linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.15 068/122] intel_pstate: Correct rounding in busy calculation

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Date:	Mon,  7 Jul 2014 16:57:10 -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, Doug Smythies <dsmythies@...us.net>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.15 068/122] intel_pstate: Correct rounding in busy calculation

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

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

From: Doug Smythies <doug.smythies@...il.com>

commit 51d211e9c334b9eca3505f4052afa660c3e0606b upstream.

There was a mistake in the actual rounding portion this previous patch:
f0fe3cd7e12d (intel_pstate: Correct rounding in busy calculation) such that
the rounding was asymetric and incorrect.

Severity: Not very serious, but can increase target pstate by one extra value.
For real world work flows the issue should self correct (but I have no proof).
It is the equivalent of different PID gains for positive and negative numbers.

Examples:
 -3.000000 used to round to -4, rounds to -3 with this patch.
 -3.503906 used to round to -5, rounds to -4 with this patch.

Fixes: f0fe3cd7e12d (intel_pstate: Correct rounding in busy calculation)
Signed-off-by: Doug Smythies <dsmythies@...us.net>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c |    5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
@@ -200,10 +200,7 @@ static signed int pid_calc(struct _pid *
 	pid->last_err = fp_error;

 	result = pterm + mul_fp(pid->integral, pid->i_gain) + dterm;
-	if (result >= 0)
-		result = result + (1 << (FRAC_BITS-1));
-	else
-		result = result - (1 << (FRAC_BITS-1));
+	result = result + (1 << (FRAC_BITS-1));
 	return (signed int)fp_toint(result);
 }

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