ARC: [plat-eznps] new command line argument for HW scheduler at MTM

We add ability for all cores at NPS SoC to control the number of cycles
HW thread can execute before it is replace with another eligible
HW thread within the same core. The replacement is done by the
HW scheduler.

Signed-off-by: Noam Camus <noamca@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Vineet Gupta <vgupta@synopsys.com>
[vgupta: simplified handlign of out of range argument value]

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index d9c171ce4190845950e7c14e362265b4d26adc74..1c0a995c48564f9b3ba75c0cf31911a544979631 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -2750,6 +2750,15 @@
                        If the dependencies are under your control, you can
                        turn on cpu0_hotplug.
 
+       nps_mtm_hs_ctr= [KNL,ARC]
+                       This parameter sets the maximum duration, in
+                       cycles, each HW thread of the CTOP can run
+                       without interruptions, before HW switches it.
+                       The actual maximum duration is 16 times this
+                       parameter's value.
+                       Format: integer between 1 and 255
+                       Default: 255
+
        nptcg=          [IA-64] Override max number of concurrent global TLB
                        purges which is reported from either PAL_VM_SUMMARY or
                        SAL PALO.

diff --git a/arch/arc/plat-eznps/mtm.c b/arch/arc/plat-eznps/mtm.c
index dcbf8f6ebf747d2076133490968af215cea12b91..8a13f0ac49fb5e068bf4478b52f2c32053ea3035 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/arc/plat-eznps/mtm.c
+++ b/arch/arc/plat-eznps/mtm.c
@@ -21,10 +21,13 @@
 #include <plat/mtm.h>
 #include <plat/smp.h>
 
-#define MT_CTRL_HS_CNT         0xFF
+#define MT_HS_CNT_MIN          0x01
+#define MT_HS_CNT_MAX          0xFF
 #define MT_CTRL_ST_CNT         0xF
 #define NPS_NUM_HW_THREADS     0x10
 
+static int mtm_hs_ctr = MT_HS_CNT_MAX;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_EZNPS_MEM_ERROR_ALIGN
 int do_memory_error(unsigned long address, struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
@@ -127,7 +130,7 @@ void mtm_enable_core(unsigned int cpu)
        /* Enable HW schedule, stall counter, mtm */
        mt_ctrl.value = 0;
        mt_ctrl.hsen = 1;
-       mt_ctrl.hs_cnt = MT_CTRL_HS_CNT;
+       mt_ctrl.hs_cnt = mtm_hs_ctr;
        mt_ctrl.mten = 1;
        write_aux_reg(CTOP_AUX_MT_CTRL, mt_ctrl.value);
 
@@ -138,3 +141,23 @@ void mtm_enable_core(unsigned int cpu)
         */
        cpu_relax();
 }
+
+/* Verify and set the value of the mtm hs counter */
+static int __init set_mtm_hs_ctr(char *ctr_str)
+{
+       long hs_ctr;
+       int ret;
+
+       ret = kstrtol(ctr_str, 0, &hs_ctr);
+
+       if (ret || hs_ctr > MT_HS_CNT_MAX || hs_ctr < MT_HS_CNT_MIN) {
+               pr_err("** Invalid @nps_mtm_hs_ctr [%d] needs to be [%d:%d] (incl)\n",
+                      hs_ctr, MT_HS_CNT_MIN, MT_HS_CNT_MAX);
+               return -EINVAL;
+       }
+
+       mtm_hs_ctr = hs_ctr;
+
+       return 0;
+}
+early_param("nps_mtm_hs_ctr", set_mtm_hs_ctr);