Re: linux-6.6.y: Regression in amd-pstate cpufreq driver since 6.6.34

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Hello Mario,

Am Mon, 1 Jul 2024 10:07:59 -0500
schrieb Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@xxxxxxx>:

> In the future, please send this to the regressions M/L and CC people 
> instead of just sending a private message.
> 
> For now, I've added the @regressions and @stable mailing lists as
> this is an issue you find exposed specifically in the LTS series.
> 
> Hi Lars,
> 
> Can you please test 6.9.7?  If this is still failing, can you please 
> check 6.10-rc6?

I've tested both, 6.9.7 and 6.10-rc6 and they both don't have that
issue. I can disable CPU boost with both kernel versions.

> I'd like to understand if we just have a missing commit to backport
> or it's a problem in the mainline kernel as well.
> 
>  From the below description it's specifically with boost in passive 
> mode, right? 

I have only tested the passive mode on all my Ryzen systems and only my
Zen4 machine shows this regression.
 
> If 6.10-rc6 is still affected, can you please see if this commit
> helps? https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/superm1/linux.git/commit/?h=linux-next&id=e8f555daacd3377bf691fdda2490c0b164e00085
> 
> This is going into 6.11-rc1.
> 
> Perry, Jassmine,
> 
> Can you try to repro this using bleeding-edge or linux-next branches?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> On 7/1/2024 4:33, Huang, Ray wrote:
> > [AMD Official Use Only - AMD Internal Distribution Only]
> > 
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > Could you please help for a quick fix?
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Lars Wendler <wendler.lars@xxxxxx>
> > Sent: Monday, July 1, 2024 5:30 PM
> > To: Huang, Ray <Ray.Huang@xxxxxxx>
> > Cc: gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: linux-6.6.y: Regression in amd-pstate cpufreq driver since
> > 6.6.34
> > 
> > Hello dear kernel developers,
> > 
> > I might have found a regression in the amd-pstate driver of
> > linux-6.6 stable series. I haven't checked linux-master nor any
> > other LTS branch.
> > 
> > 
> > Now here's what I have found:
> > 
> > Since linux-6.6.34 the following command fails:
> > 
> >    # echo 0 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/boost
> >      -bash: echo: write error: Invalid argument
> > 
> > and indeed, disabling CPU boost seems to not work:
> > 
> >    # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/boost
> >    1
> > 
> > I have bisected the issue to commit
> > 8f893e52b9e030a25ea62e31271bf930b01f2f07:
> > 
> >    cpufreq: amd-pstate: Fix the inconsistency in max frequency units
> > 
> >    commit e4731baaf29438508197d3a8a6d4f5a8c51663f8 upstream.
> > 
> > Reverting that commit (even on latest linux-6.6 release) gives me
> > back the ability to disable CPU boost again.
> > 
> > I can only reproduce this bug on my Zen4 machine:
> > 
> >    # lscpu | grep "^Model name:" | sed 's@[[:space:]][[:space:]]\+@
> > @' Model name: AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX with Radeon Graphics
> > 
> > My older Zen3 machines seem not to be affected by this issue. All
> > my Ryzen systems run on latest linux-6.6 kernels and have the
> > following configuration regarding amd-pstate:
> > 
> >    # zgrep -F AMD_PSTATE /proc/config.gz
> >    CONFIG_X86_AMD_PSTATE=y
> >    CONFIG_X86_AMD_PSTATE_DEFAULT_MODE=2
> >    # CONFIG_X86_AMD_PSTATE_UT is not set
> > 
> > 
> > If you need more information, please don't hesitate to ask.
> > 
> > Kind regards
> > Lars Wendler  
> 

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