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| author | Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@intel.com> | 2017-11-24 12:49:59 +0300 |
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| committer | Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@intel.com> | 2017-11-24 16:20:48 +0300 |
| commit | 8ee4f19c47031f23340055da4d9f2af537de23f4 (patch) | |
| tree | 37890b2f6dc87756391117f712412af68fb69136 /drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_pmu.h | |
| parent | 1b2b659141cfa7c96c62c79516662a34ad112284 (diff) | |
| download | linux-8ee4f19c47031f23340055da4d9f2af537de23f4.tar.xz | |
drm/i915/pmu: Stop averaging with the previous sample
Averaging with the previous sample brings a small statistical improvement
to sampling counters, but can leek a little bit of state from a current
client to the next which mulls the border between past and present for
observing clients.
This is because on event enable clients record the current counter value
and use it as reference, but with rapid off-on event cycles, and due the
delayed nature of sampling timer self-disarm, previous sample value does
not get cleared under these circumstances.
Solution is to stop averaging with the previous sample. This has a small
downside of losing some precision with short and spiky signals, but the
alternatives look too complicated for the benefit.
Signed-off-by: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@intel.com>
Cc: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>
Cc: Sagar Arun Kamble <sagar.a.kamble@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>
Tested-by: Chris Wilson <chris@chris-wilson.co.uk>
Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20171124094959.10725-1-tvrtko.ursulin@linux.intel.com
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_pmu.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_pmu.h | 1 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_pmu.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_pmu.h index e209783a4c5f..40c154d13565 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_pmu.h +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_pmu.h @@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ enum { struct i915_pmu_sample { u64 cur; - u32 prev; }; struct i915_pmu { |