cpufreq: Add cpu utilization statistics to aid decisions made by userspace.
Understanding system load as seen by cpufreq can help userspace
algorithms make better decisions to improve system responsiveness.
One such example would be the MP decision algorithm which mines
various system info to make decisions on hotplugging in/out
the additional cores.
Change-Id: I277db7e1a7803a3822b61e7befa25131487cfe17
Signed-off-by: Anitha Anand <anithas@codeaurora.org>
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 36375c05..90311b2 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -281,8 +281,23 @@
}
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpufreq_notify_transition);
+/**
+ * cpufreq_notify_utilization - notify CPU userspace about CPU utilization
+ * change
+ *
+ * This function is called everytime the CPU load is evaluated by the
+ * ondemand governor. It notifies userspace of cpu load changes via sysfs.
+ */
+void cpufreq_notify_utilization(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
+ unsigned int util)
+{
+ if (policy)
+ policy->util = util;
+ if (policy->util >= MIN_CPU_UTIL_NOTIFY)
+ sysfs_notify(&policy->kobj, NULL, "cpu_utilization");
+}
/*********************************************************************
* SYSFS INTERFACE *
@@ -370,6 +385,7 @@
show_one(scaling_min_freq, min);
show_one(scaling_max_freq, max);
show_one(scaling_cur_freq, cur);
+show_one(cpu_utilization, util);
static int __cpufreq_set_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *data,
struct cpufreq_policy *policy);
@@ -584,6 +600,7 @@
cpufreq_freq_attr_ro(bios_limit);
cpufreq_freq_attr_ro(related_cpus);
cpufreq_freq_attr_ro(affected_cpus);
+cpufreq_freq_attr_ro(cpu_utilization);
cpufreq_freq_attr_rw(scaling_min_freq);
cpufreq_freq_attr_rw(scaling_max_freq);
cpufreq_freq_attr_rw(scaling_governor);
@@ -596,6 +613,7 @@
&scaling_min_freq.attr,
&scaling_max_freq.attr,
&affected_cpus.attr,
+ &cpu_utilization.attr,
&related_cpus.attr,
&scaling_governor.attr,
&scaling_driver.attr,