Re: [PATCH v2] cpufreq: Documentation: fix freq_step description

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Wed, Jun 3, 2026 at 3:32 PM Zhongqiu Han
<zhongqiu.han@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 6/3/2026 1:56 PM, Pengjie Zhang wrote:
> > The conservative governor documentation incorrectly states that setting
> > freq_step to 0 will use the default 5% frequency step. In reality, since
> > at least commit 8e677ce83bf4 ("[CPUFREQ] conservative: fixup governor to
> > function more like ondemand logic"), freq_step=0 has always caused the
> > governor to skip frequency updates entirely.
> >
> > Correct the documentation to reflect the actual behavior: freq_step=0
> > disables frequency changes by the governor entirely.
> >
> > Fixes: 2a0e49279850 ("cpufreq: User/admin documentation update and consolidation")
> > Signed-off-by: Pengjie Zhang <zhangpengjie2@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > Changes in v2:
> > - Update commit message to reference the correct historical commit
> >    8e677ce83bf4 instead of b9170836d1aa, as the original implementation
> >    had asymmetric behavior for freq_step=0 (suggested by Zhongqiu Han).
> > - Link to v1:https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260529111122.3321645-1-zhangpengjie2@xxxxxxxxxx/
>
>
> Looks good to me.
>
> Reviewed-by: Zhongqiu Han <zhongqiu.han@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Applied as 7.2 material, thanks!