linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.10 09/89] cpuidle / menu: Return (-1) if there are no suitable states

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Message-Id: <20150731194030.871383519@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:	Fri, 31 Jul 2015 12:40:51 -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,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
	Shilpasri G Bhat <shilpa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.10 09/89] cpuidle / menu: Return (-1) if there are no suitable states

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

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

commit 3836785a1bdcd6706c68ad46bf53adc0b057b310 upstream.

If there is a PM QoS latency limit and all of the sufficiently shallow
C-states are disabled, the cpuidle menu governor returns 0 which on
some systems is CPUIDLE_DRIVER_STATE_START and shouldn't be returned
if that C-state has been disabled.

Fix the issue by modifying the menu governor to return (-1) in such
situations.

Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
[shilpab: Backport to 3.10.y
 - adjust context
 - add a check if 'next_state' is less than 0 in 'cpuidle_idle_call()',
   this ensures that we exit 'cpuidle_idle_call()' if governor->select()
   returns  negative value]
Signed-off-by: Shilpasri G Bhat <shilpa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c        |    3 +++
 drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c
+++ b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c
@@ -135,6 +135,9 @@ int cpuidle_idle_call(void)
 
 	/* ask the governor for the next state */
 	next_state = cpuidle_curr_governor->select(drv, dev);
+	if (next_state < 0)
+		return -EBUSY;
+
 	if (need_resched()) {
 		dev->last_residency = 0;
 		/* give the governor an opportunity to reflect on the outcome */
--- a/drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c
+++ b/drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ static int menu_select(struct cpuidle_dr
 		data->needs_update = 0;
 	}
 
-	data->last_state_idx = 0;
+	data->last_state_idx = CPUIDLE_DRIVER_STATE_START - 1;
 	data->exit_us = 0;
 
 	/* Special case when user has set very strict latency requirement */


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