linux-kernel - [PATCH 5.3 062/193] cpufreq: intel

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Message-Id: <20191111181505.577283585@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Mon, 11 Nov 2019 19:27:24 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Qian Cai <cai@....pw>,
        Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH 5.3 062/193] cpufreq: intel_pstate: Fix invalid EPB setting

From: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>

commit c31432fa7f825de0e19838f1ac7746381c509ec4 upstream.

The max value of EPB can only be 0x0F. Attempting to set more than that
triggers an "unchecked MSR access error" warning which happens in
intel_pstate_hwp_force_min_perf() called via cpufreq stop_cpu().

However, it is not even necessary to touch the EPB from intel_pstate,
because it is restored on every CPU online by the intel_epb.c code,
so let that code do the right thing and drop the redundant (and
incorrect) EPB update from intel_pstate.

Fixes: af3b7379e2d70 ("cpufreq: intel_pstate: Force HWP min perf before offline")
Reported-by: Qian Cai <cai@....pw>
Cc: 5.2+ <stable@...r.kernel.org> # 5.2+
Signed-off-by: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>
[ rjw: Changelog ]
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c |    4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
@@ -846,11 +846,9 @@ static void intel_pstate_hwp_force_min_p
 	value |= HWP_MAX_PERF(min_perf);
 	value |= HWP_MIN_PERF(min_perf);

-	/* Set EPP/EPB to min */
+	/* Set EPP to min */
 	if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_HWP_EPP))
 		value |= HWP_ENERGY_PERF_PREFERENCE(HWP_EPP_POWERSAVE);
-	else
-		intel_pstate_set_epb(cpu, HWP_EPP_BALANCE_POWERSAVE);

 	wrmsrl_on_cpu(cpu, MSR_HWP_REQUEST, value);
 }