linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] cpuidle: Add sanity check for exit latency and target residency

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Message-ID: <12779486.O9o76ZdvQC@rafael.j.wysocki>
Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2025 20:07:28 +0100
From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
To: Linux PM <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
 Artem Bityutskiy <artem.bityutskiy@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
 Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
Subject:
 [PATCH v2] cpuidle: Add sanity check for exit latency and target residency

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

Make __cpuidle_driver_init() fail if the exit latency of one of the
driver's idle states is less than its exit latency which would break
cpuidle assumptions.

Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
---

v1 -> v2: Make __cpuidle_driver_init() fail if the check is not passed (Artem).

---
 drivers/cpuidle/driver.c |   16 ++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/cpuidle/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/cpuidle/driver.c
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ static void cpuidle_setup_broadcast_time
  * __cpuidle_driver_init - initialize the driver's internal data
  * @drv: a valid pointer to a struct cpuidle_driver
  */
-static void __cpuidle_driver_init(struct cpuidle_driver *drv)
+static int __cpuidle_driver_init(struct cpuidle_driver *drv)
 {
 	int i;

@@ -193,7 +193,17 @@ static void __cpuidle_driver_init(struct
 			s->exit_latency_ns =  0;
 		else
 			s->exit_latency = div_u64(s->exit_latency_ns, NSEC_PER_USEC);
+
+		/*
+		 * Ensure that the exit latency of a CPU idle state does not
+		 * exceed its target residency which is assumed in cpuidle in
+		 * multiple places.
+		 */
+		if (s->exit_latency_ns > s->target_residency_ns)
+			return -EINVAL;
 	}
+
+	return 0;
 }

 /**
@@ -223,7 +233,9 @@ static int __cpuidle_register_driver(str
 	if (cpuidle_disabled())
 		return -ENODEV;

-	__cpuidle_driver_init(drv);
+	ret = __cpuidle_driver_init(drv);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;

 	ret = __cpuidle_set_driver(drv);
 	if (ret)