linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.13 089/149] cpufreq: Skip current frequency initialization for ->setpolicy drivers

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Date:	Thu, 20 Mar 2014 17:04:12 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org,
	Dirk Brandewie <dirk.j.brandewie@...el.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.13 089/149] cpufreq: Skip current frequency initialization for ->setpolicy drivers

3.13-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>

commit 2ed99e39cb9392312c100d9da591c20641c64d12 upstream.

After commit da60ce9f2fac (cpufreq: call cpufreq_driver->get() after
calling ->init()) __cpufreq_add_dev() sometimes fails for CPUs handled
by intel_pstate, because that driver may return 0 from its ->get()
callback if it has not run long enough to collect enough samples on the
given CPU.  That didn't happen before commit da60ce9f2fac which added
policy->cur initialization to __cpufreq_add_dev() to help reduce code
duplication in other cpufreq drivers.

However, the code added by commit da60ce9f2fac need not be executed
for cpufreq drivers having the ->setpolicy callback defined, because
the subsequent invocation of cpufreq_set_policy() will use that
callback to initialize the policy anyway and it doesn't need
policy->cur to be initialized upfront.  The analogous code in
cpufreq_update_policy() is also unnecessary for cpufreq drivers
having ->setpolicy set and may be skipped for them as well.

Since intel_pstate provides ->setpolicy, skipping the upfront
policy->cur initialization for cpufreq drivers with that callback
set will cover intel_pstate and the problem it's been having after
commit da60ce9f2fac will be addressed.

Fixes: da60ce9f2fac (cpufreq: call cpufreq_driver->get() after calling ->init())
References: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=71931
Reported-and-tested-by: Patrik Lundquist <patrik.lundquist@...il.com>
Acked-by: Dirk Brandewie <dirk.j.brandewie@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@ static int __cpufreq_add_dev(struct devi
 		goto err_set_policy_cpu;
 	}

-	if (cpufreq_driver->get) {
+	if (cpufreq_driver->get && !cpufreq_driver->setpolicy) {
 		policy->cur = cpufreq_driver->get(policy->cpu);
 		if (!policy->cur) {
 			pr_err("%s: ->get() failed\n", __func__);
@@ -2051,7 +2051,7 @@ int cpufreq_update_policy(unsigned int c
 	 * BIOS might change freq behind our back
 	 * -> ask driver for current freq and notify governors about a change
 	 */
-	if (cpufreq_driver->get) {
+	if (cpufreq_driver->get && !cpufreq_driver->setpolicy) {
 		new_policy.cur = cpufreq_driver->get(cpu);
 		if (!policy->cur) {
 			pr_debug("Driver did not initialize current freq");

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