[PATCH] cpufreq: intel_pstate: Fix Invalid EPB setting

From: Srinivas Pandruvada
Date: Thu Oct 31 2019 - 15:26:46 EST


The max value of EPB can be only be 0x0F. Setting more than that results
in "unchecked MSR access error". During CPU offline via cpufreq stop_cpu()
callback, this error condition is triggered in the function
intel_pstate_hwp_force_min_perf().

Instead, EPB corresponding to preference to maximize energy saving (0x0F),
can be set. But this will conflict with the save/restore done in
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_epb.c. Based on the test, if 0x0F is set in the
function intel_pstate_hwp_force_min_perf(), this gets restored during next
CPU online operation. This is not desired.

Hence don't set EPB in the offline path in this driver and let the
processing in intel_epb.c handle EPB.

Fixes: af3b7379e2d70 ("cpufreq: intel_pstate: Force HWP min perf before offline")
Reported-by: Qian Cai <cai@xxxxxx>
Cc: 5.0+ <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 5.0+
Signed-off-by: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c | 4 +---
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
index 53a51c169451..8ab31702cf6a 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
@@ -847,11 +847,9 @@ static void intel_pstate_hwp_force_min_perf(int cpu)
value |= HWP_MAX_PERF(min_perf);
value |= HWP_MIN_PERF(min_perf);

- /* Set EPP/EPB to min */
+ /* Set EPP to min */
if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_HWP_EPP))
value |= HWP_ENERGY_PERF_PREFERENCE(HWP_EPP_POWERSAVE);
- else
- intel_pstate_set_epb(cpu, HWP_EPP_BALANCE_POWERSAVE);

wrmsrl_on_cpu(cpu, MSR_HWP_REQUEST, value);
}
--
2.17.2