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[v11,11/11] Documentation: amd-pstate: introduce new global sysfs attributes

Message ID 20230118075210.447418-12-perry.yuan@amd.com
State New
Headers
Series Implement AMD Pstate EPP Driver |

Commit Message

Yuan, Perry Jan. 18, 2023, 7:52 a.m. UTC 
  The amd-pstate driver supports switching working modes at runtime.
Users can view and change modes by interacting with the "status" sysfs
attribute.

1) check driver mode:
$ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/amd-pstate/status

2) switch mode:
`# echo "passive" | sudo tee /sys/devices/system/cpu/amd-pstate/status`
or
`# echo "active" | sudo tee /sys/devices/system/cpu/amd-pstate/status`

Acked-by: Huang Rui <ray.huang@amd.com>
Tested-by: Wyes Karny <wyes.karny@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Perry Yuan <perry.yuan@amd.com>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)

Comments

Wyes Karny Jan. 19, 2023, 5:33 a.m. UTC | #1 
On 1/18/2023 1:22 PM, Perry Yuan wrote:
> The amd-pstate driver supports switching working modes at runtime.
> Users can view and change modes by interacting with the "status" sysfs
> attribute.
> 
> 1) check driver mode:
> $ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/amd-pstate/status
> 
> 2) switch mode:
> `# echo "passive" | sudo tee /sys/devices/system/cpu/amd-pstate/status`
> or
> `# echo "active" | sudo tee /sys/devices/system/cpu/amd-pstate/status`
> 
> Acked-by: Huang Rui <ray.huang@amd.com>
> Tested-by: Wyes Karny <wyes.karny@amd.com>
> Reviewed-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@amd.com>
> Signed-off-by: Perry Yuan <perry.yuan@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Wyes Karny <wyes.karny@amd.com>

> ---
>  Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst
> index b6aee69f564f..5304adf2fc2f 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst
> @@ -339,6 +339,35 @@ processor must provide at least nominal performance requested and go higher if c
>  operating conditions allow.
>  
>  
> +User Space Interface in ``sysfs``
> +=================================
> +
> +Global Attributes
> +-----------------
> +
> +``amd-pstate`` exposes several global attributes (files) in ``sysfs`` to
> +control its functionality at the system level.  They are located in the
> +``/sys/devices/system/cpu/amd-pstate/`` directory and affect all CPUs.
> +
> +``status``
> +	Operation mode of the driver: "active", "passive" or "disable".
> +
> +	"active"
> +		The driver is functional and in the ``active mode``
> +
> +	"passive"
> +		The driver is functional and in the ``passive mode``
> +
> +	"disable"
> +		The driver is unregistered and not functional now.
> +
> +        This attribute can be written to in order to change the driver's
> +        operation mode or to unregister it.  The string written to it must be
> +        one of the possible values of it and, if successful, writing one of
> +        these values to the sysfs file will cause the driver to switch over
> +        to the operation mode represented by that string - or to be
> +        unregistered in the "disable" case.
> +
>  ``cpupower`` tool support for ``amd-pstate``
>  ===============================================
>
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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst
index b6aee69f564f..5304adf2fc2f 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst
@@ -339,6 +339,35 @@  processor must provide at least nominal performance requested and go higher if c
 operating conditions allow.
 
 
+User Space Interface in ``sysfs``
+=================================
+
+Global Attributes
+-----------------
+
+``amd-pstate`` exposes several global attributes (files) in ``sysfs`` to
+control its functionality at the system level.  They are located in the
+``/sys/devices/system/cpu/amd-pstate/`` directory and affect all CPUs.
+
+``status``
+	Operation mode of the driver: "active", "passive" or "disable".
+
+	"active"
+		The driver is functional and in the ``active mode``
+
+	"passive"
+		The driver is functional and in the ``passive mode``
+
+	"disable"
+		The driver is unregistered and not functional now.
+
+        This attribute can be written to in order to change the driver's
+        operation mode or to unregister it.  The string written to it must be
+        one of the possible values of it and, if successful, writing one of
+        these values to the sysfs file will cause the driver to switch over
+        to the operation mode represented by that string - or to be
+        unregistered in the "disable" case.
+
 ``cpupower`` tool support for ``amd-pstate``
 ===============================================