From: Youquan, Song <youquan.song@xxxxxxxxx>
When cpu frequencey scaling is disabled, some BIOSes report _PSS with all
0x80000000. If the kernel treats this case as valid, the kernel will boot
crash when load cpufreq govenors.
So in order to cover more buggy BIOSs, the patch just check _PSS core
frequency invalidation.
Signed-off-by: Youquan, Song <youquan.song@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Pallipadi, Venkatesh <venkatesh.pallipadi@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Len Brown <lenb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff -puN drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c~acpi-check-_pss-invalidation-when-bios-report-_pss-with-all-0x80000000 drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c~acpi-check-_pss-invalidation-when-bios-report-_pss-with-all-0x80000000
+++ a/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
#define ACPI_PROCESSOR_CLASS "processor"
#define ACPI_PROCESSOR_FILE_PERFORMANCE "performance"
#define _COMPONENT ACPI_PROCESSOR_COMPONENT
+#define ACPI_PROCESSOR_PSS_INVALID 0x80000000
ACPI_MODULE_NAME("processor_perflib");
static DEFINE_MUTEX(performance_mutex);
@@ -316,6 +317,14 @@ static int acpi_processor_get_performanc
kfree(pr->performance->states);
goto end;
}
+
+ if (px->core_frequency == ACPI_PROCESSOR_PSS_INVALID) {
+ printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX
+ "P-states disabled in the BIOS\n");
+ result = -EFAULT;
+ kfree(pr->performance->states);
+ goto end;
+ }
}
end:
_
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