linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] PM / devfreq: Restart previous governor if new governor fails to start

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Date:   Thu, 27 Oct 2016 09:06:00 +0900
From:   Chanwoo Choi <cw00.choi@...sung.com>
To:     Saravana Kannan <skannan@...eaurora.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        MyungJoo Ham <myungjoo.ham@...sung.com>,
        Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@...sung.com>,
        linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] PM / devfreq: Restart previous governor if new governor
 fails to start

Hi,

On 2016년 10월 27일 04:17, Saravana Kannan wrote:
> If the new governor fails to start, switch back to old governor so that the
> devfreq state is not left in some weird limbo.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Saravana Kannan <skannan@...eaurora.org>
> ---
> * Fix NULL deref for real this time.
> * Addressed some style preferences.
> 
>  drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c | 13 +++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
> index bf3ea76..77c41a5 100644
> --- a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
> +++ b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
> @@ -919,7 +919,7 @@ static ssize_t governor_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
>  	struct devfreq *df = to_devfreq(dev);
>  	int ret;
>  	char str_governor[DEVFREQ_NAME_LEN + 1];
> -	struct devfreq_governor *governor;
> +	const struct devfreq_governor *governor, *prev_governor;
>  
>  	ret = sscanf(buf, "%" __stringify(DEVFREQ_NAME_LEN) "s", str_governor);
>  	if (ret != 1)
> @@ -944,12 +944,21 @@ static ssize_t governor_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
>  			goto out;
>  		}
>  	}
> +	prev_governor = df->governor;
>  	df->governor = governor;
>  	strncpy(df->governor_name, governor->name, DEVFREQ_NAME_LEN);
>  	ret = df->governor->event_handler(df, DEVFREQ_GOV_START, NULL);
> -	if (ret)
> +	if (ret) {
>  		dev_warn(dev, "%s: Governor %s not started(%d)\n",
>  			 __func__, df->governor->name, ret);
> +		if (prev_governor) {

I think that prev_governor is always set. You don't need to check it.
Why do check it?

> +			df->governor = prev_governor;
> +			strncpy(df->governor_name, prev_governor->name,
> +				DEVFREQ_NAME_LEN);
> +			df->governor->event_handler(df, DEVFREQ_GOV_START,
> +						    NULL);
> +		}
> +	}
>  out:
>  	mutex_unlock(&devfreq_list_lock);
>  
> 

-- 
Best Regards,
Chanwoo Choi