#!/usr/bin/env bash # cpucap - clamp scaling_max_freq on every cpufreq policy, per-policy hw-range safe. # # cpucap 1.2GHz cap every policy at 1.2 GHz (clamped into its own hw range) # cpucap 900MHz # cpucap 1200000 raw kHz also accepted # cpucap --reset restore each policy to its cpuinfo_max_freq # cpucap --show print current state (freq caps, package power, temp) # cpucap --power 12 also set RAPL PL1+PL2 to 12 W (see note at bottom) # cpucap --no-turbo pin to base clock (2400 P / 1800 E); --turbo to undo # # Anything that writes needs root; it re-runs itself under sudo on its own. set -euo pipefail POLICIES=(/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/policy*) RAPL=/sys/class/powercap/intel-rapl:0 die() { printf 'cpucap: %s\n' "$*" >&2; exit 1; } # Re-exec under sudo rather than dying with a hint: this lives on the user's # PATH via home.packages, so plain `sudo cpucap` would not resolve. CPUCAP_SELF # is set by the nix wrapper to its own $out/bin path; "$0" is the fallback for # running the file straight out of a checkout. Hardcoded sudo path because only # /run/wrappers/bin's copy is setuid - the one in the store is not. need_root() { if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then exec /run/wrappers/bin/sudo "${CPUCAP_SELF:-$0}" "$@" fi } # Accept 1.2GHz / 1200MHz / 1200000kHz / 1200000 -> kHz integer to_khz() { local v="${1,,}" n case "$v" in *ghz) n="${v%ghz}"; awk -v n="$n" 'BEGIN{printf "%d", n * 1000000}' ;; *mhz) n="${v%mhz}"; awk -v n="$n" 'BEGIN{printf "%d", n * 1000}' ;; *khz) n="${v%khz}"; awk -v n="$n" 'BEGIN{printf "%d", n}' ;; *[!0-9]*) die "cannot parse frequency '$1' (use e.g. 1.2GHz, 900MHz, or raw kHz)" ;; *) echo "$v" ;; esac } fmt_mhz() { awk -v k="$1" 'BEGIN{printf "%.0f MHz", k / 1000}'; } show() { local p hw_min hw_max cur_min cur_max printf '%-9s %-11s %-11s %s\n' POLICY CAP MIN 'HW RANGE' for p in "${POLICIES[@]}"; do hw_min=$(< "$p/cpuinfo_min_freq"); hw_max=$(< "$p/cpuinfo_max_freq") cur_min=$(< "$p/scaling_min_freq"); cur_max=$(< "$p/scaling_max_freq") printf '%-9s %-11s %-11s %s - %s\n' \ "${p##*/}" "$(fmt_mhz "$cur_max")" "$(fmt_mhz "$cur_min")" \ "$(fmt_mhz "$hw_min")" "$(fmt_mhz "$hw_max")" done if [[ -r /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/no_turbo ]]; then printf '\nintel_pstate: status=%s no_turbo=%s max_perf_pct=%s\n' \ "$(< /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/status)" \ "$(< /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/no_turbo)" \ "$(< /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/max_perf_pct)" fi if [[ -r $RAPL/constraint_0_power_limit_uw ]]; then printf 'RAPL package: PL1=%sW PL2=%sW\n' \ "$(( $(< "$RAPL/constraint_0_power_limit_uw") / 1000000 ))" \ "$(( $(< "$RAPL/constraint_1_power_limit_uw") / 1000000 ))" fi local t for t in /sys/class/hwmon/hwmon*; do [[ $(< "$t/name") == coretemp ]] || continue [[ -r $t/temp1_input ]] && printf 'package temp: %s C\n' "$(( $(< "$t/temp1_input") / 1000 ))" done } set_cap() { local target=$1 p hw_min hw_max want cur_min got printf '%-9s %-11s %s\n' POLICY REQUESTED APPLIED for p in "${POLICIES[@]}"; do hw_min=$(< "$p/cpuinfo_min_freq") hw_max=$(< "$p/cpuinfo_max_freq") # Clamp into this policy's own hw range. P-cores and E-cores differ. want=$target (( want < hw_min )) && want=$hw_min (( want > hw_max )) && want=$hw_max # scaling_min must not exceed the new max, or the write is rejected. cur_min=$(< "$p/scaling_min_freq") (( cur_min > want )) && echo "$want" > "$p/scaling_min_freq" echo "$want" > "$p/scaling_max_freq" # intel_pstate rounds to the nearest achievable P-state, so read back. got=$(< "$p/scaling_max_freq") printf '%-9s %-11s %s%s\n' "${p##*/}" "$(fmt_mhz "$want")" "$(fmt_mhz "$got")" \ "$( (( got != want )) && echo ' (rounded)' )" done } reset_cap() { local p for p in "${POLICIES[@]}"; do echo "$(< "$p/cpuinfo_min_freq")" > "$p/scaling_min_freq" echo "$(< "$p/cpuinfo_max_freq")" > "$p/scaling_max_freq" done echo "restored all policies to their hardware maximum" } set_power() { local watts=$1 uw max if [[ -z $watts || $watts == *[!0-9]* ]]; then die "--power takes whole watts, got '$watts'" fi uw=$((watts * 1000000)) [[ -w $RAPL/constraint_0_power_limit_uw ]] || die "RAPL not writable at $RAPL" max=$(< "$RAPL/constraint_0_max_power_uw") (( max > 0 && uw > max )) && die "requested ${watts}W exceeds RAPL max $((max / 1000000))W" echo "$uw" > "$RAPL/constraint_0_power_limit_uw" # PL1, sustained echo "$uw" > "$RAPL/constraint_1_power_limit_uw" # PL2, burst printf 'RAPL package: PL1=PL2=%sW\n' \ "$(( $(< "$RAPL/constraint_0_power_limit_uw") / 1000000 ))" } set_turbo() { local off=$1 f=/sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/no_turbo [[ -w $f ]] || die "no_turbo not writable (intel_pstate not in active mode?)" echo "$off" > "$f" # Turbo-off pins each policy to base_frequency; an existing lower cap still wins. if [[ $off == 1 ]]; then echo "turbo disabled - ceiling is now base clock, or your cap if it is lower" else echo "turbo enabled" fi } [[ ${#POLICIES[@]} -gt 0 && -d ${POLICIES[0]} ]] || die "no cpufreq policies found" case "${1-}" in ''|--show|-s) show ;; --reset|-r) need_root "$@"; reset_cap; echo; show ;; --power|-p) need_root "$@"; [[ -n ${2-} ]] || die "--power needs a wattage" set_power "$2" ;; --no-turbo) need_root "$@"; set_turbo 1; echo; show ;; --turbo) need_root "$@"; set_turbo 0; echo; show ;; -h|--help) sed -n '2,12p' "$0" | sed 's/^# \?//' ;; -*) die "unknown option '$1' (see --help)" ;; *) need_root "$@"; set_cap "$(to_khz "$1")" if [[ ${2-} == --power || ${2-} == -p ]]; then set_power "$3"; fi echo; show ;; esac