admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst

85 ``CPUFreq`` Policy Objects
104 of its user space interface is based on the policy concept.
129 Once invoked, the ``CPUFreq`` core checks if the policy pointer is already set
130 for the given CPU and if so, it skips the policy object creation.  Otherwise,
131 a new policy object is created and initialized, which involves the creation of
132 a new policy directory in ``sysfs``, and the policy pointer corresponding to
133 the given CPU is set to the new policy object's address in memory.
135 Next, the scaling driver's ``->init()`` callback is invoked with the policy
139 to, represented by its policy object) and, if the policy object it has been
140 called for is new, to set parameters of the policy, like the minimum and maximum
143 that belong to the same policy (including both online and offline CPUs).  That
144 mask is then used by the core to populate the policy pointers for all of the
147 The next major initialization step for a new policy object is to attach a
150 later via ``sysfs``).  First, a pointer to the new policy object is passed to
152 data structures necessary to handle the given policy and, possibly, to add
157 all of the online CPUs belonging to the given policy with the CPU scheduler.
162 to determine the P-state to use for the given policy going forward and to
168 Similar steps are taken for policy objects that are not new, but were "inactive"
171 to use the scaling governor previously used with the policy that became
175 other CPUs sharing the policy object with it are online already, there is no
176 need to re-initialize the policy object at all.  In that case, it only is
179 ``->start()`` callbacks, in this order, for the entire policy.
184 new policy objects.  Instead, the driver's ``->setpolicy()`` callback is invoked
185 to register per-CPU utilization update callbacks for each policy.  These
191 The policy objects created during CPU initialization and other data structures
194 when the last CPU belonging to the given policy in unregistered.
197 Policy Interface in ``sysfs``
205 integer number) for every policy object maintained by the ``CPUFreq`` core.
209 associated with (or belonging to) the given policy.  The ``policyX`` directories
210 in :file:`/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq` each contain policy-specific
211 attributes (files) to control ``CPUFreq`` behavior for the corresponding policy
216 and what scaling governor is attached to the given policy.  Some scaling drivers
217 also add driver-specific attributes to the policy directories in ``sysfs`` to
218 control policy-specific aspects of driver behavior.
224 	List of online CPUs belonging to this policy (i.e. sharing the hardware
225 	performance scaling interface represented by the ``policyX`` policy
244 	Current frequency of the CPUs belonging to this policy as obtained from
252         An average frequency (in KHz) of all CPUs belonging to a given policy,
266 	Maximum possible operating frequency the CPUs belonging to this policy
270 	Minimum possible operating frequency the CPUs belonging to this policy
274 	The time it takes to switch the CPUs belonging to this policy from one
282 	List of all (online and offline) CPUs belonging to this policy.
285 	List of available frequencies of the CPUs belonging to this policy
290 	be attached to this policy or (if the |intel_pstate| scaling driver is
292 	applied to this policy.
299 	Current frequency of all of the CPUs belonging to this policy (in kHz).
317 	The scaling governor currently attached to this policy or (if the
319 	provided by the driver that is currently applied to this policy.
322 	governor to be attached to this policy or a new scaling algorithm
329 	Maximum frequency the CPUs belonging to this policy are allowed to be
337 	Minimum frequency the CPUs belonging to this policy are allowed to be
346 	is attached to the given policy.
349 	be written to in order to set a new frequency for the policy.
359 Scaling governors are attached to policy objects and different policy objects
363 The scaling governor for a given policy object can be changed at any time with
364 the help of the ``scaling_governor`` policy attribute in ``sysfs``.
368 tunables, can be either global (system-wide) or per-policy, depending on the
370 per-policy, they are located in a subdirectory of each policy directory.
379 When attached to a policy object, this governor causes the highest frequency,
380 within the ``scaling_max_freq`` policy limit, to be requested for that policy.
382 The request is made once at that time the governor for the policy is set to
384 policy limits change after that.
389 When attached to a policy object, this governor causes the lowest frequency,
390 within the ``scaling_min_freq`` policy limit, to be requested for that policy.
392 The request is made once at that time the governor for the policy is set to
394 policy limits change after that.
400 to set the CPU frequency for the policy it is attached to by writing to the
401 ``scaling_setspeed`` attribute of that policy.
412 should be changed for a given policy (that depends on whether or not the driver
418 the allowed maximum (that is, the ``scaling_max_freq`` policy limit).  In turn,
429 policy (if the PELT number is frequency-invariant), or the current CPU frequency
466 If this governor is attached to a policy shared by multiple CPUs, the load is
468 for the entire policy.
480 the value of the ``cpuinfo_max_freq`` policy attribute corresponds to the load of
481 1 (or 100%), and the value of the ``cpuinfo_min_freq`` policy attribute
484 it is allowed to use (the ``scaling_max_freq`` policy limit).
494 	to ``cpuinfo_transition_latency`` on each policy this governor is
498 	If this tunable is per-policy, the following shell command sets the time
506 	will set the frequency to the maximum value allowed for the policy.
587 	allowed to set (the ``scaling_max_freq`` policy limit), between 0 and
594 	``scaling_max_freq`` policy limits.
703 If present, that knob is located in every ``CPUFreq`` policy directory in
707 for one policy causes the same value of it to be set for all of the other