linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16.y-ckt 044/170] intel_pstate: Don't lose sysfs settings during cpu offline

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Date:	Tue, 11 Nov 2014 11:06:43 +0000
From:	Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@...onical.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-team@...ts.ubuntu.com
Cc:	Dirk Brandewie <dirk.j.brandewie@...el.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
	Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@...onical.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.16.y-ckt 044/170] intel_pstate: Don't lose sysfs settings during cpu offline

3.16.7-ckt1 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Dirk Brandewie <dirk.j.brandewie@...el.com>

commit c034871712730a33e0267095f48b62eae958499c upstream.

The user may have custom settings don't destroy them during suspend.

Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=80651
Reported-by: Tobias Jakobi <liquid.acid@....net>
Signed-off-by: Dirk Brandewie <dirk.j.brandewie@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@...onical.com>
---
 drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
index 41bbeae458a1..7e408bde89be 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
@@ -726,7 +726,9 @@ static int intel_pstate_init_cpu(unsigned int cpunum)
 {
 	struct cpudata *cpu;
 
-	all_cpu_data[cpunum] = kzalloc(sizeof(struct cpudata), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!all_cpu_data[cpunum])
+		all_cpu_data[cpunum] = kzalloc(sizeof(struct cpudata),
+					       GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!all_cpu_data[cpunum])
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -812,8 +814,6 @@ static void intel_pstate_stop_cpu(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 
 	del_timer_sync(&all_cpu_data[cpu_num]->timer);
 	intel_pstate_set_pstate(cpu, cpu->pstate.min_pstate);
-	kfree(all_cpu_data[cpu_num]);
-	all_cpu_data[cpu_num] = NULL;
 }
 
 static int intel_pstate_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
-- 
2.1.0

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