Re: [PATCH] cpufreq: Restore policy min/max limits on CPU online

From: Viresh Kumar
Date: Thu Mar 16 2017 - 23:28:43 EST


On 16-03-17, 23:42, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> On CPU online the cpufreq core restores the previous governor (or
> the previous "policy" setting for ->setpolicy drivers), but it does
> not restore the min/max limits at the same time, which is confusing,
> inconsistent and real pain for users who set the limits and then
> suspend/resume the system (using full suspend), in which case the
> limits are reset on all CPUs except for the boot one.
>
> Fix this by making cpufreq_init_policy() restore the limits when it
> sees that this is CPU online and not initialization from scratch.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c | 9 +++++++--
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> Index: linux-pm/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-pm.orig/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
> +++ linux-pm/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
> @@ -979,6 +979,8 @@ static int cpufreq_init_policy(struct cp
> /* Update governor of new_policy to the governor used before hotplug */
> gov = find_governor(policy->last_governor);
> if (gov) {
> + new_policy.min = policy->user_policy.min;
> + new_policy.max = policy->user_policy.max;
> pr_debug("Restoring governor %s for cpu %d\n",
> policy->governor->name, policy->cpu);
> } else {
> @@ -991,11 +993,14 @@ static int cpufreq_init_policy(struct cp
>
> /* Use the default policy if there is no last_policy. */
> if (cpufreq_driver->setpolicy) {
> - if (policy->last_policy)
> + if (policy->last_policy) {
> new_policy.policy = policy->last_policy;
> - else
> + new_policy.min = policy->user_policy.min;
> + new_policy.max = policy->user_policy.max;
> + } else {
> cpufreq_parse_governor(gov->name, &new_policy.policy,
> NULL);
> + }
> }
> /* set default policy */
> return cpufreq_set_policy(policy, &new_policy);

What about something like this instead ?

diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index b8ff617d449d..5dbdd261aa73 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -1184,6 +1184,9 @@ static int cpufreq_online(unsigned int cpu)
for_each_cpu(j, policy->related_cpus)
per_cpu(cpufreq_cpu_data, j) = policy;
write_unlock_irqrestore(&cpufreq_driver_lock, flags);
+ } else {
+ policy->min = policy->user_policy.min;
+ policy->max = policy->user_policy.max;
}

if (cpufreq_driver->get && !cpufreq_driver->setpolicy) {


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viresh