Re: [PATCH v2] cpufreq: Avoid configuring old governors as default with intel_pstate

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On 23-10-20, 17:15, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Commit 33aa46f252c7 ("cpufreq: intel_pstate: Use passive mode by
> default without HWP") was meant to cause intel_pstate to be used
> in the passive mode with the schedutil governor on top of it, but
> it missed the case in which either "ondemand" or "conservative"
> was selected as the default governor in the existing kernel config,
> in which case the previous old governor configuration would be used,
> causing the default legacy governor to be used on top of intel_pstate
> instead of schedutil.
> 
> Address this by preventing "ondemand" and "conservative" from being
> configured as the default cpufreq governor in the case when schedutil
> is the default choice for the default governor setting.
> 
> [Note that the default cpufreq governor can still be set via the
>  kernel command line if need be and that choice is not limited,
>  so if anyone really wants to use one of the legacy governors by
>  default, it can be achieved this way.]
> 
> Fixes: 33aa46f252c7 ("cpufreq: intel_pstate: Use passive mode by default without HWP")
> Reported-by: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: 5.8+ <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 5.8+
> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 
> The v2 addresses a review comment from Viresh regarding of the expression format
> and adds a missing Reported-by for Julia.
> 
> ---
>  drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig |    2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>

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viresh



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