and undone by the first thread waking up.
>> But this has a performance cost. These OPAL calls account for roughly
>> 4000 cycles everytime the core has to enter or wakeup from fastsleep.
>>
>> This patch introduces a sysfs attribute (fastsleep_workaround_state)
>> to choose the behavior of this workaround.
>>
>> By default, fastsleep_workaround_state = 0. In this case, workaround
>> is applied/undone everytime the core enters/exits fastsleep.
>>
>> fastsleep_workaround_state = 1. In this case the workaround is applied
>> once on all the cores and never undone. This can be triggered by
>> echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/fastsleep_workaround_state
>>
>> For simplicity this attribute can be modified only once. Implying, once
>> fastsleep_workaround_state is changed to 1, it cannot be reverted to
>> the default state.
> 
> This sounds good, although the name is a bit vague.
> 
> Just calling it "state" doesn't make it clear what 0 and 1 mean.
> I think better would be "fastsleep_workaround_active" ?
> 
> Though even that is a bit wrong, because 0 doesn't really mean it's not active,
> it means it's not *permanently* active.
> 
> So another option would be to make it a string attribute, with the initial
> state being eg. "dynamic" and then maybe "applied" for the applied state?
> 
How about "fastsleep_workaround_permanent", with default value = 0. User
can make workaround permanent by echoing 1 to it.

I'll post out V4 with the suggested changes.


Thanks,
Shreyas
Michael Ellerman March 31, 2015, 4:24 a.m. UTC | #3
On Mon, 2015-03-30 at 22:45 +0530, Shreyas B Prabhu wrote:
> On Monday 30 March 2015 03:51 PM, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> > 
> > This sounds good, although the name is a bit vague.
 
> How about "fastsleep_workaround_permanent", with default value = 0. User
> can make workaround permanent by echoing 1 to it.

Yeah that's OK.

cheers
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Patch

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/opal.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/opal.h
index 9ee0a30..8bea8fc 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/opal.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/opal.h
@@ -180,6 +180,13 @@  struct opal_sg_list {
 #define OPAL_PM_WINKLE_ENABLED	0x00040000
 #define OPAL_PM_SLEEP_ENABLED_ER1	0x00080000
 
+/*
+ * OPAL_CONFIG_CPU_IDLE_STATE parameters
+ */
+#define OPAL_CONFIG_IDLE_FASTSLEEP	1
+#define OPAL_CONFIG_IDLE_UNDO		0
+#define OPAL_CONFIG_IDLE_APPLY		1
+
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 
 #include <linux/notifier.h>
@@ -924,6 +931,7 @@  int64_t opal_handle_hmi(void);
 int64_t opal_register_dump_region(uint32_t id, uint64_t start, uint64_t end);
 int64_t opal_unregister_dump_region(uint32_t id);
 int64_t opal_slw_set_reg(uint64_t cpu_pir, uint64_t sprn, uint64_t val);
+int64_t opal_config_cpu_idle_state(uint64_t state, uint64_t flag);
 int64_t opal_pci_set_phb_cxl_mode(uint64_t phb_id, uint64_t mode, uint64_t pe_number);
 int64_t opal_ipmi_send(uint64_t interface, struct opal_ipmi_msg *msg,
 		uint64_t msg_len);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/idle.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/idle.c
index 77992f6..79157b9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/idle.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/idle.c
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ 
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/of.h>
+#include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/cpu.h>
 
 #include <asm/firmware.h>
 #include <asm/opal.h>
@@ -136,6 +138,77 @@  u32 pnv_get_supported_cpuidle_states(void)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pnv_get_supported_cpuidle_states);
 
+static void pnv_fastsleep_workaround_apply(void *info)
+{
+	opal_config_cpu_idle_state(OPAL_CONFIG_IDLE_FASTSLEEP,
+					OPAL_CONFIG_IDLE_APPLY);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Used to store fastsleep workaround state
+ * 0 - Workaround applied/undone at fastsleep entry/exit path (Default)
+ * 1 - Workaround applied once, never undone.
+ */
+static u8 fastsleep_workaround_state;
+
+static ssize_t show_fastsleep_workaround_state(struct device *dev,
+		struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", fastsleep_workaround_state);
+}
+
+static ssize_t store_fastsleep_workaround_state(struct device *dev,
+		struct device_attribute *attr, const char *buf,
+		size_t count)
+{
+	u32 val;
+	cpumask_t primary_thread_mask;
+
+	/*
+	 * fastsleep_workaround_state is write-once parameter.
+	 * Once it has been set to 1, it cannot be undone.
+	 */
+	if (fastsleep_workaround_state == 1)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (kstrtou32(buf, 0, &val))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (val > 1)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	fastsleep_workaround_state = 1;
+	/*
+	 * fastsleep_workaround_state = 1 implies fastsleep workaround needs to
+	 * be left in 'applied' state on all the cores. Do this by-
+	 * 1. Patching out the call to 'undo' workaround in fastsleep exit path
+	 * 2. Sending ipi to all the cores which have atleast one online thread
+	 * 3. Patching out the call to 'apply' workaround in fastsleep entry
+	 * path
+	 * There is no need to send ipi to cores which have all threads
+	 * offlined, as last thread of the core entering fastsleep or deeper
+	 * state would have applied workaround.
+	 */
+	patch_instruction(
+		(unsigned int *)pnv_fastsleep_workaround_at_exit,
+		PPC_INST_NOP);
+
+	primary_thread_mask = cpu_online_cores_map();
+	on_each_cpu_mask(&primary_thread_mask,
+				pnv_fastsleep_workaround_apply,
+				NULL, 1);
+
+	patch_instruction(
+		(unsigned int *)pnv_fastsleep_workaround_at_entry,
+		PPC_INST_NOP);
+
+	return count;
+}
+
+static DEVICE_ATTR(fastsleep_workaround_state, 0600,
+			show_fastsleep_workaround_state,
+			store_fastsleep_workaround_state);
+
 static int __init pnv_init_idle_states(void)
 {
 	struct device_node *power_mgt;
@@ -178,7 +251,15 @@  static int __init pnv_init_idle_states(void)
 		patch_instruction(
 			(unsigned int *)pnv_fastsleep_workaround_at_exit,
 			PPC_INST_NOP);
-	}
+	} else
+	/*
+	 * OPAL_PM_SLEEP_ENABLED_ER1 is set. It indicates that workaround is
+	 * needed to use fastsleep. Provide sysfs control to choose how this
+	 * workaround has to be applied.
+	 */
+		device_create_file(cpu_subsys.dev_root,
+					&dev_attr_fastsleep_workaround_state);
+
 	pnv_alloc_idle_core_states();
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-wrappers.S b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-wrappers.S
index 0509bca..84a20bb 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-wrappers.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-wrappers.S
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@  OPAL_CALL(opal_sensor_read,			OPAL_SENSOR_READ);
 OPAL_CALL(opal_get_param,			OPAL_GET_PARAM);
 OPAL_CALL(opal_set_param,			OPAL_SET_PARAM);
 OPAL_CALL(opal_handle_hmi,			OPAL_HANDLE_HMI);
+OPAL_CALL(opal_config_cpu_idle_state,		OPAL_CONFIG_CPU_IDLE_STATE);
 OPAL_CALL(opal_slw_set_reg,			OPAL_SLW_SET_REG);
 OPAL_CALL(opal_register_dump_region,		OPAL_REGISTER_DUMP_REGION);
 OPAL_CALL(opal_unregister_dump_region,		OPAL_UNREGISTER_DUMP_REGION);