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[1/2] tools/power turbostat: Fix bogus SysWatt for forked program

Message ID 20250617124900.186591-1-rui.zhang@intel.com
State New
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Series [1/2] tools/power turbostat: Fix bogus SysWatt for forked program | expand

Commit Message

Zhang Rui June 17, 2025, 12:48 p.m. UTC
Similar to delta_cpu(), delta_platform() is called in turbostat main
loop. This ensures accurate SysWatt readings in periodic monitoring mode
$ sudo turbostat -S -q --show power -i 1
CoreTmp	PkgTmp	PkgWatt	CorWatt	GFXWatt	RAMWatt	PKG_%	RAM_%	SysWatt
60	61	6.21	1.13	0.16	0.00	0.00	0.00	13.07
58	61	6.00	1.07	0.18	0.00	0.00	0.00	12.75
58	61	5.74	1.05	0.17	0.00	0.00	0.00	12.22
58	60	6.27	1.11	0.24	0.00	0.00	0.00	13.55

However, delta_platform() is missing for forked program and causes bogus
SysWatt reporting,
$ sudo turbostat -S -q --show power sleep 1
1.004736 sec
CoreTmp	PkgTmp	PkgWatt	CorWatt	GFXWatt	RAMWatt	PKG_%	RAM_%	SysWatt
57	58	6.05	1.02	0.16	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.03

Add missing delta_platform() for forked program.

Fixes: e5f687b89bc2 ("tools/power turbostat: Add RAPL psys as a built-in counter")
Signed-off-by: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
---
 tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
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diff --git a/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.c b/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.c
index 5230e072e414..5f8ab899b552 100644
--- a/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.c
+++ b/tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.c
@@ -9817,6 +9817,7 @@  int fork_it(char **argv)
 	timersub(&tv_odd, &tv_even, &tv_delta);
 	if (for_all_cpus_2(delta_cpu, ODD_COUNTERS, EVEN_COUNTERS))
 		fprintf(outf, "%s: Counter reset detected\n", progname);
+	delta_platform(&platform_counters_odd, &platform_counters_even);
 
 	compute_average(EVEN_COUNTERS);
 	format_all_counters(EVEN_COUNTERS);