[RFC][PATCH 6/7] cpufreq: schedutil: Add iowait boosting

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wyso...@intel.com>

Modify the schedutil cpufreq governor to boost the CPU frequency
if the UUF_IO flag is passed to it via cpufreq_update_util().

If that happens, the frequency is set to the maximum during
the first update after receiving the UUF_IO flag and then the
boost is reduced by half during each following update.

Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wyso...@intel.com>
---
 kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c |   61 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 54 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

Index: linux-pm/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
===================================================================
--- linux-pm.orig/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
+++ linux-pm/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
@@ -48,11 +48,13 @@ struct sugov_cpu {
        struct sugov_policy *sg_policy;
 
        unsigned int cached_raw_freq;
+       unsigned long iowait_boost;
+       unsigned long iowait_boost_max;
+       u64 last_update;
 
        /* The fields below are only needed when sharing a policy. */
        unsigned long util;
        unsigned long max;
-       u64 last_update;
        unsigned int flags;
 };
 
@@ -172,22 +174,58 @@ static void sugov_get_util(unsigned long
        }
 }
 
+static void sugov_set_iowait_boost(struct sugov_cpu *sg_cpu, u64 time,
+                                  unsigned int flags)
+{
+       if (flags & UUF_IO) {
+               sg_cpu->iowait_boost = sg_cpu->iowait_boost_max;
+       } else if (sg_cpu->iowait_boost) {
+               s64 delta_ns = time - sg_cpu->last_update;
+
+               /* Clear iowait_boost if the CPU apprears to have been idle. */
+               if (delta_ns > TICK_NSEC)
+                       sg_cpu->iowait_boost = 0;
+       }
+}
+
+static void sugov_iowait_boost(struct sugov_cpu *sg_cpu, unsigned long *util,
+                              unsigned long *max)
+{
+       unsigned long boost_util = sg_cpu->iowait_boost;
+       unsigned long boost_max = sg_cpu->iowait_boost_max;
+
+       if (!boost_util)
+               return;
+
+       if (*util * boost_max < *max * boost_util) {
+               *util = boost_util;
+               *max = boost_max;
+       }
+       sg_cpu->iowait_boost >>= 1;
+}
+
 static void sugov_update_single(struct update_util_data *hook, u64 time,
                                unsigned int flags)
 {
        struct sugov_cpu *sg_cpu = container_of(hook, struct sugov_cpu, 
update_util);
        struct sugov_policy *sg_policy = sg_cpu->sg_policy;
-       struct cpufreq_policy *policy = sg_policy->policy;
        unsigned long util, max;
        unsigned int next_f;
 
+       sugov_set_iowait_boost(sg_cpu, time, flags);
+       sg_cpu->last_update = time;
+
        if (!sugov_should_update_freq(sg_policy, time))
                return;
 
        sugov_get_util(&util, &max, flags);
 
-       next_f = flags & UUF_RT ? policy->cpuinfo.max_freq :
-                                 get_next_freq(sg_cpu, util, max);
+       if (flags & UUF_RT) {
+               next_f = sg_policy->policy->cpuinfo.max_freq;
+       } else {
+               sugov_iowait_boost(sg_cpu, &util, &max);
+               next_f = get_next_freq(sg_cpu, util, max);
+       }
        sugov_update_commit(sg_policy, time, next_f);
 }
 
@@ -204,6 +242,8 @@ static unsigned int sugov_next_freq_shar
        if (flags & UUF_RT)
                return max_f;
 
+       sugov_iowait_boost(sg_cpu, &util, &max);
+
        for_each_cpu(j, policy->cpus) {
                struct sugov_cpu *j_sg_cpu;
                unsigned long j_util, j_max;
@@ -218,12 +258,13 @@ static unsigned int sugov_next_freq_shar
                 * frequency update and the time elapsed between the last update
                 * of the CPU utilization and the last frequency update is long
                 * enough, don't take the CPU into account as it probably is
-                * idle now.
+                * idle now (and clear iowait_boost for it).
                 */
                delta_ns = last_freq_update_time - j_sg_cpu->last_update;
-               if (delta_ns > TICK_NSEC)
+               if (delta_ns > TICK_NSEC) {
+                       j_sg_cpu->iowait_boost = 0;
                        continue;
-
+               }
                if (j_sg_cpu->flags & UUF_RT)
                        return max_f;
 
@@ -233,6 +274,8 @@ static unsigned int sugov_next_freq_shar
                        util = j_util;
                        max = j_max;
                }
+
+               sugov_iowait_boost(j_sg_cpu, &util, &max);
        }
 
        return get_next_freq(sg_cpu, util, max);
@@ -253,6 +296,8 @@ static void sugov_update_shared(struct u
        sg_cpu->util = util;
        sg_cpu->max = max;
        sg_cpu->flags = flags;
+
+       sugov_set_iowait_boost(sg_cpu, time, flags);
        sg_cpu->last_update = time;
 
        if (sugov_should_update_freq(sg_policy, time)) {
@@ -485,6 +530,8 @@ static int sugov_start(struct cpufreq_po
                        sg_cpu->flags = UUF_RT;
                        sg_cpu->last_update = 0;
                        sg_cpu->cached_raw_freq = 0;
+                       sg_cpu->iowait_boost = 0;
+                       sg_cpu->iowait_boost_max = policy->cpuinfo.max_freq;
                        cpufreq_add_update_util_hook(cpu, &sg_cpu->update_util,
                                                     sugov_update_shared);
                } else {