On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 7:51 PM, Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 7:22 PM, Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On 15 April 2013 21:37, Dirk Brandewie <dirk.brandewie@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> If the intel_pstate driver is being used __cpufreq_governor() should NOT be
>>> called intel_pstate does not implement the target() callback.
>>>
>>> Nathan's commit 5800043b2 changed the fence around the call to
>>> __cpufreq_governor() in __cpufreq_remove_dev() here is the relevant hunk.
>>
>> No it isn't.
>>
>>> + if (has_target)
>>> __cpufreq_governor(data, CPUFREQ_GOV_STOP);
>>
>> As it has taken care of this limitation.
>>
>> BUT some of my earlier patches haven't. :(
>> Here is the fix (Sedat please try this and give your tested-by, use the attached
>> patch as gmail might break what i am copying in mail)..
>>
>> Sorry for being late in fixing this issue, i am still down with Tonsil infection
>> and fever.. Today only i got some power to fix it after seeing Dirk's mail.
>>
>> Your tested-by may help me to recover quickly :)
>>
>
> Hehe.
> Me myself and I was today chez-mon-docteur... Let's see the results on Thursday.
> Again, get well soon.
>
> Tested against...
>
> "BROKEN" Linux-Next (next-20130411) with attached patchset (incl.
> your cpufreq-next-fixes).
>
> Test-Case...
>
> CONFIG_X86_INTEL_PSTATE=y
>
> root# echo 0 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu3/online
>
> Tested-by: Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> ...did not test on-reboot-case.
>
> ( Dirk promised to test as well... )
>
Might be interesting as an extra-confirmation:
root# echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu3/online
[ dmesg ]
[ 556.101961] smpboot: Booting Node 0 Processor 3 APIC 0x3
[ 556.113158] Disabled fast string operations
[ 556.116621] Intel pstate controlling: cpu 3
- Sedat -
> - Sedat -
>
>> @Rafael: I will probably be down for one more week and so not doing any
>> reviews for now... I do check important mails sent directly to me though.
>>
>> ------------x----------------------x------------------
>>
>> From: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 22:43:57 +0530
>> Subject: [PATCH] cpufreq: Don't call __cpufreq_governor() for drivers without
>> target()
>>
>> Some cpufreq drivers implement their own governor and so don't need us to call
>> generic governors interface via __cpufreq_governor(). Few recent commits haven't
>> obeyed this law well and we saw some regressions.
>>
>> This patch tries to fix this issue.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c | 18 +++++++++++++-----
>> 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
>> index 3564947..a6f6595 100644
>> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
>> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
>> @@ -858,13 +858,18 @@ static int cpufreq_add_policy_cpu(unsigned int
>> cpu, unsigned int sibling,
>> struct device *dev)
>> {
>> struct cpufreq_policy *policy;
>> - int ret = 0;
>> + int ret = 0, has_target = 0;
>> unsigned long flags;
>>
>> policy = cpufreq_cpu_get(sibling);
>> WARN_ON(!policy);
>>
>> - __cpufreq_governor(policy, CPUFREQ_GOV_STOP);
>> + rcu_read_lock();
>> + has_target = !!rcu_dereference(cpufreq_driver)->target;
>> + rcu_read_unlock();
>> +
>> + if (has_target)
>> + __cpufreq_governor(policy, CPUFREQ_GOV_STOP);
>>
>> lock_policy_rwsem_write(sibling);
>>
>> @@ -877,8 +882,10 @@ static int cpufreq_add_policy_cpu(unsigned int
>> cpu, unsigned int sibling,
>>
>> unlock_policy_rwsem_write(sibling);
>>
>> - __cpufreq_governor(policy, CPUFREQ_GOV_START);
>> - __cpufreq_governor(policy, CPUFREQ_GOV_LIMITS);
>> + if (has_target) {
>> + __cpufreq_governor(policy, CPUFREQ_GOV_START);
>> + __cpufreq_governor(policy, CPUFREQ_GOV_LIMITS);
>> + }
>>
>> ret = sysfs_create_link(&dev->kobj, &policy->kobj, "cpufreq");
>> if (ret) {
>> @@ -1146,7 +1153,8 @@ static int __cpufreq_remove_dev(struct device
>> *dev, struct subsys_interface *sif
>>
>> /* If cpu is last user of policy, free policy */
>> if (cpus == 1) {
>> - __cpufreq_governor(data, CPUFREQ_GOV_POLICY_EXIT);
>> + if (has_target)
>> + __cpufreq_governor(data, CPUFREQ_GOV_POLICY_EXIT);
>>
>> lock_policy_rwsem_read(cpu);
>> kobj = &data->kobj;
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