leandrof/linux
1
0
Fork 0
forked from Minki/linux
Code Issues Pull Requests Packages Projects Releases Wiki Activity

cpufreq: Introduce CPUFREQ_NEED_UPDATE_LIMITS driver flag

Browse Source 
Generally, a cpufreq driver may need to update some internal upper
and lower frequency boundaries on policy max and min changes,
respectively, but currently this does not work if the target
frequency does not change along with the policy limit.

Namely, if the target frequency does not change along with the
policy min or max, the "target_freq == policy->cur" check in
__cpufreq_driver_target() prevents driver callbacks from being
invoked and they do not even have a chance to update the
corresponding internal boundary.

This particularly affects the "powersave" and "performance"
governors that always set the target frequency to one of the
policy limits and it never changes when the other limit is updated.

To allow cpufreq the drivers needing to update internal frequency
boundaries on policy limits changes to avoid this issue, introduce
a new driver flag, CPUFREQ_NEED_UPDATE_LIMITS, that (when set) will
neutralize the check mentioned above.

Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
This commit is contained in:
Rafael J. Wysocki 2020-10-23 17:35:19 +02:00
parent db865272d9
commit 1c534352f4
2 changed files with 11 additions and 2 deletions
Show Stats Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

3
drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
View File

@ -2187,7 +2187,8 @@ int __cpufreq_driver_target(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
* exactly same freq is called again and so we can save on few function
* calls.
*/
if (target_freq == policy->cur)
if (target_freq == policy->cur &&
!(cpufreq_driver->flags & CPUFREQ_NEED_UPDATE_LIMITS))
return 0;
/* Save last value to restore later on errors */

10
include/linux/cpufreq.h
View File

@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ __ATTR(_name, 0644, show_##_name, store_##_name)
struct cpufreq_driver {
char name[CPUFREQ_NAME_LEN];
u8 flags;
u16 flags;
void *driver_data;
/* needed by all drivers */
@ -422,6 +422,14 @@ struct cpufreq_driver {
*/
#define CPUFREQ_IS_COOLING_DEV BIT(7)
/*
* Set by drivers that need to update internale upper and lower boundaries along
* with the target frequency and so the core and governors should also invoke
* the diver if the target frequency does not change, but the policy min or max
* may have changed.
*/
#define CPUFREQ_NEED_UPDATE_LIMITS BIT(8)
int cpufreq_register_driver(struct cpufreq_driver *driver_data);
int cpufreq_unregister_driver(struct cpufreq_driver *driver_data);