This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
PM/devfreq: governor: Add a private governor_data for governor
to the 5.4-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:
pm-devfreq-governor-add-a-private-governor_data-for-.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.4 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit db8ad6fb741827a93330976b62b762c5e2b1b632
Author: Kant Fan <kant@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue Oct 25 15:21:09 2022 +0800
PM/devfreq: governor: Add a private governor_data for governor
[ Upstream commit 5fdded8448924e3631d466eea499b11606c43640 ]
The member void *data in the structure devfreq can be overwrite
by governor_userspace. For example:
1. The device driver assigned the devfreq governor to simple_ondemand
by the function devfreq_add_device() and init the devfreq member
void *data to a pointer of a static structure devfreq_simple_ondemand_data
by the function devfreq_add_device().
2. The user changed the devfreq governor to userspace by the command
"echo userspace > /sys/class/devfreq/.../governor".
3. The governor userspace alloced a dynamic memory for the struct
userspace_data and assigend the member void *data of devfreq to
this memory by the function userspace_init().
4. The user changed the devfreq governor back to simple_ondemand
by the command "echo simple_ondemand > /sys/class/devfreq/.../governor".
5. The governor userspace exited and assigned the member void *data
in the structure devfreq to NULL by the function userspace_exit().
6. The governor simple_ondemand fetched the static information of
devfreq_simple_ondemand_data in the function
devfreq_simple_ondemand_func() but the member void *data of devfreq was
assigned to NULL by the function userspace_exit().
7. The information of upthreshold and downdifferential is lost
and the governor simple_ondemand can't work correctly.
The member void *data in the structure devfreq is designed for
a static pointer used in a governor and inited by the function
devfreq_add_device(). This patch add an element named governor_data
in the devfreq structure which can be used by a governor(E.g userspace)
who want to assign a private data to do some private things.
Fixes: ce26c5bb9569 ("PM / devfreq: Add basic governors")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 5.10+
Reviewed-by: Chanwoo Choi <cwchoi00@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: MyungJoo Ham <myungjoo.ham@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kant Fan <kant@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Chanwoo Choi <cw00.choi@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
index c79652ee94be..f5ad9b998654 100644
--- a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
+++ b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
@@ -603,8 +603,7 @@ static void devfreq_dev_release(struct device *dev)
* @dev: the device to add devfreq feature.
* @profile: device-specific profile to run devfreq.
* @governor_name: name of the policy to choose frequency.
- * @data: private data for the governor. The devfreq framework does not
- * touch this value.
+ * @data: devfreq driver pass to governors, governor should not change it.
*/
struct devfreq *devfreq_add_device(struct device *dev,
struct devfreq_dev_profile *profile,
@@ -788,8 +787,7 @@ static void devm_devfreq_dev_release(struct device *dev, void *res)
* @dev: the device to add devfreq feature.
* @profile: device-specific profile to run devfreq.
* @governor_name: name of the policy to choose frequency.
- * @data: private data for the governor. The devfreq framework does not
- * touch this value.
+ * @data: devfreq driver pass to governors, governor should not change it.
*
* This function manages automatically the memory of devfreq device using device
* resource management and simplify the free operation for memory of devfreq
diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/governor_userspace.c b/drivers/devfreq/governor_userspace.c
index af94942fcf95..a3ae4dc4668b 100644
--- a/drivers/devfreq/governor_userspace.c
+++ b/drivers/devfreq/governor_userspace.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ struct userspace_data {
static int devfreq_userspace_func(struct devfreq *df, unsigned long *freq)
{
- struct userspace_data *data = df->data;
+ struct userspace_data *data = df->governor_data;
if (data->valid)
*freq = data->user_frequency;
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ static ssize_t store_freq(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
int err = 0;
mutex_lock(&devfreq->lock);
- data = devfreq->data;
+ data = devfreq->governor_data;
sscanf(buf, "%lu", &wanted);
data->user_frequency = wanted;
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ static ssize_t show_freq(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
int err = 0;
mutex_lock(&devfreq->lock);
- data = devfreq->data;
+ data = devfreq->governor_data;
if (data->valid)
err = sprintf(buf, "%lu\n", data->user_frequency);
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ static int userspace_init(struct devfreq *devfreq)
goto out;
}
data->valid = false;
- devfreq->data = data;
+ devfreq->governor_data = data;
err = sysfs_create_group(&devfreq->dev.kobj, &dev_attr_group);
out:
@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ static void userspace_exit(struct devfreq *devfreq)
if (devfreq->dev.kobj.sd)
sysfs_remove_group(&devfreq->dev.kobj, &dev_attr_group);
- kfree(devfreq->data);
- devfreq->data = NULL;
+ kfree(devfreq->governor_data);
+ devfreq->governor_data = NULL;
}
static int devfreq_userspace_handler(struct devfreq *devfreq,
diff --git a/include/linux/devfreq.h b/include/linux/devfreq.h
index 2bae9ed3c783..7535f860d45d 100644
--- a/include/linux/devfreq.h
+++ b/include/linux/devfreq.h
@@ -121,10 +121,10 @@ struct devfreq_dev_profile {
* devfreq.nb to the corresponding register notifier call chain.
* @work: delayed work for load monitoring.
* @previous_freq: previously configured frequency value.
- * @data: Private data of the governor. The devfreq framework does not
- * touch this.
- * @min_freq: Limit minimum frequency requested by user (0: none)
- * @max_freq: Limit maximum frequency requested by user (0: none)
+ * @data: devfreq driver pass to governors, governor should not change it.
+ * @governor_data: private data for governors, devfreq core doesn't touch it.
+ * @min_freq: Limit minimum frequency requested by user (0: none)
+ * @max_freq: Limit maximum frequency requested by user (0: none)
* @scaling_min_freq: Limit minimum frequency requested by OPP interface
* @scaling_max_freq: Limit maximum frequency requested by OPP interface
* @stop_polling: devfreq polling status of a device.
@@ -159,7 +159,8 @@ struct devfreq {
unsigned long previous_freq;
struct devfreq_dev_status last_status;
- void *data; /* private data for governors */
+ void *data;
+ void *governor_data;
unsigned long min_freq;
unsigned long max_freq;
