[PATCH v3 3/3] cpufreq/amd-pstate: Get Highest Freq for a CPU

From: Mario Limonciello (AMD)

Date: Thu Sep 24 2026 - 12:41:02 EST


From: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@xxxxxxx>

If the highest frequency is known for a CPU, use this instead of
trying to calculate by linear interpolation.

Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c b/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c
index 496e0342c1c90..2a0cbfe21a67d 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c
@@ -1102,8 +1102,10 @@ static int amd_pstate_init_freq(struct amd_cpudata *cpudata)

WRITE_ONCE(cpudata->nominal_freq, nominal_freq);

- /* max_freq is calculated according to (nominal_freq * highest_perf)/nominal_perf */
- max_freq = perf_to_freq(perf, nominal_freq, perf.highest_perf);
+ /* try to look up from BIOS/quirk first, fall back to (nominal_freq * highest_perf)/nominal_perf */
+ max_freq = amd_get_max_frequency(cpudata->cpu) * 1000;
+ if (!max_freq)
+ max_freq = perf_to_freq(perf, nominal_freq, perf.highest_perf);
WRITE_ONCE(cpudata->max_freq, max_freq);

lowest_nonlinear_freq = perf_to_freq(perf, nominal_freq, perf.lowest_nonlinear_perf);
--
2.53.0