what to do about the frequency. Typically this is set to values of
around '10000' or more. It's default value is (cmp. with users-guide.txt):
transition_latency * 1000
-The lowest value you can set is:
-transition_latency * 100 or it may get restricted to a value where it
-makes not sense for the kernel anymore to poll that often which depends
-on your HZ config variable (HZ=1000: max=20000us, HZ=250: max=5000).
Be aware that transition latency is in ns and sampling_rate is in us, so you
get the same sysfs value by default.
Sampling rate should always get adjusted considering the transition latency
echo `$(($(cat cpuinfo_transition_latency) * 750 / 1000)) \
>ondemand/sampling_rate
-show_sampling_rate_(min|max): THIS INTERFACE IS DEPRECATED, DON'T USE IT.
-You can use wider ranges now and the general
-cpuinfo_transition_latency variable (cmp. with user-guide.txt) can be
-used to obtain exactly the same info:
-show_sampling_rate_min = transtition_latency * 500 / 1000
-show_sampling_rate_max = transtition_latency * 500000 / 1000
-(divided by 1000 is to illustrate that sampling rate is in us and
-transition latency is exported ns).
+show_sampling_rate_min:
+The sampling rate is limited by the HW transition latency:
+transition_latency * 100
+Or by kernel restrictions:
+If CONFIG_NO_HZ is set, the limit is 10ms fixed.
+If CONFIG_NO_HZ is not set or no_hz=off boot parameter is used, the
+limits depend on the CONFIG_HZ option:
+HZ=1000: min=20000us (20ms)
+HZ=250: min=80000us (80ms)
+HZ=100: min=200000us (200ms)
+The highest value of kernel and HW latency restrictions is shown and
+used as the minimum sampling rate.
+
+show_sampling_rate_max: THIS INTERFACE IS DEPRECATED, DON'T USE IT.
up_threshold: defines what the average CPU usage between the samplings
of 'sampling_rate' needs to be for the kernel to make a decision on
/************************** sysfs interface ************************/
static ssize_t show_sampling_rate_max(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, char *buf)
{
- static int print_once;
-
- if (!print_once) {
- printk(KERN_INFO "CPUFREQ: conservative sampling_rate_max "
- "sysfs file is deprecated - used by: %s\n",
- current->comm);
- print_once = 1;
- }
+ printk_once(KERN_INFO "CPUFREQ: conservative sampling_rate_max "
+ "sysfs file is deprecated - used by: %s\n", current->comm);
return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", -1U);
}
static ssize_t show_sampling_rate_min(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, char *buf)
{
- static int print_once;
-
- if (!print_once) {
- printk(KERN_INFO "CPUFREQ: conservative sampling_rate_max "
- "sysfs file is deprecated - used by: %s\n", current->comm);
- print_once = 1;
- }
return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", min_sampling_rate);
}
/************************** sysfs interface ************************/
static ssize_t show_sampling_rate_max(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, char *buf)
{
- static int print_once;
-
- if (!print_once) {
- printk(KERN_INFO "CPUFREQ: ondemand sampling_rate_max "
- "sysfs file is deprecated - used by: %s\n",
- current->comm);
- print_once = 1;
- }
+ printk_once(KERN_INFO "CPUFREQ: ondemand sampling_rate_max "
+ "sysfs file is deprecated - used by: %s\n", current->comm);
return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", -1U);
}
static ssize_t show_sampling_rate_min(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, char *buf)
{
- static int print_once;
-
- if (!print_once) {
- printk(KERN_INFO "CPUFREQ: ondemand sampling_rate_min "
- "sysfs file is deprecated - used by: %s\n",
- current->comm);
- print_once = 1;
- }
return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", min_sampling_rate);
}