Re: [PATCH] cpufreq: schedutil: Update cached "current frequency" when limits change

[Saravana Kannan]

On 07/11/2017 10:24 PM, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> On 11-07-17, 19:24, Saravana Kannan wrote:
> > Currently, the governor calculates the next frequency, set the current CPU
> > frequency (policy->cur). It also assumes the current CPU frequency doesn't
> > change if the next frequency isn't calculated again and hence caches the
> > "current frequency".
> >
> > However, this isn't true when CPU min/max frequency limits are changed. So,
> > there's room for the CPU frequency to get stuck at the wrong level if the
> > calculated next frequency doesn't change across multiple limits updates.
> >
> > Fix this by updating the cached "current frequency" when limits changes the
> > current CPU frequency.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Saravana Kannan <skannan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >   kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c | 6 ++++++
> >   1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
> > index 076a2e3..fe0b2fb 100644
> > --- a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
> > +++ b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
> > @@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ static void sugov_update_single(struct update_util_data *hook, u64 time,
> >
> >   	busy = sugov_cpu_is_busy(sg_cpu);
> >
> > +	raw_spin_lock(&sg_policy->update_lock);
> >   	if (flags & SCHED_CPUFREQ_RT_DL) {
> >   		next_f = policy->cpuinfo.max_freq;
> >   	} else {
> > @@ -240,6 +241,7 @@ static void sugov_update_single(struct update_util_data *hook, u64 time,
> >   			next_f = sg_policy->next_freq;
> >   	}
> >   	sugov_update_commit(sg_policy, time, next_f);
> > +	raw_spin_unlock(&sg_policy->update_lock);
>
> We wouldn't allow locking here until the time we can :)

Actually, can you clarify why you can't allow locking here?

-Saravana

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