From: Meng Li Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 03:46:30 +0000 (+0800) Subject: Documentation: amd-pstate: Add unit test introduction X-Git-Tag: v6.1-rc5~190^2~13 X-Git-Url: http://review.tizen.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7fe3629729ce5466f865b75c506d7cb6223838ba;p=platform%2Fkernel%2Flinux-starfive.git Documentation: amd-pstate: Add unit test introduction Introduce the AMD P-State unit test module design and implementation. It also talks about kselftest and how to use. Signed-off-by: Meng Li Acked-by: Huang Rui Reviewed-by: Shuah Khan Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan --- diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst index 83b58eb..8f3d30c 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst @@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ to the ``struct sugov_cpu`` that the utilization update belongs to. Then, ``amd-pstate`` updates the desired performance according to the CPU scheduler assigned. +.. _processor_support: Processor Support ======================= @@ -282,6 +283,8 @@ efficiency frequency management method on AMD processors. Kernel Module Options for ``amd-pstate`` ========================================= +.. _shared_mem: + ``shared_mem`` Use a module param (shared_mem) to enable related processors manually with **amd_pstate.shared_mem=1**. @@ -393,6 +396,76 @@ about part of the output. :: CPU_005 712 116384 39 49 166 0.7565 9645075 2214891 38431470 25.1 11.646 469 2.496 kworker/5:0-40 CPU_006 712 116408 39 49 166 0.6769 8950227 1839034 37192089 24.06 11.272 470 2.496 kworker/6:0-1264 +Unit Tests for amd-pstate +------------------------- + +``amd-pstate-ut`` is a test module for testing the ``amd-pstate`` driver. + + * It can help all users to verify their processor support (SBIOS/Firmware or Hardware). + + * Kernel can have a basic function test to avoid the kernel regression during the update. + + * We can introduce more functional or performance tests to align the result together, it will benefit power and performance scale optimization. + +1. Test case decriptions + + +---------+--------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + | Index | Functions | Description | + +=========+================================+====================================================================================+ + | 0 | amd_pstate_ut_acpi_cpc_valid || Check whether the _CPC object is present in SBIOS. | + | | || | + | | || The detail refer to `Processor Support `_. | + +---------+--------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + | 1 | amd_pstate_ut_check_enabled || Check whether AMD P-State is enabled. | + | | || | + | | || AMD P-States and ACPI hardware P-States always can be supported in one processor. | + | | | But AMD P-States has the higher priority and if it is enabled with | + | | | :c:macro:`MSR_AMD_CPPC_ENABLE` or ``cppc_set_enable``, it will respond to the | + | | | request from AMD P-States. | + +---------+--------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + | 2 | amd_pstate_ut_check_perf || Check if the each performance values are reasonable. | + | | || highest_perf >= nominal_perf > lowest_nonlinear_perf > lowest_perf > 0. | + +---------+--------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + | 3 | amd_pstate_ut_check_freq || Check if the each frequency values and max freq when set support boost mode | + | | | are reasonable. | + | | || max_freq >= nominal_freq > lowest_nonlinear_freq > min_freq > 0 | + | | || If boost is not active but supported, this maximum frequency will be larger than | + | | | the one in ``cpuinfo``. | + +---------+--------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + +#. How to execute the tests + + We use test module in the kselftest frameworks to implement it. + We create amd-pstate-ut module and tie it into kselftest.(for + details refer to Linux Kernel Selftests [4]_). + + 1. Build + + + open the :c:macro:`CONFIG_X86_AMD_PSTATE` configuration option. + + set the :c:macro:`CONFIG_X86_AMD_PSTATE_UT` configuration option to M. + + make project + + make selftest :: + + $ cd linux + $ make -C tools/testing/selftests + + #. Installation & Steps :: + + $ make -C tools/testing/selftests install INSTALL_PATH=~/kselftest + $ sudo ./kselftest/run_kselftest.sh -c amd-pstate + TAP version 13 + 1..1 + # selftests: amd-pstate: amd-pstate-ut.sh + # amd-pstate-ut: ok + ok 1 selftests: amd-pstate: amd-pstate-ut.sh + + #. Results :: + + $ dmesg | grep "amd_pstate_ut" | tee log.txt + [12977.570663] amd_pstate_ut: 1 amd_pstate_ut_acpi_cpc_valid success! + [12977.570673] amd_pstate_ut: 2 amd_pstate_ut_check_enabled success! + [12977.571207] amd_pstate_ut: 3 amd_pstate_ut_check_perf success! + [12977.571212] amd_pstate_ut: 4 amd_pstate_ut_check_freq success! Reference =========== @@ -405,3 +478,6 @@ Reference .. [3] Processor Programming Reference (PPR) for AMD Family 19h Model 51h, Revision A1 Processors https://www.amd.com/system/files/TechDocs/56569-A1-PUB.zip + +.. [4] Linux Kernel Selftests, + https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/dev-tools/kselftest.html