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Date:      Sat, 24 Aug 2024 17:06:21 +0000
From:      Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
To:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   powerd forgets top CPU frequency ?
Message-ID:  <202408241706.47OH6LfG023651@critter.freebsd.dk>

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On T14s thinkpad running:

	FreeBSD critter.freebsd.dk 15.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 15.0-CURRENT #7 main-n271=
455-a1740cb93639-dirty: Thu Aug  1 09:45:40 UTC 2024     root@critter.free=
bsd.dk:/critter/obj/critter/FreeBSD/src/amd64.amd64/sys/GENERIC-NODEBUG am=
d64

When I run two 100% CPU loaded processes, the machine gradually gets slowe=
r and slower, until eventually it limps along at 500-ish MHz rates.

Killing powerd and starting it again seems to bring the machine back to fu=
ll speed (for some time).

Looking at the powerd -v output, my gut feeling is that powerd sometimes l=
ooses track of what the (current) top frequency is and thus gradually drag=
s the machine slower or slower...

I have had a faint feeling for some time that this machine runs significan=
tly faster after a reboot, but I have no observations to support that.

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Poul-Henning Kamp       | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20
phk@FreeBSD.ORG         | TCP/IP since RFC 956
FreeBSD committer       | BSD since 4.3-tahoe
Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence=
.



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