[Intel-gfx] [PATCH] [v2] intel_frequency: A tool to manipulate Intel GPU frequency

Ben Widawsky ben at bwidawsk.net
Tue Jan 13 14:36:56 PST 2015


On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 09:19:04PM +0000, O'Rourke, Tom wrote:
> >Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2015 7:48 PM
> >To: Widawsky, Benjamin
> >Cc: Intel GFX
> >Subject: Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH] [v2] intel_frequency: A tool to manipulate Intel
> >GPU frequency
> >
> >On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 07:35:21PM -0800, Ben Widawsky wrote:
> >> WARNING: very minimally tested
> >>
> >> In general you should not need this tool. It's primary purpose is for
> >> benchmarking, and for debugging performance issues.
> >
> >I noticed the "it's" vs "its" on v1, but forgot to fix it. IT'S fixed locally
> >though.
> >
> >>
> >> For many kernel releases now sysfs has supported reading and writing the GPU
> >> frequency. Therefore, this tool provides no new functionality. What it does
> >> provide is an easy to package (for distros) tool that handles the most common
> >> scenarios.
> [TOR:] This is a nice tool.  
> I am concerned that this tool may be confusing RP1 frequency with RPe (Efficient) frequency.  On many platforms, these are not the same thing. 
> Thanks,
> Tom O'Rourke
> 

Any platform other than BYT/CHV?
>> +          case 'e': /* efficient */
>> +                  if (IS_VALLEYVIEW(devid) || IS_CHERRYVIEW(devid)) {
>> +                          /* the LP parts have special efficient >> frequencies
>*/
>> +                          fprintf(stderr,
>> +                                  "FIXME: Warning efficient frequency >information is incorrect.\n");
>> +                          exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
>> +                  }

> >>
> >> v2:
> >> Get rid of -f from the usage message (Jordan)
> >> Add space before [-s (Jordan)
> >> Add a -c/--custom example (Jordan)
> >> Add a setting for resetting to hardware default (Ken)
> >> Replicate examples in commit message in the source code. (me)
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Ben Widawsky <ben at bwidawsk.net>
> >> Reviewed-by: Jordan Justen <jordan.l.justen at intel.com>
> >> Cc: Kenneth Graunke <kenneth at whitecape.org>
> >>
> >> Here are some sample usages:
> >> $ sudo intel_frequency --get=cur,min,max,eff
> >> cur: 200 MHz
> >> min: 200 MHz
> >> RP1: 200 MHz
> >> max: 1200 MHz
> >>
> >> $ sudo intel_frequency -g
> >> cur: 200 MHz
> >> min: 200 MHz
> >> RP1: 200 MHz
> >> max: 1200 MHz
> >>
> >> $ sudo intel_frequency -geff
> >> RP1: 200 MHz
> >>
> >> $ sudo intel_frequency --set min=300
> >> $ sudo intel_frequency --get min
> >> cur: 300 MHz
> >> min: 300 MHz
> >> RP1: 200 MHz
> >> max: 1200 MHz
> >>
> >> $ sudo intel_frequency --custom max=900
> >> $ sudo intel_frequency --get max
> >> cur: 300 MHz
> >> min: 300 MHz
> >> RP1: 200 MHz
> >> max: 900 MHz
> >>
> >> $ sudo intel_frequency --max
> >> $ sudo intel_frequency -g
> >> cur: 1200 MHz
> >> min: 1200 MHz
> >> RP1: 200 MHz
> >> max: 1200 MHz
> >>
> >> $ sudo intel_frequency -e
> >> $ sudo intel_frequency -g
> >> cur: 200 MHz
> >> min: 200 MHz
> >> RP1: 200 MHz
> >> max: 200 MHz
> >>
> >> $ sudo intel_frequency --max
> >> $ sudo intel_frequency -g
> >> cur: 1200 MHz
> >> min: 1200 MHz
> >> RP1: 200 MHz
> >> max: 1200 MHz
> >>
> >> $ sudo intel_frequency --min
> >> $ sudo intel_frequency -g
> >> cur: 200 MHz
> >> min: 200 MHz
> >> RP1: 200 MHz
> >> max: 200 MHz
> >> ---
> >>  tools/Makefile.sources  |   1 +
> >>  tools/intel_frequency.c | 363
> >++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >>  2 files changed, 364 insertions(+)
> >>  create mode 100644 tools/intel_frequency.c
> >>
> >> diff --git a/tools/Makefile.sources b/tools/Makefile.sources
> >> index b85a6b8..2bea389 100644
> >> --- a/tools/Makefile.sources
> >> +++ b/tools/Makefile.sources
> >> @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ bin_PROGRAMS = 				\
> >>  	intel_dump_decode 		\
> >>  	intel_error_decode 		\
> >>  	intel_forcewaked		\
> >> +	intel_frequency			\
> >>  	intel_framebuffer_dump 		\
> >>  	intel_gpu_time 			\
> >>  	intel_gpu_top 			\
> >> diff --git a/tools/intel_frequency.c b/tools/intel_frequency.c
> >> new file mode 100644
> >> index 0000000..59f3814
> >> --- /dev/null
> >> +++ b/tools/intel_frequency.c
> >> @@ -0,0 +1,363 @@
> >> +/*
> >> + * Copyright © 2015 Intel Corporation
> >> + *
> >> + * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
> >> + * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
> >> + * to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
> >> + * the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
> >> + * and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
> >> + * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
> >> + *
> >> + * The above copyright notice and this permission notice (including the next
> >> + * paragraph) shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the
> >> + * Software.
> >> + *
> >> + * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
> >EXPRESS OR
> >> + * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
> >MERCHANTABILITY,
> >> + * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO
> >EVENT SHALL
> >> + * THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM,
> >DAMAGES OR OTHER
> >> + * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE,
> >ARISING
> >> + * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
> >OTHER
> >> + * DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
> >> + *
> >> + * Example:
> >> + * Get all frequencies:
> >> + * intel_frequency --get=cur,min,max,eff
> >> + *
> >> + * Same as above:
> >> + * intel_frequency -g
> >> + *
> >> + * Get the efficient frequency:
> >> + * intel_frequency -geff
> >> + *
> >> + * Lock the GPU frequency to 300MHz:
> >> + * intel_frequency --set min=300
> >> + *
> >> + * Set the maximum frequency to 900MHz:
> >> + * intel_frequency --custom max=900
> >> + *
> >> + * Lock the GPU frequency to its maximum frequency:
> >> + * intel_frequency --max
> >> + *
> >> + * Lock the GPU frequency to its most efficient frequency:
> >> + * intel_frequency -e
> >> + *
> >> + * Lock The GPU frequency to its minimum frequency:
> >> + * intel_frequency --min
> >> + *
> >> + * Reset the GPU to hardware defaults
> >> + * intel_frequency -d
> >> + */
> >> +
> >> +#define _GNU_SOURCE
> >> +#include <assert.h>
> >> +#include <getopt.h>
> >> +#include <stdio.h>
> >> +#include <time.h>
> >> +#include <unistd.h>
> >> +
> >> +#include "drmtest.h"
> >> +#include "intel_chipset.h"
> >> +
> >> +static int device, devid;
> >> +
> >> +enum {
> >> +	CUR=0,
> >> +	MIN,
> >> +	EFF,
> >> +	MAX,
> >> +	RP0,
> >> +	RPn
> >> +};
> >> +
> >> +struct freq_info {
> >> +	const char *name;
> >> +	const char *mode;
> >> +	FILE *filp;
> >> +	char *path;
> >> +};
> >> +
> >> +static struct freq_info info[] = {
> >> +	{ "cur", "r"  },
> >> +	{ "min", "rb+" },
> >> +	{ "RP1", "r" },
> >> +	{ "max", "rb+" },
> >> +	{ "RP0", "r" },
> >> +	{ "RPn", "r" }
> >> +};
> >> +
> >> +static char *
> >> +get_sysfs_path(const char *which)
> >> +{
> >> +	static const char fmt[] = "/sys/class/drm/card%1d/gt_%3s_freq_mhz";
> >> +	char *path;
> >> +	int ret;
> >> +
> >> +#define STATIC_STRLEN(string) (sizeof(string) / sizeof(string [0]))
> >> +	ret = asprintf(&path, fmt, device, which);
> >> +	assert(ret == (STATIC_STRLEN(fmt) - 3));
> >> +#undef STATIC_STRLEN
> >> +
> >> +	return path;
> >> +}
> >> +
> >> +static void
> >> +initialize_freq_info(struct freq_info *freq_info)
> >> +{
> >> +	if (freq_info->filp)
> >> +		return;
> >> +
> >> +	freq_info->path = get_sysfs_path(freq_info->name);
> >> +	assert(freq_info->path);
> >> +	freq_info->filp = fopen(freq_info->path, freq_info->mode);
> >> +	assert(freq_info->filp);
> >> +}
> >> +
> >> +static void wait_freq_settle(void)
> >> +{
> >> +	struct timespec ts;
> >> +
> >> +	/* FIXME: Lazy sleep without check. */
> >> +	ts.tv_sec = 0;
> >> +	ts.tv_nsec = 20000;
> >> +	clock_nanosleep(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, 0, &ts, NULL);
> >> +}
> >> +
> >> +static void set_frequency(struct freq_info *freq_info, int val)
> >> +{
> >> +	initialize_freq_info(freq_info);
> >> +	rewind(freq_info->filp);
> >> +	assert(fprintf(freq_info->filp, "%d", val) > 0);
> >> +
> >> +	wait_freq_settle();
> >> +}
> >> +
> >> +static int get_frequency(struct freq_info *freq_info)
> >> +{
> >> +	int val;
> >> +
> >> +	initialize_freq_info(freq_info);
> >> +	rewind(freq_info->filp);
> >> +	assert(fscanf(freq_info->filp, "%d", &val)==1);
> >> +
> >> +	return val;
> >> +}
> >> +
> >> +static void
> >> +usage(const char *prog)
> >> +{
> >> +	printf("Usage: %s [-e] [--min | --max] [-g (min|max|efficient)] [-s
> >frequency_mhz]\n\n", prog);
> >> +	printf("%s A program to manipulate Intel GPU frequencies.\n\n", prog);
> >> +	printf("Options: \n");
> >> +	printf("  -e		Lock frequency to the most efficient
> >frequency\n");
> >> +	printf("  -g, --get=    Get the frequency (optional arg:
> >\"cur\"|\"min\"|\"max\"|\"eff\")\n");
> >> +	printf("  -s, --set     Lock frequency to an absolute value (MHz)\n");
> >> +	printf("  -c, --custom  Set a min, or max frequency \"min=X |
> >max=Y\"\n");
> >> +	printf("  -m  --max     Lock frequency to max frequency\n");
> >> +	printf("  -i  --min     Lock frequency to min (never a good idea, DEBUG
> >ONLY)\n");
> >> +	printf("  -d  --defaults  Return the system to hardware defaults\n");
> >> +	printf("Examples:\n");
> >> +	printf("\tintel_frequency -gmin,cur Get the current and minimum
> >frequency\n");
> >> +	printf("\tintel_frequency -s 400    Lock frequency to 400Mhz\n");
> >> +	printf("\tintel_frequency -c max=750 Set the max frequency to
> >750MHz\n");
> >> +	exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
> >> +}
> >> +
> >> +/* Returns read or write operation */
> >> +static bool
> >> +parse(int argc, char *argv[], bool *act_upon, int *new_freq)
> >> +{
> >> +	int c, tmp;
> >> +	bool write = false;
> >> +
> >> +	char *token[] = {
> >> +		(char *)info[CUR].name,
> >> +		(char *)info[MIN].name,
> >> +		(char *)"eff",
> >> +		(char *)info[MAX].name
> >> +	};
> >> +
> >> +	/* No args means -g" */
> >> +	if (argc == 1) {
> >> +		for (c = 0; c < ARRAY_SIZE(act_upon); c++)
> >> +			act_upon[c] = true;
> >> +		goto done;
> >> +	}
> >> +	while (1) {
> >> +		int option_index = 0;
> >> +		static struct option long_options[] = {
> >> +			{ "get", optional_argument, NULL, 'g' },
> >> +			{ "set", required_argument, NULL, 's' },
> >> +			{ "custom", required_argument, NULL, 'c'},
> >> +			{ "min", no_argument, NULL, 'i' },
> >> +			{ "max", no_argument, NULL, 'm' },
> >> +			{ "defaults", no_argument, NULL, 'd' },
> >> +			{ "help", no_argument, NULL, 'h' },
> >> +			{ NULL, 0, NULL, 0}
> >> +		};
> >> +
> >> +		c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "eg::s:c:midh", long_options,
> >&option_index);
> >> +		if (c == -1)
> >> +			break;
> >> +
> >> +		switch (c) {
> >> +		case 'g':
> >> +			if (write == true)
> >> +				fprintf(stderr, "Read and write operations not
> >support simultaneously.\n");
> >> +
> >> +			if (optarg) {
> >> +				char *value, *subopts = optarg;
> >> +				int x;
> >> +				while (*subopts != '\0') {
> >> +					x = getsubopt(&subopts, token,
> >&value);
> >> +					if (x == -1) {
> >> +						fprintf(stderr, "Unrecognized
> >option (%s)\n", value);
> >> +						break;
> >> +					} else
> >> +						act_upon[x] = true;
> >> +				}
> >> +			} else {
> >> +				int i;
> >> +				for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(act_upon); i++)
> >> +					act_upon[i] = true;
> >> +			}
> >> +			break;
> >> +		case 's':
> >> +			if (!optarg)
> >> +				usage(argv[0]);
> >> +
> >> +			if (write == true) {
> >> +				fprintf(stderr, "Only one write may be specified
> >at a time\n");
> >> +				exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
> >> +			}
> >> +
> >> +			write = true;
> >> +			act_upon[MIN] = true;
> >> +			act_upon[MAX] = true;
> >> +			sscanf(optarg, "%d", &new_freq[MAX]);
> >> +			new_freq[MIN] = new_freq[MAX];
> >> +			break;
> >> +		case 'c':
> >> +			if (!optarg)
> >> +				usage(argv[0]);
> >> +
> >> +			if (write == true) {
> >> +				fprintf(stderr, "Only one write may be specified
> >at a time\n");
> >> +				exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
> >> +			}
> >> +
> >> +			write = true;
> >> +
> >> +			if (!strncmp("min=", optarg, 4)) {
> >> +				act_upon[MIN] = true;
> >> +				sscanf(optarg+4, "%d", &new_freq[MIN]);
> >> +			} else if (!strncmp("max=", optarg, 4)) {
> >> +				act_upon[MAX] = true;
> >> +				sscanf(optarg+4, "%d", &new_freq[MAX]);
> >> +			} else {
> >> +				fprintf(stderr, "Selected unmodifiable
> >frequency\n");
> >> +				exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
> >> +			}
> >> +			break;
> >> +		case 'e': /* efficient */
> >> +			if (IS_VALLEYVIEW(devid) || IS_CHERRYVIEW(devid)) {
> >> +				/* the LP parts have special efficient frequencies
> >*/
> >> +				fprintf(stderr,
> >> +					"FIXME: Warning efficient frequency
> >information is incorrect.\n");
> >> +				exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
> >> +			}
> >> +			tmp = get_frequency(&info[EFF]);
> >> +			new_freq[MIN] = tmp;
> >> +			new_freq[MAX] = tmp;
> >> +			act_upon[MIN] = true;
> >> +			act_upon[MAX] = true;
> >> +			write = true;
> >> +			break;
> >> +		case 'i': /* mIn */
> >> +			tmp = get_frequency(&info[RPn]);
> >> +			new_freq[MIN] = tmp;
> >> +			new_freq[MAX] = tmp;
> >> +			act_upon[MIN] = true;
> >> +			act_upon[MAX] = true;
> >> +			write = true;
> >> +			break;
> >> +		case 'm': /* max */
> >> +			tmp = get_frequency(&info[RP0]);
> >> +			new_freq[MIN] = tmp;
> >> +			new_freq[MAX] = tmp;
> >> +			act_upon[MIN] = true;
> >> +			act_upon[MAX] = true;
> >> +			write = true;
> >> +			break;
> >> +		case 'd': /* defaults */
> >> +			new_freq[MIN] = get_frequency(&info[RPn]);
> >> +			new_freq[MAX] = get_frequency(&info[RP0]);
> >> +			act_upon[MIN] = true;
> >> +			act_upon[MAX] = true;
> >> +			write = true;
> >> +			break;
> >> +		case 'h':
> >> +		default:
> >> +			usage(argv[0]);
> >> +		}
> >> +	}
> >> +
> >> +done:
> >> +	return write;
> >> +}
> >> +
> >> +int main(int argc, char *argv[])
> >> +{
> >> +
> >> +	bool write, fail, targets[MAX+1] = {false};
> >> +	int i, try = 1, set_freq[MAX+1] = {0};
> >> +
> >> +	devid = intel_get_drm_devid(drm_open_any());
> >> +	device = drm_get_card();
> >> +
> >> +	write = parse(argc, argv, targets, set_freq);
> >> +	fail = write;
> >> +
> >> +	/* If we've previously locked the frequency, we need to make sure to set
> >things
> >> +	 * in the correct order, or else the operation will fail (ie. min = max =
> >200,
> >> +	 * and we set min to 300, we fail because it would try to set min >
> >> +	 * max). This can be accomplished be going either forward or reverse
> >> +	 * through the loop. MIN is always before MAX.
> >> +	 *
> >> +	 * XXX: Since only min and max are at play, the super lazy way is to do
> >this
> >> +	 * 3 times and if we still fail after 3, it's for real.
> >> +	 */
> >> +again:
> >> +	if (try > 2) {
> >> +		fprintf(stderr, "Did not achieve desired freq.\n");
> >> +		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
> >> +	}
> >> +	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(targets); i++) {
> >> +		if (targets[i] == false)
> >> +			continue;
> >> +
> >> +		if (write) {
> >> +			set_frequency(&info[i], set_freq[i]);
> >> +			if (get_frequency(&info[i]) != set_freq[i])
> >> +				fail = true;
> >> +			else
> >> +				fail = false;
> >> +		} else {
> >> +			printf("%s: %d MHz\n", info[i].name,
> >get_frequency(&info[i]));
> >> +		}
> >> +	}
> >> +
> >> +	if (fail) {
> >> +		try++;
> >> +		goto again;
> >> +	}
> >> +
> >> +	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(targets); i++) {
> >> +		if (info[i].filp) {
> >> +			fclose(info[i].filp);
> >> +			free(info[i].path);
> >> +		}
> >> +	}
> >> +
> >> +	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
> >> +}
> >> --
> >> 2.2.1
> >>
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