#!/usr/bin/env bash # This scripts queries and modifies CPU scaling frequencies to produce more # accurate benchmark results. To move from a low energy state C-state to a # higher one, run 'governor.sh performance'. To move back to a low power state # run 'governor.sh powersave' or reboot. The script is based on code by # Andy Polyakov, http://www.openssl.org/~appro/cryptogams/. if [ "x$1" = "x" ]; then echo "usage: $0 on[demand]|pe[rformance]|?" [[ "$0" = "$BASH_SOURCE" ]] && exit 1 || return 1 fi # "on demand" may result in a "invalid write argument" or similar case $1 in on*|de*) governor="ondemand";; po*|pw*) governor="powersave";; pe*) governor="performance";; us*) governor="userspace";; \?) ;; *) echo "$1: unrecognized governor";; esac if [ -z "$governor" ]; then [[ "$0" = "$BASH_SOURCE" ]] && exit 1 || return 1 fi cpus=$(ls /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor 2>/dev/null) if [ -z "$cpus" ]; then echo "Failed to read CPU system device tree" [[ "$0" = "$BASH_SOURCE" ]] && exit 1 || return 1 fi echo "Current CPU governor scaling settings:" count=0 for cpu in $cpus; do echo " CPU $count:" $(cat "$cpu") ((count++)) done if [ "x$governor" != "x" ]; then for cpu in $cpus; do echo $governor > $cpu done fi echo "New CPU governor scaling settings:" count=0 for cpu in $cpus; do echo " CPU $count:" $(cat "$cpu") ((count++)) done [[ "$0" = "$BASH_SOURCE" ]] && exit 0 || return 0