From patchwork Thu Mar 17 13:34:14 2022 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Pierre Gondois X-Patchwork-Id: 553148 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1731C433EF for ; Thu, 17 Mar 2022 13:35:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229869AbiCQNg4 (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Mar 2022 09:36:56 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:58252 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229824AbiCQNgz (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Mar 2022 09:36:55 -0400 Received: from foss.arm.com (foss.arm.com [217.140.110.172]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B42AB1DA8D7; Thu, 17 Mar 2022 06:35:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (unknown [10.121.207.14]) by usa-sjc-mx-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6AFA61515; Thu, 17 Mar 2022 06:35:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from e126645.arm.com (unknown [10.57.41.19]) by usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id AFEB73F766; Thu, 17 Mar 2022 06:35:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Pierre Gondois To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Ionela.Voinescu@arm.com, Lukasz.Luba@arm.com, Morten.Rasmussen@arm.com, Dietmar.Eggemann@arm.com, mka@chromium.org, daniel.lezcano@linaro.org, Pierre Gondois , Catalin Marinas , Will Deacon , "Rafael J. Wysocki" , Viresh Kumar , Mark Rutland , Ard Biesheuvel , Fuad Tabba , Sudeep Holla , Valentin Schneider , Hector Martin , Rob Herring , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-pm@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH v1 0/3] Enable EAS for CPPC/ACPI based systems Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2022 14:34:14 +0100 Message-Id: <20220317133419.3901736-1-Pierre.Gondois@arm.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.25.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org 0. Overview The current Energy Model (EM) for CPUs requires knowledge about CPU performance states and their power consumption. Both of these information is not available for ACPI based systems. In ACPI, describing power efficiency of CPUs can be done through the following arm specific field: ACPI 6.4, s5.2.12.14 "GIC CPU Interface (GICC) Structure", "Processor Power Efficiency Class field": Describes the relative power efficiency of the associated pro- cessor. Lower efficiency class numbers are more efficient than higher ones (e.g. efficiency class 0 should be treated as more efficient than efficiency class 1). However, absolute values of this number have no meaning: 2 isn't necessarily half as efficient as 1. Add an 'efficiency_class' field to describe the relative power efficiency of CPUs. CPUs relying on this field will have performance states (power and frequency values) artificially created. Such EM will be referred to as an artificial EM. The artificial EM is used for the CPPC driver. 1. Dependencies This patch-set has a dependency on: - [0/8] Introduce support for artificial Energy Model https://lkml.org/lkml/2022/3/16/850 introduces a new callback in the Energy Model (EM) and prevents the registration of devices using power values from an EM when the EM is artificial. Not having this patch-set would break builds. - This patch-set based on linux-next. 2. Testing This patch-set has been tested on a Juno-r2 and a Pixel4. Two types of tests were done: energy testing, and performance testing. The energy testing was done with 2 sets of tasks: - homogeneous tasks (#Tasks at 5% utilization and 16ms period) - heterogeneous tasks (#Tasks at 5|10|15% utilization and 16ms period). If a test has 3 tasks, then there is one with each utilization (1 at 5%, 1 at 10%, 1 at 15%). Tasks spawn on the biggest CPU(s) of the platform. If there are multiple big CPUs, tasks spawn alternatively on big CPUs. 2.1. Juno-r2 testing The Juno-r2 has 6 CPUs: - 4 little [0, 3-5], max_capa=383 - 2 big [1-2], max_capa=1024 Base kernel is v5.17-rc5. 2.1.1. Energy testing The tests were done on: - a system using a DT and the scmi cpufreq driver. Comparison is done between no-EAS and EAS. - a system using ACPI and the cppc cpufreq driver. Comparison is done between CPPC-no-EAS and CPPC-EAS. CPPC-EAS uses the artificial EM. Energy numbers come from the Juno energy counter, by summing little and big clusters energy spending. There has been 5 iterations of each test. Lower energy spending is better. 2.1.1.1. Homogeneous tasks Energy results (Joules): +--------+-------------------+-----------------------------+ | | no-EAS | EAS | +--------+---------+---------+-------------------+---------+ | #Tasks | Mean | ci(+/-) | Mean | ci(+/-) | +--------+---------+---------+-------------------+---------+ | 10 | 7.89 | 0.26 | 6.99 (-11.36) | 0.49 | | 20 | 13.42 | 0.32 | 13.42 ( -0.02) | 0.08 | | 30 | 21.43 | 0.98 | 21.62 ( +0.87) | 0.63 | | 40 | 30.03 | 0.82 | 30.31 ( +0.94) | 0.37 | | 50 | 43.19 | 0.56 | 43.50 ( +0.72) | 0.52 | +--------+---------+---------+-------------------+---------+ +--------+-------------------+-----------------------------+ | | CPPC-no-EAS | CPPC-EAS | +--------+---------+---------+-------------------+---------+ | #Tasks | Mean | ci(+/-) | Mean | ci(+/-) | +--------+---------+---------+-------------------+---------+ | 10 | 7.86 | 0.37 | 5.64 (-28.23) | 0.05 | | 20 | 13.36 | 0.20 | 10.92 (-18.31) | 0.31 | | 30 | 19.28 | 0.34 | 18.30 ( -5.07) | 0.64 | | 40 | 28.33 | 0.59 | 27.13 ( -4.23) | 0.42 | | 50 | 40.78 | 0.58 | 40.77 ( -0.04) | 0.45 | +--------+---------+---------+-------------------+---------+ Missed activations were measured while comparing CPPC-no-EAS/CPPC-EAS energy values. They were of 0.00% for all tests and both configurations. Missed activations start to appear in a significant number starting from ~70 tasks. 2.1.1.2. Heterogeneous tasks Energy results (Joules): +--------+-------------------+-----------------------------+ | | no-EAS | EAS | +--------+---------+---------+-------------------+---------+ | #Tasks | Mean | ci(+/-) | Mean | ci(+/-) | +--------+---------+---------+-------------------+---------+ | 3 | 5.25 | 0.50 | 4.58 (-12.82%) | 0.07 | | 9 | 12.30 | 0.28 | 11.45 ( -6.97%) | 0.34 | | 15 | 20.06 | 1.32 | 20.60 ( 2.66%) | 1.00 | | 21 | 30.03 | 0.63 | 30.07 ( 0.12%) | 0.41 | +--------+---------+---------+-------------------+---------+ +--------+-------------------+-----------------------------+ | | CPPC-no-EAS | CPPC-EAS | +--------+---------+---------+-------------------+---------+ | #Tasks | Mean | ci(+/-) | Mean | ci(+/-) | +--------+---------+---------+-------------------+---------+ | 3 | 4.58 | 0.31 | 3.65 (-20.31%) | 0.05 | | 9 | 11.53 | 0.20 | 9.23 (-19.97%) | 0.22 | | 15 | 19.19 | 0.16 | 18.33 ( -4.49%) | 0.71 | | 21 | 29.07 | 0.29 | 29.06 ( -0.01%) | 0.08 | +--------+---------+---------+-------------------+---------+ Missed activations were measured while comparing CPPC-no-EAS/CPPC-EAS energy values. They were of 0.00% for all tests and both configurations. Missed activations start to appear in a significant number starting from ~36 tasks. 2.1.1.3. Analysis: The artificial EM often shows better energy gains than the EM, especially for small loads. Indeed, the artificial power values show a huge energy gain by placing tasks on little CPUs. The 6% margin is always reached, so tasks are easily placed on little CPUs. The margin is not always reached with real power values, leading to tasks staying on big CPUs. 2.1.2. Performance testing 10 iterations of HackBench with the "--pipe --thread" options and 1000 loops. Compared value is the testing time in seconds. A lower timing is better. +----------------+-------------------+---------------------------+ | | CPPC-no-EAS | CPPC-EAS | +--------+-------+---------+---------+-----------------+---------+ | Groups | Tasks | Mean | ci(+/-) | Mean | ci(+/-) | +--------+-------+---------+---------+-----------------+---------+ | 1 | 40 | 2.39 | 0.19 | 2.39 (-0.24%) | 0.07 | | 2 | 80 | 5.56 | 0.48 | 5.28 (-5.02%) | 0.42 | | 4 | 160 | 12.15 | 0.84 | 12.06 (-0.80%) | 0.48 | | 8 | 320 | 23.03 | 0.94 | 23.12 (+0.36%) | 0.70 | +--------+-------+---------+---------+-----------------+---------+ The performance is overall sligthly better, but stays in the margin or error. 2.2. Pixel4 testing Pixel4 has 7 CPUs: - 4 little [0-3], max_capa=261 - 3 medium [4-6], max_capa=861 - 1 big [7], max_capa=1024 Base kernel is android-10.0.0_r0.81. The performance states advertised in the DT were modified with performance states that would be generated by this patch-set. The artificial EM was set such as little CPUs > medium CPUs > big CPU, meaning little CPUs are the most energy efficient. Comparing the power/capacity ratio, little CPUs' performance states are all more energy efficient than the medium CPUs' performance states. This is wrong when comparing medium and big CPUs. 2.2.1. Energy testing The 2 sets of tests (heterogeneous/homogeneous) were tested while registering battery voltage and current (power is obtained by multiplying them). Voltage is averaged over a rolling period of ~11s and current over a period of ~6s. Usb-C cable is plugged in but alimentation is cut. Pixel4 is on airplane mode. The tests lasts 120s, the first 50s and last 10s are trimmed as the power is slowly raising to reach a plateau. Are compared: - android with EAS (but NO_FIND_BEST_TARGET is set): echo ENERGY_AWARE > /sys/kernel/debug/sched_features echo NO_FIND_BEST_TARGET > /sys/kernel/debug/sched_features - android without EAS: echo NO_ENERGY_AWARE > /sys/kernel/debug/sched_features - android with the artificial energy model Lower energy spending is better. 2.2.1.2. Homogeneous tasks Energy results (in uW): +--------+-------------------+-----------------------------+ | | Without EAS | With EAS | +--------+---------+---------+-------------------+---------+ | #Tasks | Mean | ci(+/-) | Mean | ci(+/-) | +--------+---------+---------+-------------------+---------+ | 10 | 6.21+05 | 3.12+02 | 5.09+05 (-18.01%) | 2.18+03 | | 20 | 9.12+05 | 9.71+02 | 7.91+05 (-13.26%) | 9.92+02 | | 30 | 1.25+06 | 2.02+03 | 1.09+06 (-12.12%) | 2.00+03 | | 40 | 2.05+06 | 5.15+03 | 1.38+06 (-32.36%) | 1.21+03 | | 50 | 3.03+06 | 6.94+03 | 1.89+06 (-37.44%) | 3.21+03 | +--------+---------+---------+-------------------+---------+ +--------+-------------------+-----------------------------+ | | Without EAS | With patch | +--------+---------+---------+-------------------+---------+ | #Tasks | Mean | ci(+/-) | Mean | ci(+/-) | +--------+---------+---------+-------------------+---------+ | 10 | 6.21+05 | 3.12+02 | 4.39+05 (-29.29%) | 5.63+02 | | 20 | 9.12+05 | 9.71+02 | 7.30+05 (-19.90%) | 1.98+03 | | 30 | 1.25+06 | 2.02+03 | 1.01+06 (-18.60%) | 1.72+03 | | 40 | 2.05+06 | 5.15+03 | 1.38+06 (-32.60%) | 3.93+03 | | 50 | 3.03+06 | 6.94+03 | 2.05+06 (-32.08%) | 1.25+04 | +--------+---------+---------+-------------------+---------+ 2.2.1.2. Heterogeneous tasks Energy results (in uW): +--------+-------------------+-----------------------------+ | | Without EAS | With EAS | +--------+---------+---------+-------------------+---------+ | #Tasks | Mean | ci(+/-) | Mean | ci(+/-) | +--------+---------+---------+-------------------+---------+ | 3 | 5.14+05 | 1.06+03 | 3.76+05 (-26.82%) | 4.58+02 | | 9 | 8.52+05 | 1.18+03 | 7.25+05 (-14.96%) | 1.39+03 | | 15 | 1.42+06 | 3.14+03 | 1.20+06 (-15.41%) | 1.06+04 | | 21 | 2.73+06 | 3.49+03 | 1.49+06 (-45.47%) | 3.43+03 | | 27 | 3.17+06 | 6.92+03 | 2.42+06 (-23.77%) | 8.43+03 | +--------+---------+---------+-------------------+---------+ +--------+-------------------+-----------------------------+ | | Without EAS | With patch | +--------+---------+---------+-------------------+---------+ | #Tasks | Mean | ci(+/-) | Mean | ci(+/-) | +--------+---------+---------+-------------------+---------+ | 3 | 5.14+05 | 1.06+03 | 3.82+05 (-25.70%) | 7.67+02 | | 9 | 8.52+05 | 1.18+03 | 7.05+05 (-17.30%) | 9.79+02 | | 15 | 1.42+06 | 3.14+03 | 1.05+06 (-26.00%) | 1.15+03 | | 21 | 2.73+06 | 3.49+03 | 1.53+06 (-43.68%) | 2.23+03 | | 27 | 3.17+06 | 6.92+03 | 2.86+06 ( -9.77%) | 4.26+03 | +--------+---------+---------+-------------------+---------+ 2.2.1.2. Analysis Similarly to Juno, the artificial performance states show a huge gain to place tasks on small CPUs, leading to better energy results. 2.2.2. Performance testing 10 iterations of PcMark. Compared value is the final score (PcmaWorkv3Score). A bigger score is better. +----------------+-------------------------+-------------------------+ | Without EAS | With EAS | With patch | +------+---------+---------------+---------+---------------+---------+ | Mean | ci(+/-) | Mean | ci(+/-) | Mean | ci(+/-) | +------+---------+---------------+---------+---------------+---------+ | 8026 | 86 | 8003 | 74 | 7840 (-2.00%) | 104 | +------+---------+---------------+---------+---------------+---------+ Performance is lower, but still in the margin of error. 3. Summary The artificial performance states show overall better energy results and a small performance decrease. They lead to a more aggressive task placement on the most energy efficient CPUs, and this explains the results. arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c | 1 + drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c | 212 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 213 insertions(+)