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diff --git a/Documentation/power/pm_qos_interface.rst b/Documentation/power/pm_qos_interface.rst index 0d62d506caf0..69b0fe3e2542 100644 --- a/Documentation/power/pm_qos_interface.rst +++ b/Documentation/power/pm_qos_interface.rst @@ -7,86 +7,78 @@ performance expectations by drivers, subsystems and user space applications on one of the parameters. Two different PM QoS frameworks are available: -1. PM QoS classes for cpu_dma_latency -2. The per-device PM QoS framework provides the API to manage the + * CPU latency QoS. + * The per-device PM QoS framework provides the API to manage the per-device latency constraints and PM QoS flags. -Each parameters have defined units: - - * latency: usec - * timeout: usec - * throughput: kbs (kilo bit / sec) - * memory bandwidth: mbs (mega bit / sec) +The latency unit used in the PM QoS framework is the microsecond (usec). 1. PM QoS framework =================== -The infrastructure exposes multiple misc device nodes one per implemented -parameter. The set of parameters implement is defined by pm_qos_power_init() -and pm_qos_params.h. This is done because having the available parameters -being runtime configurable or changeable from a driver was seen as too easy to -abuse. - -For each parameter a list of performance requests is maintained along with -an aggregated target value. The aggregated target value is updated with -changes to the request list or elements of the list. Typically the -aggregated target value is simply the max or min of the request values held -in the parameter list elements. +A global list of CPU latency QoS requests is maintained along with an aggregated +(effective) target value. The aggregated target value is updated with changes +to the request list or elements of the list. For CPU latency QoS, the +aggregated target value is simply the min of the request values held in the list +elements. + Note: the aggregated target value is implemented as an atomic variable so that reading the aggregated value does not require any locking mechanism. +From kernel space the use of this interface is simple: -From kernel mode the use of this interface is simple: - -void pm_qos_add_request(handle, param_class, target_value): - Will insert an element into the list for that identified PM QoS class with the - target value. Upon change to this list the new target is recomputed and any - registered notifiers are called only if the target value is now different. - Clients of pm_qos need to save the returned handle for future use in other - pm_qos API functions. +void cpu_latency_qos_add_request(handle, target_value): + Will insert an element into the CPU latency QoS list with the target value. + Upon change to this list the new target is recomputed and any registered + notifiers are called only if the target value is now different. + Clients of PM QoS need to save the returned handle for future use in other + PM QoS API functions. -void pm_qos_update_request(handle, new_target_value): +void cpu_latency_qos_update_request(handle, new_target_value): Will update the list element pointed to by the handle with the new target value and recompute the new aggregated target, calling the notification tree if the target is changed. -void pm_qos_remove_request(handle): +void cpu_latency_qos_remove_request(handle): Will remove the element. After removal it will update the aggregate target and call the notification tree if the target was changed as a result of removing the request. -int pm_qos_request(param_class): - Returns the aggregated value for a given PM QoS class. +int cpu_latency_qos_limit(): + Returns the aggregated value for the CPU latency QoS. + +int cpu_latency_qos_request_active(handle): + Returns if the request is still active, i.e. it has not been removed from the + CPU latency QoS list. -int pm_qos_request_active(handle): - Returns if the request is still active, i.e. it has not been removed from a - PM QoS class constraints list. +int cpu_latency_qos_add_notifier(notifier): + Adds a notification callback function to the CPU latency QoS. The callback is + called when the aggregated value for the CPU latency QoS is changed. -int pm_qos_add_notifier(param_class, notifier): - Adds a notification callback function to the PM QoS class. The callback is - called when the aggregated value for the PM QoS class is changed. +int cpu_latency_qos_remove_notifier(notifier): + Removes the notification callback function from the CPU latency QoS. -int pm_qos_remove_notifier(int param_class, notifier): - Removes the notification callback function for the PM QoS class. +From user space: -From user mode: +The infrastructure exposes one device node, /dev/cpu_dma_latency, for the CPU +latency QoS. -Only processes can register a pm_qos request. To provide for automatic +Only processes can register a PM QoS request. To provide for automatic cleanup of a process, the interface requires the process to register its -parameter requests in the following way: +parameter requests as follows. -To register the default pm_qos target for the specific parameter, the process -must open /dev/cpu_dma_latency +To register the default PM QoS target for the CPU latency QoS, the process must +open /dev/cpu_dma_latency. As long as the device node is held open that process has a registered request on the parameter. -To change the requested target value the process needs to write an s32 value to -the open device node. Alternatively the user mode program could write a hex -string for the value using 10 char long format e.g. "0x12345678". This -translates to a pm_qos_update_request call. +To change the requested target value, the process needs to write an s32 value to +the open device node. Alternatively, it can write a hex string for the value +using the 10 char long format e.g. "0x12345678". This translates to a +cpu_latency_qos_update_request() call. To remove the user mode request for a target value simply close the device node. |