linux-kernel - [PATCH] cpufreq: intel_pstate: Fix fast-switch fallback path

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Date:   Tue, 29 Dec 2020 18:15:23 +0100
From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
To:     Linux PM <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>,
        "Kenneth R. Crudup" <kenny@...ix.com>
Subject: [PATCH] cpufreq: intel_pstate: Fix fast-switch fallback path

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

When sugov_update_single_perf() falls back to the "frequency"
path due to the missing scale-invariance, it will call
cpufreq_driver_fast_switch() via sugov_fast_switch()
and the driver's ->fast_switch() callback will be invoked,
so it must not be NULL.

However, after commit a365ab6b9dfb ("cpufreq: intel_pstate: Implement
the ->adjust_perf() callback") intel_pstate sets ->fast_switch() to
NULL when it is going to use intel_cpufreq_adjust_perf(), which is a
mistake, because on x86 the scale-invariance may be turned off
dynamically, so modify it to retain the original ->adjust_perf()
callback pointer.

Fixes: a365ab6b9dfb ("cpufreq: intel_pstate: Implement the ->adjust_perf() callback")
Reported-by: Kenneth R. Crudup <kenny@...ix.com>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
---
 drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c |    1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

Index: linux-pm/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
===================================================================
--- linux-pm.orig/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
+++ linux-pm/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
@@ -3088,7 +3088,6 @@ static int __init intel_pstate_init(void
 			intel_pstate.attr = hwp_cpufreq_attrs;
 			intel_cpufreq.attr = hwp_cpufreq_attrs;
 			intel_cpufreq.flags |= CPUFREQ_NEED_UPDATE_LIMITS;
-			intel_cpufreq.fast_switch = NULL;
 			intel_cpufreq.adjust_perf = intel_cpufreq_adjust_perf;
 			if (!default_driver)
 				default_driver = &intel_pstate;