linux-kernel - [PATCH] cpufreq: powernv: Register the driver with reboot notifier

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Date:	Thu, 14 Aug 2014 16:49:38 +0530
From:	Shilpasri G Bhat <shilpa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	benh@...nel.crashing.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Cc:	<rjw@...ysocki.net>, <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>,
	linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Shilpasri G Bhat <shilpa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH] cpufreq: powernv: Register the driver with reboot notifier

This patch ensures the cpus to kexec/reboot at nominal frequency.
Nominal frequency is the highest cpu frequency on PowerPC at
which the cores can run without getting throttled.

If the host kernel had set the cpus to a low pstate and then it
kexecs/reboots to a cpufreq disabled kernel it would cause the target
kernel to perform poorly. It will also increase the boot up time of
the target kernel. So set the cpus to high pstate, in this case to
nominal frequency before rebooting to avoid such scenarios.

The reboot notifier will suspend the cpufreq governor and enable
nominal frequency to be set during a reboot/kexec similar to the
suspend operartion.

Signed-off-by: Shilpasri G Bhat <shilpa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Preeti U Murthy <preeti@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c
index 379c083..e9f3d3a 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <linux/cpufreq.h>
 #include <linux/smp.h>
 #include <linux/of.h>
+#include <linux/reboot.h>
 
 #include <asm/cputhreads.h>
 #include <asm/firmware.h>
@@ -314,9 +315,21 @@ static int powernv_cpufreq_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 	for (i = 0; i < threads_per_core; i++)
 		cpumask_set_cpu(base + i, policy->cpus);
 
+	policy->suspend_freq = pstate_id_to_freq(powernv_pstate_info.nominal);
 	return cpufreq_table_validate_and_show(policy, powernv_freqs);
 }
 
+static int powernv_cpufreq_reboot_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb,
+				unsigned long action, void *unused)
+{
+	cpufreq_suspend();
+	return NOTIFY_DONE;
+}
+
+static struct notifier_block powernv_cpufreq_reboot_nb = {
+	.notifier_call = powernv_cpufreq_reboot_notifier,
+};
+
 static struct cpufreq_driver powernv_cpufreq_driver = {
 	.name		= "powernv-cpufreq",
 	.flags		= CPUFREQ_CONST_LOOPS,
@@ -325,6 +338,7 @@ static struct cpufreq_driver powernv_cpufreq_driver = {
 	.target_index	= powernv_cpufreq_target_index,
 	.get		= powernv_cpufreq_get,
 	.attr		= powernv_cpu_freq_attr,
+	.suspend        = cpufreq_generic_suspend,
 };
 
 static int __init powernv_cpufreq_init(void)
@@ -342,12 +356,14 @@ static int __init powernv_cpufreq_init(void)
 		return rc;
 	}
 
+	register_reboot_notifier(&powernv_cpufreq_reboot_nb);
 	return cpufreq_register_driver(&powernv_cpufreq_driver);
 }
 module_init(powernv_cpufreq_init);
 
 static void __exit powernv_cpufreq_exit(void)
 {
+	unregister_reboot_notifier(&powernv_cpufreq_reboot_nb);
 	cpufreq_unregister_driver(&powernv_cpufreq_driver);
 }
 module_exit(powernv_cpufreq_exit);
-- 
1.9.3

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