[PATCH v7 2/3] cpufreq: CPPC: Add ospm_nominal_freq attribute
Sumit Gupta <[email protected]> Sat, 8 Aug 2026 03:18:36 +0530
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OSPM Nominal Performance (ACPI 6.6, Section 8.4.6.1.2.6) lets the OS request a nominal performance level below the platform-reported one. The platform treats performance above that level as boosted and below it as throttled for its power and thermal decisions. A lower value moves that boundary down, so sustained work runs at a lower point while the range above it remains available as boost. Expose it as a per-policy cpufreq attribute in kHz, matching the unit convention of the other frequency attributes: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpufreq/ospm_nominal_freq The attribute is write-only as the register cannot be read back. Writes are converted with cppc_khz_to_perf() and rejected unless they fall in [Lowest Performance, Nominal Performance]. Also track the register in the OSPM-set save/restore table, so a requested value survives CPU hotplug and suspend/resume. The store handler records the request rather than init() capturing a firmware value, and driver unload reverts the register to the platform-reported Nominal Performance. Signed-off-by: Sumit Gupta <[email protected]> --- .../ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu | 24 +++++++ drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c | 70 +++++++++++++++++-- 2 files changed, 90 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu index 82d10d556cc8..59aafcb2af97 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu @@ -346,6 +346,30 @@ Description: Performance Limited This file is only present if the cppc-cpufreq driver is in use. +What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpufreq/ospm_nominal_freq +Date: August 2026 +Contact: [email protected] +Description: OSPM Nominal Performance (kHz), write-only + + OSPM uses this attribute to request a nominal performance level + lower than the platform-reported nominal. The platform treats + performance above this level as boost and below as throttle for + power and thermal decisions. + + Write a value in kHz, between the frequencies corresponding to + Lowest Performance and Nominal Performance. The register cannot + be read back, so this attribute has no read side. + + Note that tasks may be migrated from one CPU to another by the + scheduler's load-balancing algorithm, and if different OSPM + Nominal Performance values are set for those CPUs (through + different cpufreq policies), that may lead to undesirable + outcomes. To avoid such issues it is better to set the same + value across all policies, or to pin every task potentially + sensitive to it to a specific CPU. + + This file is only present if the cppc-cpufreq driver is in use. + What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cache/index3/cache_disable_{0,1} Date: August 2008 KernelVersion: 2.6.27 diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c index 32f38b0c492b..fe714e71826a 100644 --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c @@ -33,11 +33,13 @@ static struct cpufreq_driver cppc_cpufreq_driver; * reapplied from online() across CPU hotplug, and the firmware value is * restored from offline(). * - * Autonomous Selection (auto_sel) is kept first, as writes to the registers - * listed after it only have meaning while autonomous selection is enabled. + * Autonomous Selection (auto_sel) splits the list: the registers before it are + * independent of it, and those after it have meaning only while autonomous + * selection is enabled. Place a new register on the matching side. */ enum cppc_saved_reg_id { - CPPC_SAVED_AUTO_SEL, + CPPC_SAVED_OSPM_NOMINAL_PERF, + CPPC_SAVED_AUTO_SEL, /* Entries below need auto_sel enabled. */ CPPC_SAVED_EPP, CPPC_SAVED_AUTO_ACT_WINDOW, CPPC_NR_SAVED_REGS, @@ -50,6 +52,11 @@ struct cppc_saved_reg { }; static const struct cppc_saved_reg cppc_saved_regs[CPPC_NR_SAVED_REGS] = { + /* Write-only: the requested value is tracked in software. */ + [CPPC_SAVED_OSPM_NOMINAL_PERF] = { + .name = "ospm_nominal_perf", + .set = cppc_set_ospm_nominal_perf, + }, [CPPC_SAVED_AUTO_SEL] = { .name = "auto_sel", .get = cppc_get_auto_sel, @@ -79,6 +86,9 @@ enum cppc_saved_type { * could not be read * requested_val - value in effect when the policy last went offline, * reapplied at online(). U64_MAX if none + * + * A write-only register cannot be read back, so its store handler sets + * firmware_val and requested_val instead of init() and offline(). */ struct cppc_saved_vals { u64 firmware_val; @@ -135,7 +145,17 @@ static void cppc_cpufreq_save_regs(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, st->suspend_regs_handled = false; for (i = 0; i < CPPC_NR_SAVED_REGS; i++) { - if (cppc_saved_regs[i].get(cpu, &val)) + const struct cppc_saved_reg *reg = &cppc_saved_regs[i]; + + /* + * A write-only register cannot be read back. It has no + * firmware value to capture, and its requested value comes + * from the store handler, so do not overwrite it here. + */ + if (!reg->get && saved_type == CPPC_SAVED_REQUESTED) + continue; + + if (!reg->get || reg->get(cpu, &val)) val = U64_MAX; if (saved_type == CPPC_SAVED_FIRMWARE) { @@ -197,6 +217,12 @@ static void cppc_cpufreq_apply_saved_regs(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, u64 auto_sel, val; int i; + /* Registers before auto_sel do not depend on it. */ + for (i = 0; i < CPPC_SAVED_AUTO_SEL; i++) { + val = cppc_cpufreq_saved_reg_value(st, i, saved_type); + cppc_cpufreq_write_saved_reg(cpu, i, val, saved_type); + } + auto_sel = cppc_cpufreq_saved_reg_value(st, CPPC_SAVED_AUTO_SEL, saved_type); @@ -1385,11 +1411,46 @@ static int cppc_get_perf_limited_filtered(int cpu, u64 *perf_limited) CPPC_CPUFREQ_ATTR_RW_U64(perf_limited, cppc_get_perf_limited_filtered, cppc_set_perf_limited) +static ssize_t store_ospm_nominal_freq(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, + const char *buf, size_t count) +{ + struct cppc_cpudata *cpu_data = policy->driver_data; + struct cppc_saved_vals *st; + unsigned int freq_khz; + u32 perf; + int ret; + + ret = kstrtouint(buf, 0, &freq_khz); + if (ret) + return ret; + + perf = cppc_khz_to_perf(&cpu_data->perf_caps, freq_khz); + if (perf < cpu_data->perf_caps.lowest_perf || + perf > cpu_data->perf_caps.nominal_perf) + return -EINVAL; + + ret = cppc_set_ospm_nominal_perf(policy->cpu, perf); + if (ret) + return ret; + + /* + * Track the request in software: requested_val is reapplied across + * hotplug, and firmware_val makes the register revert to the platform + * Nominal on driver unload, since the value cannot be read back. + */ + st = &cppc_cpufreq_policy_state(policy)->regs[CPPC_SAVED_OSPM_NOMINAL_PERF]; + st->requested_val = perf; + st->firmware_val = cpu_data->perf_caps.nominal_perf; + + return count; +} + cpufreq_freq_attr_ro(freqdomain_cpus); cpufreq_freq_attr_rw(auto_select); cpufreq_freq_attr_rw(auto_act_window); cpufreq_freq_attr_rw(energy_performance_preference_val); cpufreq_freq_attr_rw(perf_limited); +cpufreq_freq_attr_wo(ospm_nominal_freq); static struct freq_attr *cppc_cpufreq_attr[] = { &freqdomain_cpus, @@ -1397,6 +1458,7 @@ static struct freq_attr *cppc_cpufreq_attr[] = { &auto_act_window, &energy_performance_preference_val, &perf_limited, + &ospm_nominal_freq, NULL, }; -- 2.34.1