linux-kernel - Re: [v2] cpufreq: powernv: Fix the frequency read by /proc/cpuinfo

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Message-Id: <3yblFw5vgVz9sPs@ozlabs.org>
Date:   Tue, 14 Nov 2017 22:12:04 +1100 (AEDT)
From:   Michael Ellerman <patch-notifications@...erman.id.au>
To:     Shriya <shriyak@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>, mikey@...ling.org
Cc:     ego@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Shriya <shriyak@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        shilpa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [v2] cpufreq: powernv: Fix the frequency read by /proc/cpuinfo

On Fri, 2017-10-13 at 04:36:41 UTC, Shriya wrote:
> The call to /proc/cpuinfo in turn calls cpufreq_quick_get() which
> returns the last frequency requested by the kernel, but may not
> reflect the actual frequency the processor is running at.
> This patch makes a call to cpufreq_get() instead which returns the
> current frequency reported by the hardware.
> 
> Fixes : commit fb5153d05a7d ("powerpc: powernv: Implement
> ppc_md.get_proc_freq()")
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shriya <shriyak@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

Applied to powerpc next, thanks.

https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/cd77b5ce208c153260ed7882d8910f

cheers