4.16-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
commit 97739501f207efe33145b918817f305b822987f8 upstream.
If the next_freq field of struct sugov_policy is set to UINT_MAX,
it shouldn't be used for updating the CPU frequency (this is a
special "invalid" value), but after commit b7eaf1aab9f8 (cpufreq:
schedutil: Avoid reducing frequency of busy CPUs prematurely) it
may be passed as the new frequency to sugov_update_commit() in
sugov_update_single().
Fix that by adding an extra check for the special UINT_MAX value
of next_freq to sugov_update_single().
Fixes: b7eaf1aab9f8 (cpufreq: schedutil: Avoid reducing frequency of busy CPUs prematurely)
Reported-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: 4.12+ <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 4.12+
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
@@ -290,7 +290,8 @@ static void sugov_update_single(struct u
* Do not reduce the frequency if the CPU has not been idle
* recently, as the reduction is likely to be premature then.
*/
- if (busy && next_f < sg_policy->next_freq) {
+ if (busy && next_f < sg_policy->next_freq &&
+ sg_policy->next_freq != UINT_MAX) {
next_f = sg_policy->next_freq;
/* Reset cached freq as next_freq has changed */
