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In function get_pkg_num() if fopen_or_die() succeeds it returns a file
pointer to be used. But fclose() is never called before returning from
the function.
Signed-off-by: Samasth Norway Ananda <samasth.norway.ananda@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
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Pull misc x86 updates from Borislav Petkov:
"The main part of this branch is the ongoing fight against windmills in
an attempt to have userspace tools not poke at naked MSRs.
This round deals with MSR_IA32_ENERGY_PERF_BIAS and removes direct
poking into it by our in-tree tools in favor of the proper
"energy_perf_bias" sysfs interface which we already have.
In addition, the msr.ko write filtering's error message points to a
new summary page which contains the info we collected from helpful
reporters about which userspace tools write MSRs:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/about
along with the current status of their conversion.
The rest is the usual small fixes and improvements"
* tag 'x86_misc_for_v5.11' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
x86/msr: Add a pointer to an URL which contains further details
x86/pci: Fix the function type for check_reserved_t
selftests/x86: Add missing .note.GNU-stack sections
selftests/x86/fsgsbase: Fix GS == 1, 2, and 3 tests
x86/msr: Downgrade unrecognized MSR message
x86/msr: Do not allow writes to MSR_IA32_ENERGY_PERF_BIAS
tools/power/x86_energy_perf_policy: Read energy_perf_bias from sysfs
tools/power/turbostat: Read energy_perf_bias from sysfs
tools/power/cpupower: Read energy_perf_bias from sysfs
MAINTAINERS: Cleanup SGI-related entries
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... and stop poking at the MSR directly.
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20201029190259.3476-4-bp@alien8.de
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I've encountered an issue with x86_energy_perf_policy. If I run it on a
machine that I'm told is a qemu-kvm virtual machine running inside a
privileged container, I get the following error:
x86_energy_perf_policy: /dev/cpu/0/msr offset 0x1ad read failed: Input/output error
I get the same error in a Digital Ocean droplet, so that might be a
similar environment.
I created the following patch which is intended to give a more
user-friendly message. It's based on a patch for turbostat from Prarit
Bhargava that was posted some time ago. The patch is "[v2] turbostat:
Running on virtual machine is not supported" [1].
Given my limited knowledge of the topic, I can't say with confidence
that this is the right solution, though (that's why this is not an
official patch submission). Also, I'm not sure what the convention with
exit codes is in this tool. Also, instead of the error message, perhaps
the tool should just not print anything in this case, which is how it
behaves in a "regular" VM?
[1] https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9868587/
Signed-off-by: Ondřej Lysoněk <olysonek@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
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The -w argument in x86_energy_perf_policy currently triggers an
unconditional segfault.
This is because the argument string reads: "+a:c:dD:E:e:f:m:M:rt:u:vw" and
yet the argument handler expects an argument.
When parse_optarg_string is called with a null argument, we then proceed to
crash in strncmp, not horribly friendly.
The man page describes -w as taking an argument, the long form
(--hwp-window) is correctly marked as taking a required argument, and the
code expects it.
As such, this patch simply marks the short form (-w) as requiring an
argument.
Signed-off-by: Zephaniah E. Loss-Cutler-Hull <zephaniah@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
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x86_energy_perf_policy first uses __get_cpuid() to check the maximum
CPUID level and exits if it is too low. It then assumes that later
calls will succeed (which I think is architecturally guaranteed). It
also assumes that CPUID works at all (which is not guaranteed on
x86_32).
If optimisations are enabled, gcc warns about potentially
uninitialized variables. Fix this by adding an exit-on-error after
every call to __get_cpuid() instead of just checking the maximum
level.
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
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Based on 1 normalized pattern(s):
released under gpl v2
extracted by the scancode license scanner the SPDX license identifier
GPL-2.0-only
has been chosen to replace the boilerplate/reference in 15 file(s).
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Steve Winslow <swinslow@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Allison Randal <allison@lohutok.net>
Reviewed-by: Alexios Zavras <alexios.zavras@intel.com>
Cc: linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190528171438.895196075@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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x86_energy_perf_policy(8) was created as an example
of how the user, or upper-level OS, can manage
MSR_IA32_ENERGY_PERF_BIAS (EPB).
Hardware consults EPB when it makes internal decisions
balancing energy-saving vs performance.
For example, should HW quickly or slowly
transition into and out of power-saving idles states?
Should HW quickly or slowly ramp frequency up or down
in response to demand in the turbo-frequency range?
Depending on the processor, EPB may have package, core,
or CPU thread scope. As such, the only general policy
is to write the same value to EPB on every CPU in the system.
Recent platforms add support for Hardware Performance States (HWP).
HWP effectively extends hardware frequency control from
the opportunistic turbo-frequency range to control the entire
range of available processor frequencies.
Just as turbo-mode used EPB, HWP can use EPB to help decicde
how quickly to ramp frequency and voltage up and down
in response to changing demand. Indeed, BDX and BDX-DE,
the first processors to support HWP, use EPB for this purpose.
Starting in SKL, HWP no longer looks to EPB for influence.
Instead, it looks in a new MSR specifically for this purpose:
IA32_HWP_REQUEST.Energy_Performance_Preference (HWP.EPP).
HWP.EPP is like EPB, except that it is specific to HWP-mode
frequency selection. Also, HWP.EPP is defined to have
per CPU-thread scope.
Starting in SKX, IA32_HWP_REQUEST is augmented by
IA32_HWP_REQUEST_PKG -- which has the same function, but is
defined to have package-wide scope. A new bit in IA32_HWP_REQUEST
determines if it over-rides the IA32_HWP_REQUEST_PKG or not.
Note that HWP-mode can be enabled in several ways.
The "in-band" method is for HWP to be exposed in CPUID,
and for the Linux intel_pstate driver to recognized that,
and thus enable HWP. In this case, starting in Linux 4.10, intel_pstate
exports cpufreq sysfs attribute "energy_performance_preference"
which can be used to manage HWP.EPP. This interface can be
used to set HWP.EPP to these values:
0 performance
128 balance_performance (default)
192 balance_power
255 power
Here, x86_energy_performance_policy is updated to use
idential strings and values as intel_pstate.
But HWP-mode may also be enabled by firmware before the OS boots,
and the OS may not be aware of HWP. In this case, intel_pstate
is not available to provide sysfs attributes, and x86_energy_perf_policy
or a similar utility is invaluable for managing HWP.EPP, for
this utility works the same, no matter if cpufreq is enabled or not.
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
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Instead of returning out of for_every_cpu() we should break out of the loop=
which will then tidy up correctly by closing the file /proc/stat.
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
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Looks like I was going to stick the brand string
in the verbose ouput, but didn't get around to it.
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
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Fixes generated by 'codespell' and manually reviewed.
Signed-off-by: Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@profusion.mobi>
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MSR_IA32_ENERGY_PERF_BIAS first became available on Westmere Xeon.
It is implemented in all Sandy Bridge processors -- mobile, desktop and server.
It is expected to become increasingly important in subsequent generations.
x86_energy_perf_policy is a user-space utility to set the
hardware energy vs performance policy hint in the processor.
Most systems would benefit from "x86_energy_perf_policy normal"
at system startup, as the hardware default is maximum performance
at the expense of energy efficiency.
See x86_energy_perf_policy.8 man page for more information.
Background:
Linux-2.6.36 added "epb" to /proc/cpuinfo to indicate
if an x86 processor supports MSR_IA32_ENERGY_PERF_BIAS,
without actually modifying the MSR.
In March, 2010, Venkatesh Pallipadi proposed a small driver
that programmed MSR_IA32_ENERGY_PERF_BIAS, based on
the cpufreq governor in use. It also offered
a boot-time cmdline option to override.
http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/3/4/457
But hiding the hardware policy behind the
governor choice was deemed "kinda icky".
In June, 2010, I proposed a generic user/kernel API to
generalize the power/performance policy trade-off.
"RFC: /sys/power/policy_preference"
http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/6/16/399
That is my preference for implementing this capability,
but I received no support on the list.
So in September, 2010, I sent x86_energy_perf_policy.c to LKML,
a user-space utility that scribbles directly to the MSR.
http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/9/28/246
Here is that same utility, after responding to some review feedback,
to live in tools/power/, where it is easily found.
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
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Samasth Norway Ananda
Linus Torvalds
Borislav Petkov
Ondřej Lysoněk
Zephaniah E. Loss-Cutler-Hull
Ben Hutchings
Thomas Gleixner
Len Brown
Colin Ian King
Lucas De Marchi