pwr: Low-power idle power state for idle CPUs

Add functionality to the BaseCPU that will put the entire CPU
into a low-power idle state whenever all threads in it are idle.

Change-Id: I984d1656eb0a4863c87ceacd773d2d10de5cfd2b

diff --git a/src/cpu/base.cc b/src/cpu/base.cc
index fbd8af99abbb5e1a5b351cbbde74686c2451caaf..aaf5a7a93dd03b268ec85b8de215851cc8348d35 100644 (file)
--- a/src/cpu/base.cc
+++ b/src/cpu/base.cc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2011-2012 ARM Limited
+ * Copyright (c) 2011-2012,2016 ARM Limited
  * All rights reserved
  *
  * The license below extends only to copyright in the software and shall
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 #include "debug/SyscallVerbose.hh"
 #include "mem/page_table.hh"
 #include "params/BaseCPU.hh"
+#include "sim/clocked_object.hh"
 #include "sim/full_system.hh"
 #include "sim/process.hh"
 #include "sim/sim_events.hh"
@@ -355,6 +356,11 @@ BaseCPU::startup()
     if (params()->progress_interval) {
         new CPUProgressEvent(this, params()->progress_interval);
     }
+
+    // Assumption CPU start to operate instantaneously without any latency
+    if (ClockedObject::pwrState() == Enums::PwrState::UNDEFINED)
+        ClockedObject::pwrState(Enums::PwrState::ON);
+
 }
 
 ProbePoints::PMUUPtr
@@ -474,6 +480,27 @@ BaseCPU::findContext(ThreadContext *tc)
     return 0;
 }
 
+void
+BaseCPU::activateContext(ThreadID thread_num)
+{
+    // For any active thread running, update CPU power state to active (ON)
+    ClockedObject::pwrState(Enums::PwrState::ON);
+}
+
+void
+BaseCPU::suspendContext(ThreadID thread_num)
+{
+    // Check if all threads are suspended
+    for (auto t : threadContexts) {
+        if (t->status() != ThreadContext::Suspended) {
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // All CPU threads suspended, enter lower power state for the CPU
+    ClockedObject::pwrState(Enums::PwrState::CLK_GATED);
+}
+
 void
 BaseCPU::switchOut()
 {

diff --git a/src/cpu/base.hh b/src/cpu/base.hh
index 748602c257f5f19352105529ccbd6a3f78292211..6622339e087ea272c8376e70f7aded499439f492 100644 (file)
--- a/src/cpu/base.hh
+++ b/src/cpu/base.hh
@@ -279,10 +279,11 @@ class BaseCPU : public MemObject
     Trace::InstTracer * getTracer() { return tracer; }
 
     /// Notify the CPU that the indicated context is now active.
-    virtual void activateContext(ThreadID thread_num) {}
+    virtual void activateContext(ThreadID thread_num);
 
     /// Notify the CPU that the indicated context is now suspended.
-    virtual void suspendContext(ThreadID thread_num) {}
+    /// Check if possible to enter a lower power state
+    virtual void suspendContext(ThreadID thread_num);
 
     /// Notify the CPU that the indicated context is now halted.
     virtual void haltContext(ThreadID thread_num) {}

diff --git a/src/cpu/minor/cpu.cc b/src/cpu/minor/cpu.cc
index 7e53a87f67d82e2d349ac83e62bcc9e70877b31d..79807a2a765b78745517bed01bd3111d149f6346 100644 (file)
--- a/src/cpu/minor/cpu.cc
+++ b/src/cpu/minor/cpu.cc
@@ -290,6 +290,8 @@ MinorCPU::activateContext(ThreadID thread_id)
     threads[thread_id]->activate();
     wakeupOnEvent(Minor::Pipeline::CPUStageId);
     pipeline->wakeupFetch();
+
+    BaseCPU::activateContext(thread_id);
 }
 
 void
@@ -298,6 +300,8 @@ MinorCPU::suspendContext(ThreadID thread_id)
     DPRINTF(MinorCPU, "SuspendContext %d\n", thread_id);
 
     threads[thread_id]->suspend();
+
+    BaseCPU::suspendContext(thread_id);
 }
 
 void

diff --git a/src/cpu/o3/cpu.cc b/src/cpu/o3/cpu.cc
index 79ad705bf934427d1264c46df7525eb3126d6083..73174e4a92e21405d666cdb6939efc9022b670f0 100644 (file)
--- a/src/cpu/o3/cpu.cc
+++ b/src/cpu/o3/cpu.cc
@@ -735,6 +735,8 @@ FullO3CPU<Impl>::activateContext(ThreadID tid)
         lastActivatedCycle = curTick();
 
         _status = Running;
+
+        BaseCPU::activateContext(tid);
     }
 }
 
@@ -755,6 +757,8 @@ FullO3CPU<Impl>::suspendContext(ThreadID tid)
     }
 
     DPRINTF(Quiesce, "Suspending Context\n");
+
+    BaseCPU::suspendContext(tid);
 }
 
 template <class Impl>

diff --git a/src/cpu/simple/atomic.cc b/src/cpu/simple/atomic.cc
index 3996b33cab6a30ad5d4481a1849d2846757b84f2..a8e97f14cbefc2695fa3ad3783ff3d0e03f75d49 100644 (file)
--- a/src/cpu/simple/atomic.cc
+++ b/src/cpu/simple/atomic.cc
@@ -247,6 +247,8 @@ AtomicSimpleCPU::activateContext(ThreadID thread_num)
         == activeThreads.end()) {
         activeThreads.push_back(thread_num);
     }
+
+    BaseCPU::activateContext(thread_num);
 }
 
 
@@ -273,6 +275,7 @@ AtomicSimpleCPU::suspendContext(ThreadID thread_num)
         }
     }
 
+    BaseCPU::suspendContext(thread_num);
 }
 
 

diff --git a/src/cpu/simple/timing.cc b/src/cpu/simple/timing.cc
index 6b63d894f0cca1df3f193738cba73a0f7de7bbc9..515d6b23c56286ad15e0b56a6dee32bd35849fef 100644 (file)
--- a/src/cpu/simple/timing.cc
+++ b/src/cpu/simple/timing.cc
@@ -218,6 +218,8 @@ TimingSimpleCPU::activateContext(ThreadID thread_num)
          == activeThreads.end()) {
         activeThreads.push_back(thread_num);
     }
+
+    BaseCPU::activateContext(thread_num);
 }
 
 
@@ -243,6 +245,8 @@ TimingSimpleCPU::suspendContext(ThreadID thread_num)
             deschedule(fetchEvent);
         }
     }
+
+    BaseCPU::suspendContext(thread_num);
 }
 
 bool