Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] cpufreq: add resolve_freq driver callback

From: Viresh Kumar
Date: Thu May 26 2016 - 02:25:26 EST


On 25-05-16, 19:52, Steve Muckle wrote:
> Cpufreq governors may need to know what a particular target frequency
> maps to in the driver without necessarily wanting to set the frequency.
> Support this operation via a new cpufreq API,
> cpufreq_driver_resolve_freq().
>
> The above API will call a new cpufreq driver callback, resolve_freq(),
> if it has been registered by the driver. If that callback has not been
> registered and a frequency table is available then the frequency table
> is walked using cpufreq_frequency_table_target().
>
> UINT_MAX is returned if no driver callback or frequency table is
> available.

Why should we return UINT_MAX here? We should return target_freq, no ?

> Suggested-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Steve Muckle <smuckle@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
> include/linux/cpufreq.h | 11 +++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 36 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
> index 77d77a4e3b74..3b44f4bdc071 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
> @@ -1849,6 +1849,31 @@ unsigned int cpufreq_driver_fast_switch(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpufreq_driver_fast_switch);
>
> +unsigned int cpufreq_driver_resolve_freq(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
> + unsigned int target_freq)
> +{
> + struct cpufreq_frequency_table *freq_table;
> + int index, retval;
> +
> + clamp_val(target_freq, policy->min, policy->max);
> +
> + if (cpufreq_driver->resolve_freq)
> + return cpufreq_driver->resolve_freq(policy, target_freq);
> +
> + freq_table = cpufreq_frequency_get_table(policy->cpu);

I have sent a separate patch to provide a light weight alternative to
this. If that gets accepted, we can switch over to using it.

> + if (!freq_table)
> + return UINT_MAX;
> +
> + retval = cpufreq_frequency_table_target(policy, freq_table,
> + target_freq, CPUFREQ_RELATION_L,
> + &index);
> + if (retval)
> + return UINT_MAX;
> +
> + return freq_table[index].frequency;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpufreq_driver_resolve_freq);
> +
> /* Must set freqs->new to intermediate frequency */
> static int __target_intermediate(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
> struct cpufreq_freqs *freqs, int index)
> diff --git a/include/linux/cpufreq.h b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
> index 4e81e08db752..675f17f98e75 100644
> --- a/include/linux/cpufreq.h
> +++ b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
> @@ -271,6 +271,13 @@ struct cpufreq_driver {
> int (*target_intermediate)(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
> unsigned int index);
>
> + /*
> + * Return the driver-supported frequency that a particular target
> + * frequency maps to (does not set the new frequency).
> + */
> + unsigned int (*resolve_freq)(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
> + unsigned int target_freq);

We have 3 categories of cpufreq-drivers today:
1. setpolicy drivers: They don't use the cpufreq governors we are
working on.
2. non-setpolicy drivers:
A. with ->target_index() callback, these will always provide a
freq-table.
B. with ->target() callback, ONLY these should be allowed to provide
the ->resolve_freq() callback and no one else.

And so I would suggest adding an additional check in
cpufreq_register_driver() to catch incorrect usage of this callback.

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viresh