This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
cpufreq: intel_pstate: set stale CPU frequency to minimum
to the 6.1-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-set-stale-cpu-frequency-to-minimum.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.1 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From d51847acb018d83186e4af67bc93f9a00a8644f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Doug Smythies <dsmythies@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2023 13:46:49 -0700
Subject: cpufreq: intel_pstate: set stale CPU frequency to minimum
From: Doug Smythies <dsmythies@xxxxxxxxx>
commit d51847acb018d83186e4af67bc93f9a00a8644f7 upstream.
The intel_pstate CPU frequency scaling driver does not
use policy->cur and it is 0.
When the CPU frequency is outdated arch_freq_get_on_cpu()
will default to the nominal clock frequency when its call to
cpufreq_quick_getpolicy_cur returns the never updated 0.
Thus, the listed frequency might be outside of currently
set limits. Some users are complaining about the high
reported frequency, albeit stale, when their system is
idle and/or it is above the reduced maximum they have set.
This patch will maintain policy_cur for the intel_pstate
driver at the current minimum CPU frequency.
Reported-by: Yang Jie <yang.jie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=217597
Signed-off-by: Doug Smythies <dsmythies@xxxxxxxxx>
[ rjw: White space damage fixes and comment adjustment ]
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Keyon Jie <yang.jie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
@@ -2574,6 +2574,11 @@ static int intel_pstate_set_policy(struc
intel_pstate_clear_update_util_hook(policy->cpu);
intel_pstate_hwp_set(policy->cpu);
}
+ /*
+ * policy->cur is never updated with the intel_pstate driver, but it
+ * is used as a stale frequency value. So, keep it within limits.
+ */
+ policy->cur = policy->min;
mutex_unlock(&intel_pstate_limits_lock);
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from dsmythies@xxxxxxxxx are
queue-6.1/cpufreq-intel_pstate-set-stale-cpu-frequency-to-minimum.patch
