[PATCH v8 2/2] cpufreq: Add boost_freq_req QoS request

From: Pierre Gondois

Date: Thu Mar 26 2026 - 16:48:36 EST


The Power Management Quality of Service (PM QoS) allows to
aggregate constraints from multiple entities. It is currently
used to manage the min/max frequency of a given policy.

Frequency constraints can come for instance from:
- Thermal framework: acpi_thermal_cpufreq_init()
- Firmware: _PPC objects: acpi_processor_ppc_init()
- User: by setting policyX/scaling_[min|max]_freq
The minimum of the max frequency constraints is used to compute
the resulting maximum allowed frequency.

When enabling boost frequencies, the same frequency request object
(policy->max_freq_req) as to handle requests from users is used.
As a result, when setting:
- scaling_max_freq
- boost
The last sysfs file used overwrites the request from the other
sysfs file.

To avoid this, create a per-policy boost_freq_req to save the boost
constraints instead of overwriting the last scaling_max_freq
constraint.

policy_set_boost() calls the cpufreq set_boost callback.
Update the newly added boost_freq_req request from there:
- whenever boost is toggled
- to cover all possible paths

In the existing .set_boost() callbacks:
- Don't update policy->max as this is done through the qos notifier
cpufreq_notifier_max() which calls cpufreq_set_policy().
- Remove freq_qos_update_request() calls as the qos request is now
done in policy_set_boost() and updates the new boost_freq_req

$ ## Init state
scaling_max_freq:1000000
cpuinfo_max_freq:1000000

$ echo 700000 > scaling_max_freq
scaling_max_freq:700000
cpuinfo_max_freq:1000000

$ echo 1 > ../boost
scaling_max_freq:1200000
cpuinfo_max_freq:1200000

$ echo 800000 > scaling_max_freq
scaling_max_freq:800000
cpuinfo_max_freq:1200000

$ ## Final step:
$ ## Without the patches:
$ echo 0 > ../boost
scaling_max_freq:1000000
cpuinfo_max_freq:1000000

$ ## With the patches:
$ echo 0 > ../boost
scaling_max_freq:800000
cpuinfo_max_freq:1000000

Note:
cpufreq_frequency_table_cpuinfo() updates policy->min
and max from:
A.
cpufreq_boost_set_sw()
\-cpufreq_frequency_table_cpuinfo()
B.
cpufreq_policy_online()
\-cpufreq_table_validate_and_sort()
\-cpufreq_frequency_table_cpuinfo()
Keep these updates as some drivers expect policy->min and
max to be set through B.

Reviewed-by: Lifeng Zheng <zhenglifeng1@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Pierre Gondois <pierre.gondois@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c | 2 --
drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c | 10 ++------
drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
include/linux/cpufreq.h | 1 +
4 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c b/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c
index 5aa9fcd80cf51..d0675d6a19fe1 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c
@@ -769,8 +769,6 @@ static int amd_pstate_cpu_boost_update(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, bool on)
else if (policy->cpuinfo.max_freq > nominal_freq)
policy->cpuinfo.max_freq = nominal_freq;

- policy->max = policy->cpuinfo.max_freq;
-
if (cppc_state == AMD_PSTATE_PASSIVE) {
ret = freq_qos_update_request(&cpudata->req[1], policy->cpuinfo.max_freq);
if (ret < 0)
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c
index 011f35cb47b94..f4f574fbe547b 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c
@@ -807,17 +807,11 @@ static int cppc_cpufreq_set_boost(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, int state)
{
struct cppc_cpudata *cpu_data = policy->driver_data;
struct cppc_perf_caps *caps = &cpu_data->perf_caps;
- int ret;

if (state)
- policy->max = cppc_perf_to_khz(caps, caps->highest_perf);
+ policy->cpuinfo.max_freq = cppc_perf_to_khz(caps, caps->highest_perf);
else
- policy->max = cppc_perf_to_khz(caps, caps->nominal_perf);
- policy->cpuinfo.max_freq = policy->max;
-
- ret = freq_qos_update_request(policy->max_freq_req, policy->max);
- if (ret < 0)
- return ret;
+ policy->cpuinfo.max_freq = cppc_perf_to_khz(caps, caps->nominal_perf);

return 0;
}
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 5757f12633d16..d2f393d738a39 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -609,10 +609,19 @@ static int policy_set_boost(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, bool enable)
policy->boost_enabled = enable;

ret = cpufreq_driver->set_boost(policy, enable);
- if (ret)
+ if (ret) {
policy->boost_enabled = !policy->boost_enabled;
+ return ret;
+ }

- return ret;
+ ret = freq_qos_update_request(policy->boost_freq_req, policy->cpuinfo.max_freq);
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ policy->boost_enabled = !policy->boost_enabled;
+ cpufreq_driver->set_boost(policy, policy->boost_enabled);
+ return ret;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
}

static ssize_t store_local_boost(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
@@ -1377,6 +1386,7 @@ static void cpufreq_policy_free(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
}

freq_qos_remove_request(policy->min_freq_req);
+ freq_qos_remove_request(policy->boost_freq_req);
kfree(policy->min_freq_req);

cpufreq_policy_put_kobj(policy);
@@ -1445,26 +1455,38 @@ static int cpufreq_policy_online(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
cpumask_and(policy->cpus, policy->cpus, cpu_online_mask);

if (new_policy) {
+ unsigned int count;
+
for_each_cpu(j, policy->related_cpus) {
per_cpu(cpufreq_cpu_data, j) = policy;
add_cpu_dev_symlink(policy, j, get_cpu_device(j));
}

- policy->min_freq_req = kzalloc(2 * sizeof(*policy->min_freq_req),
+ count = policy->boost_supported ? 3 : 2;
+ policy->min_freq_req = kzalloc(count * sizeof(*policy->min_freq_req),
GFP_KERNEL);
if (!policy->min_freq_req) {
ret = -ENOMEM;
goto out_destroy_policy;
}

+ if (policy->boost_supported) {
+ policy->boost_freq_req = policy->min_freq_req + 2;
+
+ ret = freq_qos_add_request(&policy->constraints,
+ policy->boost_freq_req,
+ FREQ_QOS_MAX,
+ policy->cpuinfo.max_freq);
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ policy->boost_freq_req = NULL;
+ goto out_destroy_policy;
+ }
+ }
+
ret = freq_qos_add_request(&policy->constraints,
policy->min_freq_req, FREQ_QOS_MIN,
FREQ_QOS_MIN_DEFAULT_VALUE);
if (ret < 0) {
- /*
- * So we don't call freq_qos_remove_request() for an
- * uninitialized request.
- */
kfree(policy->min_freq_req);
policy->min_freq_req = NULL;
goto out_destroy_policy;
@@ -2788,16 +2810,10 @@ int cpufreq_boost_set_sw(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, int state)
return -ENXIO;

ret = cpufreq_frequency_table_cpuinfo(policy);
- if (ret) {
+ if (ret)
pr_err("%s: Policy frequency update failed\n", __func__);
- return ret;
- }
-
- ret = freq_qos_update_request(policy->max_freq_req, policy->max);
- if (ret < 0)
- return ret;

- return 0;
+ return ret;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpufreq_boost_set_sw);

diff --git a/include/linux/cpufreq.h b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
index cc894fc389710..89157e367eefa 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpufreq.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ struct cpufreq_policy {
struct freq_constraints constraints;
struct freq_qos_request *min_freq_req;
struct freq_qos_request *max_freq_req;
+ struct freq_qos_request *boost_freq_req;

struct cpufreq_frequency_table *freq_table;
enum cpufreq_table_sorting freq_table_sorted;
--
2.43.0