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-rw-r--r--tools/power/x86/x86_energy_perf_policy/x86_energy_perf_policy.c13
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/tools/power/x86/x86_energy_perf_policy/x86_energy_perf_policy.c b/tools/power/x86/x86_energy_perf_policy/x86_energy_perf_policy.c
index fe10057bf9b7..884a4c746f32 100644
--- a/tools/power/x86/x86_energy_perf_policy/x86_energy_perf_policy.c
+++ b/tools/power/x86/x86_energy_perf_policy/x86_energy_perf_policy.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ unsigned char turbo_update_value;
unsigned char update_hwp_epp;
unsigned char update_hwp_min;
unsigned char update_hwp_max;
+unsigned char hwp_limits_done_via_sysfs;
unsigned char update_hwp_desired;
unsigned char update_hwp_window;
unsigned char update_hwp_use_pkg;
@@ -951,8 +952,10 @@ int ratio_2_sysfs_khz(int ratio)
}
/*
* If HWP is enabled and cpufreq sysfs attribtes are present,
- * then update sysfs, so that it will not become
- * stale when we write to MSRs.
+ * then update via sysfs. The intel_pstate driver may modify (clip)
+ * this request, say, when HWP_CAP is outside of PLATFORM_INFO limits,
+ * and the driver-chosen value takes precidence.
+ *
* (intel_pstate's max_perf_pct and min_perf_pct will follow cpufreq,
* so we don't have to touch that.)
*/
@@ -1007,6 +1010,8 @@ int update_sysfs(int cpu)
if (update_hwp_max)
update_cpufreq_scaling_freq(1, cpu, req_update.hwp_max);
+ hwp_limits_done_via_sysfs = 1;
+
return 0;
}
@@ -1085,10 +1090,10 @@ int update_hwp_request_msr(int cpu)
if (debug)
print_hwp_request(cpu, &req, "old: ");
- if (update_hwp_min)
+ if (update_hwp_min && !hwp_limits_done_via_sysfs)
req.hwp_min = req_update.hwp_min;
- if (update_hwp_max)
+ if (update_hwp_max && !hwp_limits_done_via_sysfs)
req.hwp_max = req_update.hwp_max;
if (update_hwp_desired)