lm_sensors cause discrete GPU to switch on
I have a Dell XPS 9575 with a VegaM and an intel integrated GPU. I don't know since when I have this issue, I noticed because theses weeks I have been hearing my laptop fans a lot. I a currently using Solus with a 5.6.13 kernel. Reverting to my previous kernel (5.6.4) doesn't fix the issue.
I have psensor running on startup so my my discrete gpu was always switched on. If I quit it, the gpu switch off after the configured 5s delay. I run lm_sensors in a terminal, the output hang for a while before giving the temp of the VegaM (time for the GPU to wake up?), the GPU is then active for 5s and then switch off normally. The same is true if I run lm_sensors in a tty without a Xorg session active.
lm_sensors and psensor where not updated for a few months in my repo, so I don't think this change of behaviour is because of these software. I know that before, lm_sensors would display N/A°C and not hang if my GPU wasn't active. Psensor would simply not display the GPU temp.
lspci -vv
01:00.0 Display controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Polaris 22 XL [Radeon RX Vega M GL] (rev c0)
Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Polaris 22 XL [Radeon RX Vega M GL]
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 144
Region 0: Memory at a0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Region 2: Memory at b0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=2M]
Region 4: I/O ports at e000 [size=256]
Region 5: Memory at ecd00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
Expansion ROM at ecd40000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [48] Vendor Specific Information: Len=08 <?>
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
Status: D0 NoSoftRst+ PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
Capabilities: [58] Express (v2) Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
DevCap: MaxPayload 256 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s <4us, L1 unlimited
ExtTag+ AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- RBE+ FLReset-
DevCtl: CorrErr- NonFatalErr- FatalErr- UnsupReq-
RlxdOrd+ ExtTag+ PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+
MaxPayload 256 bytes, MaxReadReq 512 bytes
DevSta: CorrErr- NonFatalErr- FatalErr- UnsupReq- AuxPwr- TransPend-
LnkCap: Port #0, Speed 8GT/s, Width x8, ASPM L1, Exit Latency L1 <1us
ClockPM+ Surprise- LLActRep- BwNot- ASPMOptComp+
LnkCtl: ASPM L1 Enabled; RCB 64 bytes Disabled- CommClk+
ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt-
LnkSta: Speed 2.5GT/s (downgraded), Width x8 (ok)
TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt-
DevCap2: Completion Timeout: Not Supported, TimeoutDis-, NROPrPrP-, LTR+
10BitTagComp-, 10BitTagReq-, OBFF Not Supported, ExtFmt+, EETLPPrefix+, MaxEETLPPrefixes 1
EmergencyPowerReduction Not Supported, EmergencyPowerReductionInit-
FRS-
AtomicOpsCap: 32bit+ 64bit+ 128bitCAS-
DevCtl2: Completion Timeout: 50us to 50ms, TimeoutDis-, LTR+, OBFF Disabled
AtomicOpsCtl: ReqEn+
LnkCtl2: Target Link Speed: 8GT/s, EnterCompliance- SpeedDis-
Transmit Margin: Normal Operating Range, EnterModifiedCompliance- ComplianceSOS-
Compliance De-emphasis: -6dB
LnkSta2: Current De-emphasis Level: -3.5dB, EqualizationComplete+, EqualizationPhase1+
EqualizationPhase2+, EqualizationPhase3+, LinkEqualizationRequest-
Capabilities: [a0] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Address: 00000000fee004b8 Data: 0000
Capabilities: [100 v1] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=010 <?>
Capabilities: [150 v2] Advanced Error Reporting
UESta: DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol-
UEMsk: DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol-
UESvrt: DLP+ SDES+ TLP- FCP+ CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF+ MalfTLP+ ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSViol-
CESta: RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- AdvNonFatalErr-
CEMsk: RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- AdvNonFatalErr+
AERCap: First Error Pointer: 00, ECRCGenCap+ ECRCGenEn- ECRCChkCap+ ECRCChkEn-
MultHdrRecCap- MultHdrRecEn- TLPPfxPres- HdrLogCap-
HeaderLog: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
Capabilities: [270 v1] Secondary PCI Express
LnkCtl3: LnkEquIntrruptEn-, PerformEqu-
LaneErrStat: 0
Capabilities: [2b0 v1] Address Translation Service (ATS)
ATSCap: Invalidate Queue Depth: 00
ATSCtl: Enable-, Smallest Translation Unit: 00
Capabilities: [2c0 v1] Page Request Interface (PRI)
PRICtl: Enable- Reset-
PRISta: RF- UPRGI- Stopped+
Page Request Capacity: 00000020, Page Request Allocation: 00000000
Capabilities: [2d0 v1] Process Address Space ID (PASID)
PASIDCap: Exec+ Priv+, Max PASID Width: 10
PASIDCtl: Enable- Exec- Priv-
Capabilities: [320 v1] Latency Tolerance Reporting
Max snoop latency: 71680ns
Max no snoop latency: 71680ns
Capabilities: [328 v1] Alternative Routing-ID Interpretation (ARI)
ARICap: MFVC- ACS-, Next Function: 0
ARICtl: MFVC- ACS-, Function Group: 0
Capabilities: [370 v1] L1 PM Substates
L1SubCap: PCI-PM_L1.2+ PCI-PM_L1.1+ ASPM_L1.2+ ASPM_L1.1+ L1_PM_Substates+
PortCommonModeRestoreTime=0us PortTPowerOnTime=170us
L1SubCtl1: PCI-PM_L1.2- PCI-PM_L1.1- ASPM_L1.2- ASPM_L1.1-
T_CommonMode=0us LTR1.2_Threshold=0ns
L1SubCtl2: T_PwrOn=10us
Kernel driver in use: amdgpu