In the current code, if we fail during a frequency transition we simply send the POSTCHANGE notification with old frequency. This isn't enough. One of the core user of these notifications is the code responsible for keeping loops_per_jiffy aligned with frequency change. And mostly it is written as: if ((val == CPUFREQ_PRECHANGE && freq->old < freq->new) || (val == CPUFREQ_POSTCHANGE && freq->old > freq->new)) { update-loops-per-jiffy... } So, suppose we are changing to a higher frequency and failed during transition, then following will happen: - CPUFREQ_PRECHANGE notification with freq-new > freq-old - CPUFREQ_POSTCHANGE notification with freq-new == freq-old The first one will update loops_per_jiffy and second one will do nothing. Even if we send the 2nd notification by exchanging values of freq-new and old, some users of these notifications might get unstable. This can be fixed by simply calling cpufreq_notify_post_transition() with error code and this routine will take care of sending notifications in correct order. Also it returns a proper error message in case frequency transition failed. Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/cpufreq/unicore2-cpufreq.c | 15 +++++++-------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/unicore2-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/unicore2-cpufreq.c index 653ae29..3e79dae 100644 --- a/drivers/cpufreq/unicore2-cpufreq.c +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/unicore2-cpufreq.c @@ -49,17 +49,16 @@ static int ucv2_target(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, unsigned int cur = ucv2_getspeed(0); struct cpufreq_freqs freqs; struct clk *mclk = clk_get(NULL, "MAIN_CLK"); + int ret; - cpufreq_notify_transition(policy, &freqs, CPUFREQ_PRECHANGE); - - if (!clk_set_rate(mclk, target_freq * 1000)) { - freqs.old = cur; - freqs.new = target_freq; - } + freqs.old = cur; + freqs.new = target_freq; - cpufreq_notify_transition(policy, &freqs, CPUFREQ_POSTCHANGE); + cpufreq_notify_transition(policy, &freqs, CPUFREQ_PRECHANGE); + ret = clk_set_rate(mclk, target_freq * 1000); + cpufreq_notify_post_transition(policy, &freqs, ret); - return 0; + return ret; } static int __init ucv2_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy) -- 1.7.12.rc2.18.g61b472e -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe cpufreq" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html