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Message-ID: <bdbed01c-0e86-14fc-4efa-32a010431d67@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2022 08:41:49 +0900
From: Chanwoo Choi <cwchoi00@...il.com>
To: Kant Fan <kant@...winnertech.com>, myungjoo.ham@...sung.com,
kyungmin.park@...sung.com, cw00.choi@...sung.com, khilman@...com,
rjw@...ysocki.net, mturquette@...com
Cc: linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] PM/devfreq: governor: Add a private governor_data for
governor
Hi,
Looks good to me. But, you need to send it to the stable mailing list
too as I commented on previous mail.
Please add stable@...r.kernel.org to Cc.
On 22. 10. 14. 18:43, Kant Fan wrote:
> The member void *data in the structure devfreq can be overwrite
> by governor_userspace. For example:
> 1. The device driver assigned the devfreq governor to simple_ondemand
> by the function devfreq_add_device() and init the devfreq member
> void *data to a pointer of a static structure devfreq_simple_ondemand_data
> by the function devfreq_add_device().
> 2. The user changed the devfreq governor to userspace by the command
> "echo userspace > /sys/class/devfreq/.../governor".
> 3. The governor userspace alloced a dynamic memory for the struct
> userspace_data and assigend the member void *data of devfreq to
> this memory by the function userspace_init().
> 4. The user changed the devfreq governor back to simple_ondemand
> by the command "echo simple_ondemand > /sys/class/devfreq/.../governor".
> 5. The governor userspace exited and assigned the member void *data
> in the structure devfreq to NULL by the function userspace_exit().
> 6. The governor simple_ondemand fetched the static information of
> devfreq_simple_ondemand_data in the function
> devfreq_simple_ondemand_func() but the member void *data of devfreq was
> assigned to NULL by the function userspace_exit().
> 7. The information of upthreshold and downdifferential is lost
> and the governor simple_ondemand can't work correctly.
>
> The member void *data in the structure devfreq is designed for
> a static pointer used in a governor and inited by the function
> devfreq_add_device(). This patch add an element named governor_data
> in the devfreq structure which can be used by a governor(E.g userspace)
> who want to assign a private data to do some private things.
>
> Fixes: ce26c5bb9569 ("PM / devfreq: Add basic governors")
>
> Acked-by: MyungJoo Ham <myungjoo.ham@...sung.com>
>
> Signed-off-by: Kant Fan <kant@...winnertech.com>
> ---
> drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c | 6 ++----
> drivers/devfreq/governor_userspace.c | 12 ++++++------
> include/linux/devfreq.h | 7 ++++---
> 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
> index 63347a5ae599..8c5f6f7fca11 100644
> --- a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
> +++ b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
> @@ -776,8 +776,7 @@ static void remove_sysfs_files(struct devfreq *devfreq,
> * @dev: the device to add devfreq feature.
> * @profile: device-specific profile to run devfreq.
> * @governor_name: name of the policy to choose frequency.
> - * @data: private data for the governor. The devfreq framework does not
> - * touch this value.
> + * @data: devfreq driver pass to governors, governor should not change it.
> */
> struct devfreq *devfreq_add_device(struct device *dev,
> struct devfreq_dev_profile *profile,
> @@ -1011,8 +1010,7 @@ static void devm_devfreq_dev_release(struct device *dev, void *res)
> * @dev: the device to add devfreq feature.
> * @profile: device-specific profile to run devfreq.
> * @governor_name: name of the policy to choose frequency.
> - * @data: private data for the governor. The devfreq framework does not
> - * touch this value.
> + * @data: devfreq driver pass to governors, governor should not change it.
> *
> * This function manages automatically the memory of devfreq device using device
> * resource management and simplify the free operation for memory of devfreq
> diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/governor_userspace.c b/drivers/devfreq/governor_userspace.c
> index ab9db7adb3ad..d69672ccacc4 100644
> --- a/drivers/devfreq/governor_userspace.c
> +++ b/drivers/devfreq/governor_userspace.c
> @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ struct userspace_data {
>
> static int devfreq_userspace_func(struct devfreq *df, unsigned long *freq)
> {
> - struct userspace_data *data = df->data;
> + struct userspace_data *data = df->governor_data;
>
> if (data->valid)
> *freq = data->user_frequency;
> @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ static ssize_t set_freq_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
> int err = 0;
>
> mutex_lock(&devfreq->lock);
> - data = devfreq->data;
> + data = devfreq->governor_data;
>
> sscanf(buf, "%lu", &wanted);
> data->user_frequency = wanted;
> @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ static ssize_t set_freq_show(struct device *dev,
> int err = 0;
>
> mutex_lock(&devfreq->lock);
> - data = devfreq->data;
> + data = devfreq->governor_data;
>
> if (data->valid)
> err = sprintf(buf, "%lu\n", data->user_frequency);
> @@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ static int userspace_init(struct devfreq *devfreq)
> goto out;
> }
> data->valid = false;
> - devfreq->data = data;
> + devfreq->governor_data = data;
>
> err = sysfs_create_group(&devfreq->dev.kobj, &dev_attr_group);
> out:
> @@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ static void userspace_exit(struct devfreq *devfreq)
> if (devfreq->dev.kobj.sd)
> sysfs_remove_group(&devfreq->dev.kobj, &dev_attr_group);
>
> - kfree(devfreq->data);
> - devfreq->data = NULL;
> + kfree(devfreq->governor_data);
> + devfreq->governor_data = NULL;
> }
>
> static int devfreq_userspace_handler(struct devfreq *devfreq,
> diff --git a/include/linux/devfreq.h b/include/linux/devfreq.h
> index 34aab4dd336c..4dc7cda4fd46 100644
> --- a/include/linux/devfreq.h
> +++ b/include/linux/devfreq.h
> @@ -152,8 +152,8 @@ struct devfreq_stats {
> * @max_state: count of entry present in the frequency table.
> * @previous_freq: previously configured frequency value.
> * @last_status: devfreq user device info, performance statistics
> - * @data: Private data of the governor. The devfreq framework does not
> - * touch this.
> + * @data: devfreq driver pass to governors, governor should not change it.
> + * @governor_data: private data for governors, devfreq core doesn't touch it.
> * @user_min_freq_req: PM QoS minimum frequency request from user (via sysfs)
> * @user_max_freq_req: PM QoS maximum frequency request from user (via sysfs)
> * @scaling_min_freq: Limit minimum frequency requested by OPP interface
> @@ -193,7 +193,8 @@ struct devfreq {
> unsigned long previous_freq;
> struct devfreq_dev_status last_status;
>
> - void *data; /* private data for governors */
> + void *data;
> + void *governor_data;
>
> struct dev_pm_qos_request user_min_freq_req;
> struct dev_pm_qos_request user_max_freq_req;
--
Best Regards,
Samsung Electronics
Chanwoo Choi
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