linux-kernel - [PATCH 13/13] cpufreq: make sure frequency transitions are serialized

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Date:	Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:23:07 +0530
From:	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:	rjw@...k.pl
Cc:	linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org, patches@...aro.org,
	cpufreq@...r.kernel.org, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, robin.randhawa@....com,
	Steve.Bannister@....com, Liviu.Dudau@....com,
	charles.garcia-tobin@....com, arvind.chauhan@....com,
	dave.martin@....com, Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
Subject: [PATCH 13/13] cpufreq: make sure frequency transitions are serialized

Whenever we are changing frequency of a cpu, we are calling PRECHANGE and
POSTCHANGE notifiers. They must be serialized. i.e. PRECHANGE or POSTCHANGE
shouldn't be called twice contiguously.

This can happen due to bugs in users of __cpufreq_driver_target() or actual
cpufreq drivers who are sending these notifiers.

This patch adds some protection against this. Now, we keep track of the last
transaction and see if something went wrong.

Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
---
 drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 2d53f47..92cb8b3 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ static void handle_update(struct work_struct *work);
 static BLOCKING_NOTIFIER_HEAD(cpufreq_policy_notifier_list);
 static struct srcu_notifier_head cpufreq_transition_notifier_list;
 
+/* Tracks status of transition */
+static int transition_ongoing;
+
 static bool init_cpufreq_transition_notifier_list_called;
 static int __init init_cpufreq_transition_notifier_list(void)
 {
@@ -264,6 +267,8 @@ void __cpufreq_notify_transition(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 	switch (state) {
 
 	case CPUFREQ_PRECHANGE:
+		WARN_ON(transition_ongoing++);
+
 		/* detect if the driver reported a value as "old frequency"
 		 * which is not equal to what the cpufreq core thinks is
 		 * "old frequency".
@@ -283,6 +288,8 @@ void __cpufreq_notify_transition(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 		break;
 
 	case CPUFREQ_POSTCHANGE:
+		WARN_ON(!transition_ongoing--);
+
 		adjust_jiffies(CPUFREQ_POSTCHANGE, freqs);
 		pr_debug("FREQ: %lu - CPU: %lu", (unsigned long)freqs->new,
 			(unsigned long)freqs->cpu);
@@ -1458,6 +1465,8 @@ int __cpufreq_driver_target(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 
 	if (cpufreq_disabled())
 		return -ENODEV;
+	if (transition_ongoing)
+		return -EBUSY;
 
 	/* Make sure that target_freq is within supported range */
 	if (target_freq > policy->max)
-- 
1.7.12.rc2.18.g61b472e

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