linux-kernel - Re: 4.14.0-rc7: cpufreq interface in sysfs removed ?

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Message-ID: <CADDKRnAONVofxdoYBOmbuV7gVXwgM8YBTrtG_zX0A_OKvR+hzw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 2 Nov 2017 09:37:41 +0100
From:   Jörg Otte <jrg.otte@...il.com>
To:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux PM list <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: 4.14.0-rc7: cpufreq interface in sysfs removed ?

2017-11-01 21:24 GMT+01:00 Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@...nel.org>:
> On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 6:06 PM, Jörg Otte <jrg.otte@...il.com> wrote:
>> In 4.14.0-rc7-00009-g287683d cpufreq directory under
>> /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq
>> is empty. Also link /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq is missing.
>>
>> Is this change intentional?
>
> Sure not.
>
> What's the last good kernel you tested before this one?
Unfortunately I had a disk crash and I was offline in last weeks.
This is the first kernel with everything new installed on new disk.
So I don't remember exactly last good kernel. For sure it was  4.14.0-rc1.

Maybe I made a mistake with the kernel configuration ?

#
# CPU Frequency scaling
#
CONFIG_CPU_FREQ=y
CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_ATTR_SET=y
CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_COMMON=y
CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_STAT=y
CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_PERFORMANCE=y
# CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_POWERSAVE is not set
# CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_USERSPACE is not set
# CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_ONDEMAND is not set
# CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_CONSERVATIVE is not set
# CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_SCHEDUTIL is not set
CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_PERFORMANCE=y
CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_POWERSAVE=y
# CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE is not set
CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_ONDEMAND=y
CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_CONSERVATIVE=y
CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_SCHEDUTIL=y

#
# CPU frequency scaling drivers
#
CONFIG_X86_INTEL_PSTATE=y
# CONFIG_X86_PCC_CPUFREQ is not set
# CONFIG_X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ is not set
# CONFIG_X86_SPEEDSTEP_CENTRINO is not set
# CONFIG_X86_P4_CLOCKMOD is not set

Just discovered:
If intel_pstate is active everythin looks fine.
If intel_pstate is disabled (intel_pstate=disable) the directories are
empty again.

Processor are:
jojo@...hte:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor       : 0 .. 3
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 60
model name      : Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4200M CPU @ 2.50GHz
stepping        : 3
microcode       : 0x22
cpu MHz         : 2494.433
cache size      : 3072 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 4
core id         : 0
cpu cores       : 2
apicid          : 0
initial apicid  : 0
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 13
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge
mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr
sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc
arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nons
top_tsc cpuid aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est
tm2 ssse3 sdbg fma cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1
sse4_2 movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand
lahf_lm abm cpuid_fault epb tpr_shadow vnmi flexpr
iority ept vpid fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 avx2 smep bmi2 erms invpcid
xsaveopt dtherm ida arat pln pts
bugs            :
bogomips        : 4988.86
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 39 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

Thanks,
Jörg