From: Gautham R. Shenoy <gautham.shenoy@amd.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 11:47:56 +0000 (+0530)
Subject: Documentation/amd-pstate: Add documentation for amd_pstate_floor_{freq,count}
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Documentation/amd-pstate: Add documentation for amd_pstate_floor_{freq,count}

Add documentation for the sysfs files
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/policy*/amd_pstate_floor_freq
and
/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/policy*/amd_pstate_floor_count.

Reviewed-by: Mario Limonciello (AMD) <superm1@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Gautham R. Shenoy <gautham.shenoy@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello (AMD) <superm1@kernel.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst
index b31a478c28bad..d6c2f233ab239 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst
@@ -242,6 +242,8 @@ control its functionality at the system level. They are located in the
  /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/policy0/amd_pstate_hw_prefcore
  /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/policy0/amd_pstate_lowest_nonlinear_freq
  /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/policy0/amd_pstate_max_freq
+ /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/policy0/amd_pstate_floor_freq
+ /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/policy0/amd_pstate_floor_count
  /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/policy0/amd_pstate_prefcore_ranking
 
 
@@ -277,6 +279,36 @@ larger numbers are preferred at the time of reading. This can change at
 runtime based on platform conditions. This attribute is read-only. This file
 is only visible on platforms which support the preferred core feature.
 
+``amd_pstate_floor_freq``
+
+The floor frequency associated with each CPU. Userspace can write any
+value between ``cpuinfo_min_freq`` and ``scaling_max_freq`` into this
+file. When the system is under power or thermal constraints, the
+platform firmware will attempt to throttle the CPU frequency to the
+value specified in ``amd_pstate_floor_freq`` before throttling it
+further. This allows userspace to specify different floor frequencies
+to different CPUs. For optimal results, threads of the same core
+should have the same floor frequency value. This file is only visible
+on platforms that support the CPPC Performance Priority feature.
+
+
+``amd_pstate_floor_count``
+
+The number of distinct Floor Performance levels supported by the
+platform. For example, if this value is 2, then the number of unique
+values obtained from the command ``cat
+/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/policy*/amd_pstate_floor_freq |
+sort -n | uniq`` should be at most this number for the behavior
+described in ``amd_pstate_floor_freq`` to take effect. A zero value
+implies that the platform supports unlimited floor performance levels.
+This file is only visible on platforms that support the CPPC
+Performance Priority feature.
+
+**Note**: When ``amd_pstate_floor_count`` is non-zero, the frequency to
+which the CPU is throttled under power or thermal constraints is
+undefined when the number of unique values of ``amd_pstate_floor_freq``
+across all CPUs in the system exceeds ``amd_pstate_floor_count``.
+
 ``energy_performance_available_preferences``
 
 A list of all the supported EPP preferences that could be used for