2 * latency.c: Explicit system-wide latency-expectation infrastructure
4 * The purpose of this infrastructure is to allow device drivers to set
5 * latency constraint they have and to collect and summarize these
6 * expectations globally. The cummulated result can then be used by
7 * power management and similar users to make decisions that have
8 * tradoffs with a latency component.
10 * An example user of this are the x86 C-states; each higher C state saves
11 * more power, but has a higher exit latency. For the idle loop power
12 * code to make a good decision which C-state to use, information about
13 * acceptable latencies is required.
15 * An example announcer of latency is an audio driver that knowns it
16 * will get an interrupt when the hardware has 200 usec of samples
17 * left in the DMA buffer; in that case the driver can set a latency
18 * constraint of, say, 150 usec.
20 * Multiple drivers can each announce their maximum accepted latency,
21 * to keep these appart, a string based identifier is used.
24 * (C) Copyright 2006 Intel Corporation
25 * Author: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
27 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
28 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
29 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2
33 #include <linux/latency.h>
34 #include <linux/list.h>
35 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
36 #include <linux/slab.h>
37 #include <linux/module.h>
38 #include <linux/notifier.h>
39 #include <asm/atomic.h>
42 struct list_head list;
48 * locking rule: all modifications to current_max_latency and
49 * latency_list need to be done while holding the latency_lock.
50 * latency_lock needs to be taken _irqsave.
52 static atomic_t current_max_latency;
53 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(latency_lock);
55 static LIST_HEAD(latency_list);
56 static BLOCKING_NOTIFIER_HEAD(latency_notifier);
59 * This function returns the maximum latency allowed, which
60 * happens to be the minimum of all maximum latencies on the
63 static int __find_max_latency(void)
65 int min = INFINITE_LATENCY;
66 struct latency_info *info;
68 list_for_each_entry(info, &latency_list, list) {
69 if (info->usecs < min)
76 * set_acceptable_latency - sets the maximum latency acceptable
77 * @identifier: string that identifies this driver
78 * @usecs: maximum acceptable latency for this driver
80 * This function informs the kernel that this device(driver)
81 * can accept at most usecs latency. This setting is used for
82 * power management and similar tradeoffs.
84 * This function sleeps and can only be called from process
86 * Calling this function with an existing identifier is valid
87 * and will cause the existing latency setting to be changed.
89 void set_acceptable_latency(char *identifier, int usecs)
91 struct latency_info *info, *iter;
95 info = kzalloc(sizeof(struct latency_info), GFP_KERNEL);
99 info->identifier = kstrdup(identifier, GFP_KERNEL);
100 if (!info->identifier)
103 spin_lock_irqsave(&latency_lock, flags);
104 list_for_each_entry(iter, &latency_list, list) {
105 if (strcmp(iter->identifier, identifier)==0) {
112 list_add(&info->list, &latency_list);
114 if (usecs < atomic_read(¤t_max_latency))
115 atomic_set(¤t_max_latency, usecs);
117 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&latency_lock, flags);
119 blocking_notifier_call_chain(&latency_notifier,
120 atomic_read(¤t_max_latency), NULL);
123 * if we inserted the new one, we're done; otherwise there was
124 * an existing one so we need to free the redundant data
129 kfree(info->identifier);
133 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(set_acceptable_latency);
136 * modify_acceptable_latency - changes the maximum latency acceptable
137 * @identifier: string that identifies this driver
138 * @usecs: maximum acceptable latency for this driver
140 * This function informs the kernel that this device(driver)
141 * can accept at most usecs latency. This setting is used for
142 * power management and similar tradeoffs.
144 * This function does not sleep and can be called in any context.
145 * Trying to use a non-existing identifier silently gets ignored.
147 * Due to the atomic nature of this function, the modified latency
148 * value will only be used for future decisions; past decisions
149 * can still lead to longer latencies in the near future.
151 void modify_acceptable_latency(char *identifier, int usecs)
153 struct latency_info *iter;
156 spin_lock_irqsave(&latency_lock, flags);
157 list_for_each_entry(iter, &latency_list, list) {
158 if (strcmp(iter->identifier, identifier) == 0) {
163 if (usecs < atomic_read(¤t_max_latency))
164 atomic_set(¤t_max_latency, usecs);
165 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&latency_lock, flags);
167 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(modify_acceptable_latency);
170 * remove_acceptable_latency - removes the maximum latency acceptable
171 * @identifier: string that identifies this driver
173 * This function removes a previously set maximum latency setting
174 * for the driver and frees up any resources associated with the
175 * bookkeeping needed for this.
177 * This function does not sleep and can be called in any context.
178 * Trying to use a non-existing identifier silently gets ignored.
180 void remove_acceptable_latency(char *identifier)
184 struct latency_info *iter, *temp;
186 spin_lock_irqsave(&latency_lock, flags);
188 list_for_each_entry_safe(iter, temp, &latency_list, list) {
189 if (strcmp(iter->identifier, identifier) == 0) {
190 list_del(&iter->list);
191 newmax = iter->usecs;
192 kfree(iter->identifier);
198 /* If we just deleted the system wide value, we need to
199 * recalculate with a full search
201 if (newmax == atomic_read(¤t_max_latency)) {
202 newmax = __find_max_latency();
203 atomic_set(¤t_max_latency, newmax);
205 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&latency_lock, flags);
207 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(remove_acceptable_latency);
210 * system_latency_constraint - queries the system wide latency maximum
212 * This function returns the system wide maximum latency in
215 * This function does not sleep and can be called in any context.
217 int system_latency_constraint(void)
219 return atomic_read(¤t_max_latency);
221 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(system_latency_constraint);
224 * synchronize_acceptable_latency - recalculates all latency decisions
226 * This function will cause a callback to various kernel pieces that
227 * will make those pieces rethink their latency decisions. This implies
228 * that if there are overlong latencies in hardware state already, those
229 * latencies get taken right now. When this call completes no overlong
230 * latency decisions should be active anymore.
232 * Typical usecase of this is after a modify_acceptable_latency() call,
233 * which in itself is non-blocking and non-synchronizing.
235 * This function blocks and should not be called with locks held.
238 void synchronize_acceptable_latency(void)
240 blocking_notifier_call_chain(&latency_notifier,
241 atomic_read(¤t_max_latency), NULL);
243 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(synchronize_acceptable_latency);
246 * Latency notifier: this notifier gets called when a non-atomic new
247 * latency value gets set. The expectation nof the caller of the
248 * non-atomic set is that when the call returns, future latencies
249 * are within bounds, so the functions on the notifier list are
250 * expected to take the overlong latencies immediately, inside the
251 * callback, and not make a overlong latency decision anymore.
253 * The callback gets called when the new latency value is made
254 * active so system_latency_constraint() returns the new latency.
256 int register_latency_notifier(struct notifier_block * nb)
258 return blocking_notifier_chain_register(&latency_notifier, nb);
260 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(register_latency_notifier);
262 int unregister_latency_notifier(struct notifier_block * nb)
264 return blocking_notifier_chain_unregister(&latency_notifier, nb);
266 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unregister_latency_notifier);
268 static __init int latency_init(void)
270 atomic_set(¤t_max_latency, INFINITE_LATENCY);
272 * we don't want by default to have longer latencies than 2 ticks,
273 * since that would cause lost ticks
275 set_acceptable_latency("kernel", 2*1000000/HZ);
279 module_init(latency_init);