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Subject[PATCH 2/3 v4] powercap, intel_rapl, implement check for minimum time window
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Using an small value for the time window results in a
bogus value for the time window. For example,

[root@intel-chiefriver-03 linux]# echo 950 >
/sys/devices/virtual/powercap/intel-rapl/intel-rapl\:0/constraint_0_time_window_us;
egrep ^ /sys/devices/virtual/powercap/intel-rapl/intel-rapl\:0/constraint_0_time_window_us
-bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument
/sys/devices/virtual/powercap/intel-rapl/intel-rapl:0/constraint_0_time_window_us:1:4501502475370496

The Intel ASDM doesn't explicitly define a minimum time window.
The MSR_RAPL_POWER_UNIT register, read during initialization, does
specify a minimum time window unit so that can be used as a lower
bound for error checking.

After this change the minimum time window is properly clamped:

[root@intel-chiefriver-03 linux]# echo 950 >
/sys/devices/virtual/powercap/intel-rapl/intel-rapl\:0/constraint_0_time_window_us;
egrep ^ /sys/devices/virtual/powercap/intel-rapl/intel-rapl\:0/constraint_0_time_window_us
-bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument
/sys/devices/virtual/powercap/intel-rapl/intel-rapl:0/constraint_0_time_window_us:1:976

Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Cc: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com>
Cc: Radivoje Jovanovic <radivoje.jovanovic@intel.com>
Cc: Seiichi Ikarashi <s.ikarashi@jp.fujitsu.com>
Cc: Mathias Krause <minipli@googlemail.com>
Cc: Ajay Thomas <ajay.thomas.david.rajamanickam@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com>
---
drivers/powercap/intel_rapl.c | 11 +++++++++--
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/powercap/intel_rapl.c b/drivers/powercap/intel_rapl.c
index feb063d..cf89b3d 100644
--- a/drivers/powercap/intel_rapl.c
+++ b/drivers/powercap/intel_rapl.c
@@ -516,6 +516,7 @@ static int set_time_window(struct powercap_zone *power_zone, int id,
u64 window)
{
struct rapl_domain *rd;
+ struct rapl_package *rp;
int ret = 0;
u64 max_window;

@@ -524,12 +525,18 @@ static int set_time_window(struct powercap_zone *power_zone, int id,
if (ret < 0)
goto out;

- if (window > max_window) {
+ rd = power_zone_to_rapl_domain(power_zone);
+ rp = find_package_by_id(rd->package_id);
+ /*
+ * The Intel ASDM doesn't explicitly define a minimum time window.
+ * The MSR_RAPL_POWER_UNIT register, read during initialization,
+ * does contain the smallest unit of time that can be measured.
+ */
+ if ((window > max_window) || (window < rp->time_unit)) {
ret = -EINVAL;
goto out;
}

- rd = power_zone_to_rapl_domain(power_zone);
switch (rd->rpl[id].prim_id) {
case PL1_ENABLE:
rapl_write_data_raw(rd, TIME_WINDOW1, window);
--
1.7.9.3
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