On Monday, September 22, 2025 2:59:21 PM CEST Shawn Guo wrote:
From: Shawn Guo shawnguo@kernel.org
A regression is seen with 6.6 -> 6.12 kernel upgrade on platforms where cpufreq-dt driver sets cpuinfo.transition_latency as CPUFREQ_ETERNAL (-1), due to that platform's DT doesn't provide the optional property 'clock-latency-ns'. The dbs sampling_rate was 10000 us on 6.6 and suddently becomes 6442450 us (4294967295 / 1000 * 1.5) on 6.12 for these platforms, because the default transition delay was dropped by the commits below.
commit 37c6dccd6837 ("cpufreq: Remove LATENCY_MULTIPLIER") commit a755d0e2d41b ("cpufreq: Honour transition_latency over transition_delay_us") commit e13aa799c2a6 ("cpufreq: Change default transition delay to 2ms")
It slows down dbs governor's reacting to CPU loading change dramatically. Also, as transition_delay_us is used by schedutil governor as rate_limit_us, it shows a negative impact on device idle power consumption, because the device gets slightly less time in the lowest OPP.
Fix the regressions by defining a default transition latency for handling the case of CPUFREQ_ETERNAL.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: 37c6dccd6837 ("cpufreq: Remove LATENCY_MULTIPLIER") Signed-off-by: Shawn Guo shawnguo@kernel.org
Changes for v2:
- Follow Rafael's suggestion to define a default transition latency for handling CPUFREQ_ETERNAL, and pave the way to get rid of CPUFREQ_ETERNAL completely later.
v1: https://lkml.org/lkml/2025/9/10/294
drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c | 3 +++ include/linux/cpufreq.h | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c index fc7eace8b65b..c69d10f0e8ec 100644 --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c @@ -549,6 +549,9 @@ unsigned int cpufreq_policy_transition_delay_us(struct cpufreq_policy *policy) if (policy->transition_delay_us) return policy->transition_delay_us;
- if (policy->cpuinfo.transition_latency == CPUFREQ_ETERNAL)
policy->cpuinfo.transition_latency = CPUFREQ_DEFAULT_TANSITION_LATENCY_NS;- latency = policy->cpuinfo.transition_latency / NSEC_PER_USEC; if (latency) /* Give a 50% breathing room between updates */
diff --git a/include/linux/cpufreq.h b/include/linux/cpufreq.h index 95f3807c8c55..935e9a660039 100644 --- a/include/linux/cpufreq.h +++ b/include/linux/cpufreq.h @@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ /* Print length for names. Extra 1 space for accommodating '\n' in prints */ #define CPUFREQ_NAME_PLEN (CPUFREQ_NAME_LEN + 1) +#define CPUFREQ_DEFAULT_TANSITION_LATENCY_NS NSEC_PER_MSEC
struct cpufreq_governor; enum cpufreq_table_sorting {
What about the appended (untested) change instead?
With a follow-up one to replace CPUFREQ_ETERNAL with something internal to CPPC.
--- Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst | 4 ---- Documentation/cpu-freq/cpu-drivers.rst | 3 +-- Documentation/translations/zh_CN/cpu-freq/cpu-drivers.rst | 3 +-- Documentation/translations/zh_TW/cpu-freq/cpu-drivers.rst | 3 +-- drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c | 14 ++++++++++++-- drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-dt.c | 2 +- drivers/cpufreq/imx6q-cpufreq.c | 2 +- drivers/cpufreq/mediatek-cpufreq-hw.c | 2 +- drivers/cpufreq/scmi-cpufreq.c | 2 +- drivers/cpufreq/scpi-cpufreq.c | 2 +- drivers/cpufreq/spear-cpufreq.c | 2 +- include/linux/cpufreq.h | 7 ++++--- 12 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst @@ -274,10 +274,6 @@ are the following: The time it takes to switch the CPUs belonging to this policy from one P-state to another, in nanoseconds.
- If unknown or if known to be so high that the scaling driver does not - work with the `ondemand`_ governor, -1 (:c:macro:`CPUFREQ_ETERNAL`) - will be returned by reads from this attribute. - ``related_cpus`` List of all (online and offline) CPUs belonging to this policy.
--- a/Documentation/cpu-freq/cpu-drivers.rst +++ b/Documentation/cpu-freq/cpu-drivers.rst @@ -109,8 +109,7 @@ Then, the driver must fill in the follow +-----------------------------------+--------------------------------------+ |policy->cpuinfo.transition_latency | the time it takes on this CPU to | | | switch between two frequencies in | -| | nanoseconds (if appropriate, else | -| | specify CPUFREQ_ETERNAL) | +| | nanoseconds | +-----------------------------------+--------------------------------------+ |policy->cur | The current operating frequency of | | | this CPU (if appropriate) | --- a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/cpu-freq/cpu-drivers.rst +++ b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/cpu-freq/cpu-drivers.rst @@ -112,8 +112,7 @@ CPUfreq核心层注册一个cpufreq_driv | | | +-----------------------------------+--------------------------------------+ |policy->cpuinfo.transition_latency | CPU在两个频率之间切换所需的时间，以 | -| | 纳秒为单位（如不适用，设定为 | -| | CPUFREQ_ETERNAL） | +| | 纳秒为单位 | | | | +-----------------------------------+--------------------------------------+ |policy->cur | 该CPU当前的工作频率(如适用) | --- a/Documentation/translations/zh_TW/cpu-freq/cpu-drivers.rst +++ b/Documentation/translations/zh_TW/cpu-freq/cpu-drivers.rst @@ -112,8 +112,7 @@ CPUfreq核心層註冊一個cpufreq_driv | | | +-----------------------------------+--------------------------------------+ |policy->cpuinfo.transition_latency | CPU在兩個頻率之間切換所需的時間，以 | -| | 納秒爲單位（如不適用，設定爲 | -| | CPUFREQ_ETERNAL） | +| | 納秒爲單位 | | | | +-----------------------------------+--------------------------------------+ |policy->cur | 該CPU當前的工作頻率(如適用) | --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c @@ -308,6 +308,16 @@ static int cppc_verify_policy(struct cpu return 0; }
+static unsigned int get_transition_latency(unsigned int cpu) +{ + unsigned int transition_latency_ns = cppc_get_transition_latency(cpu); + + if (transition_latency_ns == CPUFREQ_ETERNAL) + return CPUFREQ_DEFAULT_TRANSITION_LATENCY_NS / NSEC_PER_USEC; + + return transition_latency_ns / NSEC_PER_USEC; +} + /* * The PCC subspace describes the rate at which platform can accept commands * on the shared PCC channel (including READs which do not count towards freq @@ -330,12 +340,12 @@ static unsigned int cppc_cpufreq_get_tra return 10000; } } - return cppc_get_transition_latency(cpu) / NSEC_PER_USEC; + return get_transition_latency(cpu); } #else static unsigned int cppc_cpufreq_get_transition_delay_us(unsigned int cpu) { - return cppc_get_transition_latency(cpu) / NSEC_PER_USEC; + return get_transition_latency(cpu); } #endif
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-dt.c +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-dt.c @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ static int cpufreq_init(struct cpufreq_p
transition_latency = dev_pm_opp_get_max_transition_latency(cpu_dev); if (!transition_latency) - transition_latency = CPUFREQ_ETERNAL; + transition_latency = CPUFREQ_DEFAULT_TRANSITION_LATENCY_NS;
cpumask_copy(policy->cpus, priv->cpus); policy->driver_data = priv; --- a/drivers/cpufreq/imx6q-cpufreq.c +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/imx6q-cpufreq.c @@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ soc_opp_out: }
if (of_property_read_u32(np, "clock-latency", &transition_latency)) - transition_latency = CPUFREQ_ETERNAL; + transition_latency = CPUFREQ_DEFAULT_TRANSITION_LATENCY_NS;
/* * Calculate the ramp time for max voltage change in the --- a/drivers/cpufreq/mediatek-cpufreq-hw.c +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/mediatek-cpufreq-hw.c @@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ static int mtk_cpufreq_hw_cpu_init(struc
latency = readl_relaxed(data->reg_bases[REG_FREQ_LATENCY]) * 1000; if (!latency) - latency = CPUFREQ_ETERNAL; + latency = CPUFREQ_DEFAULT_TRANSITION_LATENCY_NS;
policy->cpuinfo.transition_latency = latency; policy->fast_switch_possible = true; --- a/drivers/cpufreq/scmi-cpufreq.c +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/scmi-cpufreq.c @@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ static int scmi_cpufreq_init(struct cpuf
latency = perf_ops->transition_latency_get(ph, domain); if (!latency) - latency = CPUFREQ_ETERNAL; + latency = CPUFREQ_DEFAULT_TRANSITION_LATENCY_NS;
policy->cpuinfo.transition_latency = latency;
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/scpi-cpufreq.c +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/scpi-cpufreq.c @@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ static int scpi_cpufreq_init(struct cpuf
latency = scpi_ops->get_transition_latency(cpu_dev); if (!latency) - latency = CPUFREQ_ETERNAL; + latency = CPUFREQ_DEFAULT_TRANSITION_LATENCY_NS;
policy->cpuinfo.transition_latency = latency;
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/spear-cpufreq.c +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/spear-cpufreq.c @@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ static int spear_cpufreq_probe(struct pl
if (of_property_read_u32(np, "clock-latency", &spear_cpufreq.transition_latency)) - spear_cpufreq.transition_latency = CPUFREQ_ETERNAL; + spear_cpufreq.transition_latency = CPUFREQ_DEFAULT_TRANSITION_LATENCY_NS;
cnt = of_property_count_u32_elems(np, "cpufreq_tbl"); if (cnt <= 0) { --- a/include/linux/cpufreq.h +++ b/include/linux/cpufreq.h @@ -26,12 +26,13 @@ *********************************************************************/ /* * Frequency values here are CPU kHz - * - * Maximum transition latency is in nanoseconds - if it's unknown, - * CPUFREQ_ETERNAL shall be used. */
+/* Represents unknown transition latency */ #define CPUFREQ_ETERNAL (-1) + +#define CPUFREQ_DEFAULT_TANSITION_LATENCY_NS NSEC_PER_MSEC + #define CPUFREQ_NAME_LEN 16 /* Print length for names. Extra 1 space for accommodating '\n' in prints */ #define CPUFREQ_NAME_PLEN (CPUFREQ_NAME_LEN + 1)