On 22. 10. 25. 16:21, Kant Fan wrote:
> 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>
> ---
> drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c | 6 ++----
> drivers/devfreq/governor_userspace.c | 12 ++++++------
> include/linux/devfreq.h | 7 ++++---
> 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
(snip)
Applied it. Thanks.
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Best Regards,
Samsung Electronics
Chanwoo Choi
