[PATCH 017/112] ACPI: add "processor.ignore_ppc" hook to workaround BIOS _PPC weirdness

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From: Thomas Renninger <trenn@xxxxxxx>

There have been fixes using _PPC, which seem to unhide a problem
on HP nx6125 (double cpufreq switch freezes the machine for
several seconds).

This one should provide a workaround for the nx6125 and for
possible other machines that show any weird _PPC behaviour.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Renninger <trenn@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c |   16 +++++++++++++++-
 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c
index 463b024..f32010b 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(performance_mutex);
  * policy is adjusted accordingly.
  */
 
+static unsigned int ignore_ppc = 0;
+module_param(ignore_ppc, uint, 0644);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(ignore_ppc, "If the frequency of your machine gets wrongly" \
+		 "limited by BIOS, this should help");
+
 #define PPC_REGISTERED   1
 #define PPC_IN_USE       2
 
@@ -72,6 +77,9 @@ static int acpi_processor_ppc_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb,
 	struct acpi_processor *pr;
 	unsigned int ppc = 0;
 
+	if (ignore_ppc)
+		return 0;
+
 	mutex_lock(&performance_mutex);
 
 	if (event != CPUFREQ_INCOMPATIBLE)
@@ -130,7 +138,13 @@ static int acpi_processor_get_platform_limit(struct acpi_processor *pr)
 
 int acpi_processor_ppc_has_changed(struct acpi_processor *pr)
 {
-	int ret = acpi_processor_get_platform_limit(pr);
+	int ret;
+
+	if (ignore_ppc)
+		return 0;
+
+	ret = acpi_processor_get_platform_limit(pr);
+
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return (ret);
 	else
-- 
1.5.4.23.gef5b9

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