On 7 November 2013 07:58, Xiaoguang Chen <chenxg@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> When decreasing frequency, requested_freq may be less than
> freq_target, So requested_freq minus freq_target may be negative,
> But reqested_freq's unit is unsigned int, then the negative result
> will be one larger interger which may be even higher than
> requested_freq.
>
> This patch is to fix such issue. when result becomes negative,
> set requested_freq as the min value of policy.
>
> Signed-off-by: Xiaoguang Chen <chenxg@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c | 7 ++++++-
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
Good Catch.
Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>
We need another patch for fixing the other part of code where we
increase freq..
We need to replace:
if (dbs_info->requested_freq == policy->max)
return;
with
if (dbs_info->requested_freq >= policy->max)
return;
So, that we don't run unnecessary code :)
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