[Tuning] Disable CPU Idle in NNAPI workload with PMQoS CPU DMA Latency

To improve the return path latency, we want to keep the CPU at at least WFI state (Idle_1). The PMQos cpu_dma_latency knob prevents the CPU from falling below WFI state. This makes the return path CPU wakeup latency very good. Check with wvw@, the power impact shouldn't be too significant.

The average energy cost per inference dropped from 3.85 to 3.47 mJ. The reason why the power number is lower WITH disable-idle is that, due to better latency, we get to run more inferences given the same amount of time. This makes the average power consumption lower.

Measurement:
MLPerf IC model Latency (ms) Power (mW) Energy/inference (mJ) MLPerf scores
Default 1.35 2837 3.85 560
Disable CPU Idle 0.98 3539 3.47 826

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1zx7sLkhOClmuRTCrq8-l3N1mZrrv7f-CtcdMuzV0eaI/edit?pli=1#slide=id.g12dd9e50b4b_0_0

Bug: 232183574
Test: MLPerf on Android T. Performance improved. Verified on Perfetto.
Change-Id: If067e0851bea0475043ef2127a25ed3a5fdab093
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Richard Hsu 2022-05-17 18:58:17 -07:00
parent 15215ef471
commit 3e31f88208
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@ -196,6 +196,15 @@
],
"ResetOnInit": true
},
{
"Name": "PMQoSCpuDmaLatency",
"Path": "/dev/cpu_dma_latency",
"Values": [
"44",
"1000"
],
"HoldFd": true
},
{
"Name": "CDPreferIdle",
"Path": "/proc/vendor_sched/cam_prefer_idle",
@ -1592,6 +1601,12 @@
"Duration": 2000,
"Value": "512"
},
{
"PowerHint": "ML_ACC",
"Node": "PMQoSCpuDmaLatency",
"Duration": 2000,
"Value": "44"
},
{
"PowerHint": "DEVICE_IDLE",
"Node": "RestrictedCpuset",

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@ -196,6 +196,15 @@
],
"ResetOnInit": true
},
{
"Name": "PMQoSCpuDmaLatency",
"Path": "/dev/cpu_dma_latency",
"Values": [
"44",
"1000"
],
"HoldFd": true
},
{
"Name": "CDPreferIdle",
"Path": "/proc/vendor_sched/cam_prefer_idle",
@ -1608,6 +1617,12 @@
"Duration": 2000,
"Value": "512"
},
{
"PowerHint": "ML_ACC",
"Node": "PMQoSCpuDmaLatency",
"Duration": 2000,
"Value": "44"
},
{
"PowerHint": "DEVICE_IDLE",
"Node": "RestrictedCpuset",