This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled cpufreq: intel_pstate: Override parameters if HWP forced by BIOS to the 5.10-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: cpufreq-intel_pstate-override-parameters-if-hwp-forc.patch and it can be found in the queue-5.10 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit 99c835edb5e04ef22a441f514c5b28436e67d352 Author: Doug Smythies <doug.smythies@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Sun Sep 12 11:50:29 2021 -0700 cpufreq: intel_pstate: Override parameters if HWP forced by BIOS [ Upstream commit d9a7e9df731670acdc69e81748941ad338f47fab ] If HWP has been already been enabled by BIOS, it may be necessary to override some kernel command line parameters. Once it has been enabled it requires a reset to be disabled. Suggested-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Doug Smythies <dsmythies@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c index 44a5d15a7572..1686705bee7b 100644 --- a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c @@ -3035,11 +3035,15 @@ static int __init intel_pstate_init(void) if (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor != X86_VENDOR_INTEL) return -ENODEV; - if (no_load) - return -ENODEV; - id = x86_match_cpu(hwp_support_ids); if (id) { + bool hwp_forced = intel_pstate_hwp_is_enabled(); + + if (hwp_forced) + pr_info("HWP enabled by BIOS\n"); + else if (no_load) + return -ENODEV; + copy_cpu_funcs(&core_funcs); /* * Avoid enabling HWP for processors without EPP support, @@ -3049,8 +3053,7 @@ static int __init intel_pstate_init(void) * If HWP is enabled already, though, there is no choice but to * deal with it. */ - if ((!no_hwp && boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_HWP_EPP)) || - intel_pstate_hwp_is_enabled()) { + if ((!no_hwp && boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_HWP_EPP)) || hwp_forced) { hwp_active++; hwp_mode_bdw = id->driver_data; intel_pstate.attr = hwp_cpufreq_attrs; @@ -3061,7 +3064,11 @@ static int __init intel_pstate_init(void) goto hwp_cpu_matched; } + pr_info("HWP not enabled\n"); } else { + if (no_load) + return -ENODEV; + id = x86_match_cpu(intel_pstate_cpu_ids); if (!id) { pr_info("CPU model not supported\n"); @@ -3138,10 +3145,9 @@ static int __init intel_pstate_setup(char *str) else if (!strcmp(str, "passive")) default_driver = &intel_cpufreq; - if (!strcmp(str, "no_hwp")) { - pr_info("HWP disabled\n"); + if (!strcmp(str, "no_hwp")) no_hwp = 1; - } + if (!strcmp(str, "force")) force_load = 1; if (!strcmp(str, "hwp_only"))