1. 27 6月, 2017 1 次提交
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      x86: use common aperfmperf_khz_on_cpu() to calculate KHz using APERF/MPERF · f8475cef
      Len Brown 提交于
      The goal of this change is to give users a uniform and meaningful
      result when they read /sys/...cpufreq/scaling_cur_freq
      on modern x86 hardware, as compared to what they get today.
      
      Modern x86 processors include the hardware needed
      to accurately calculate frequency over an interval --
      APERF, MPERF, and the TSC.
      
      Here we provide an x86 routine to make this calculation
      on supported hardware, and use it in preference to any
      driver driver-specific cpufreq_driver.get() routine.
      
      MHz is computed like so:
      
      MHz = base_MHz * delta_APERF / delta_MPERF
      
      MHz is the average frequency of the busy processor
      over a measurement interval.  The interval is
      defined to be the time between successive invocations
      of aperfmperf_khz_on_cpu(), which are expected to to
      happen on-demand when users read sysfs attribute
      cpufreq/scaling_cur_freq.
      
      As with previous methods of calculating MHz,
      idle time is excluded.
      
      base_MHz above is from TSC calibration global "cpu_khz".
      
      This x86 native method to calculate MHz returns a meaningful result
      no matter if P-states are controlled by hardware or firmware
      and/or if the Linux cpufreq sub-system is or is-not installed.
      
      When this routine is invoked more frequently, the measurement
      interval becomes shorter.  However, the code limits re-computation
      to 10ms intervals so that average frequency remains meaningful.
      
      Discerning users are encouraged to take advantage of
      the turbostat(8) utility, which can gracefully handle
      concurrent measurement intervals of arbitrary length.
      Signed-off-by: NLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
      Reviewed-by: NThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
      Signed-off-by: NRafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
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