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Add documentation for Intel thermal throttling reporting events. Signed-off-by: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@linux.intel.com> Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> [ rjw: Subject adjustment, file name change, minor edits ] Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251113212104.221632-1-srinivas.pandruvada@linux.intel.com Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
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.. include:: <isonum.txt>
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Intel thermal throttle events reporting
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=======================================
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:Author: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@linux.intel.com>
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Introduction
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------------
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Intel processors have built in automatic and adaptive thermal monitoring
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mechanisms that force the processor to reduce its power consumption in order
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to operate within predetermined temperature limits.
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Refer to section "THERMAL MONITORING AND PROTECTION" in the "Intel® 64 and
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IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manual Volume 3 (3A, 3B, 3C, & 3D):
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System Programming Guide" for more details.
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In general, there are two mechanisms to control the core temperature of the
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processor. They are called "Thermal Monitor 1 (TM1) and Thermal Monitor 2 (TM2)".
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The status of the temperature sensor that triggers the thermal monitor (TM1/TM2)
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is indicated through the "thermal status flag" and "thermal status log flag" in
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MSR_IA32_THERM_STATUS for core level and MSR_IA32_PACKAGE_THERM_STATUS for
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package level.
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Thermal Status flag, bit 0 — When set, indicates that the processor core
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temperature is currently at the trip temperature of the thermal monitor and that
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the processor power consumption is being reduced via either TM1 or TM2, depending
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on which is enabled. When clear, the flag indicates that the core temperature is
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below the thermal monitor trip temperature. This flag is read only.
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Thermal Status Log flag, bit 1 — When set, indicates that the thermal sensor has
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tripped since the last power-up or reset or since the last time that software
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cleared this flag. This flag is a sticky bit; once set it remains set until
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cleared by software or until a power-up or reset of the processor. The default
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state is clear.
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It is possible that when user reads MSR_IA32_THERM_STATUS or
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MSR_IA32_PACKAGE_THERM_STATUS, TM1/TM2 is not active. In this case,
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"Thermal Status flag" will read "0" and the "Thermal Status Log flag" will be set
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to show any previous "TM1/TM2" activation. But since it needs to be cleared by
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the software, it can't show the number of occurrences of "TM1/TM2" activations.
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Hence, Linux provides counters of how many times the "Thermal Status flag" was
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set. Also presents how long the "Thermal Status flag" was active in milliseconds.
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Using these counters, users can check if the performance was limited because of
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thermal events. It is recommended to read from sysfs instead of directly reading
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MSRs as the "Thermal Status Log flag" is reset by the driver to implement rate
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control.
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Sysfs Interface
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---------------
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Thermal throttling events are presented for each CPU under
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"/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/thermal_throttle/", where "X" is the CPU number.
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All these counters are read-only. They can't be reset to 0. So, they can potentially
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overflow after reaching the maximum 64 bit unsigned integer.
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``core_throttle_count``
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Shows the number of times "Thermal Status flag" changed from 0 to 1 for this
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CPU since OS boot and thermal vector is initialized. This is a 64 bit counter.
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``package_throttle_count``
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Shows the number of times "Thermal Status flag" changed from 0 to 1 for the
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package containing this CPU since OS boot and thermal vector is initialized.
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Package status is broadcast to all CPUs; all CPUs in the package increment
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this count. This is a 64-bit counter.
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``core_throttle_max_time_ms``
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Shows the maximum amount of time for which "Thermal Status flag" has been
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set to 1 for this CPU at the core level since OS boot and thermal vector
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is initialized.
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``package_throttle_max_time_ms``
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Shows the maximum amount of time for which "Thermal Status flag" has been
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set to 1 for the package containing this CPU since OS boot and thermal
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vector is initialized.
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``core_throttle_total_time_ms``
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Shows the cumulative time for which "Thermal Status flag" has been
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set to 1 for this CPU for core level since OS boot and thermal vector
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is initialized.
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``package_throttle_total_time_ms``
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Shows the cumulative time for which "Thermal Status flag" has been set
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to 1 for the package containing this CPU since OS boot and thermal vector
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is initialized.
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