linux-kernel - [PATCH] cpufreq: ondemand: update sampling rate only on right CPUs

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Date:	Mon, 26 Nov 2012 19:10:12 +0100
From:	Fabio Baltieri <fabio.baltieri@...aro.org>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, cpufreq@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-pm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Fabio Baltieri <fabio.baltieri@...aro.org>
Subject: [PATCH] cpufreq: ondemand: update sampling rate only on right CPUs

Fix cpufreq_gov_ondemand to skip CPU where another governor is used.

The bug present itself as NULL pointer access on the mutex_lock() call,
an can be reproduced on an SMP machine by setting the default governor
to anything other than ondemand, setting a single CPU's governor to
ondemand, then changing the sample rate by writing on:

> /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/ondemand/sampling_rate

Backtrace:

Nov 26 17:36:54 balto kernel: [  839.585241] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at           (null)
Nov 26 17:36:54 balto kernel: [  839.585311] IP: [<ffffffff8174e082>] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0xb2/0x170
[snip]
Nov 26 17:36:54 balto kernel: [  839.587005] Call Trace:
Nov 26 17:36:54 balto kernel: [  839.587030]  [<ffffffff8174da82>] mutex_lock+0x22/0x40
Nov 26 17:36:54 balto kernel: [  839.587067]  [<ffffffff81610b8f>] store_sampling_rate+0xbf/0x150
Nov 26 17:36:54 balto kernel: [  839.587110]  [<ffffffff81031e9c>] ?  __do_page_fault+0x1cc/0x4c0
Nov 26 17:36:54 balto kernel: [  839.587153]  [<ffffffff813309bf>] kobj_attr_store+0xf/0x20
Nov 26 17:36:54 balto kernel: [  839.587192]  [<ffffffff811bb62d>] sysfs_write_file+0xcd/0x140
Nov 26 17:36:54 balto kernel: [  839.587234]  [<ffffffff8114c12c>] vfs_write+0xac/0x180
Nov 26 17:36:54 balto kernel: [  839.587271]  [<ffffffff8114c472>] sys_write+0x52/0xa0
Nov 26 17:36:54 balto kernel: [  839.587306]  [<ffffffff810321ce>] ?  do_page_fault+0xe/0x10
Nov 26 17:36:54 balto kernel: [  839.587345]  [<ffffffff81751202>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b

Signed-off-by: Fabio Baltieri <fabio.baltieri@...aro.org>
---

Hi Rafael,

this is based on a clean linux-pm linux-next branch (i.e. not with my other
patch-set applied), so expect a context conflict if both are applied.

Thanks,
Fabio

 drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
index cca3e9f..7731f7c 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@
 static struct dbs_data od_dbs_data;
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct od_cpu_dbs_info_s, od_cpu_dbs_info);
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_ONDEMAND
+static struct cpufreq_governor cpufreq_gov_ondemand;
+#endif
+
 static struct od_dbs_tuners od_tuners = {
 	.up_threshold = DEF_FREQUENCY_UP_THRESHOLD,
 	.sampling_down_factor = DEF_SAMPLING_DOWN_FACTOR,
@@ -279,6 +283,10 @@ static void update_sampling_rate(unsigned int new_rate)
 		policy = cpufreq_cpu_get(cpu);
 		if (!policy)
 			continue;
+		if (policy->governor != &cpufreq_gov_ondemand) {
+			cpufreq_cpu_put(policy);
+			continue;
+		}
 		dbs_info = &per_cpu(od_cpu_dbs_info, policy->cpu);
 		cpufreq_cpu_put(policy);
 
-- 
1.7.12.1

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