Re: [PATCH] drm/msm/devfreq: Restrict idle clamping to a618 for now

[Caleb Connolly]

Hi all,

On 18/10/2021 17:42, John Stultz wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 8:31 AM Rob Clark <robdclark@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > From: Rob Clark <robdclark@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Until we better understand the stability issues caused by frequent
> > frequency changes, lets limit them to a618.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Rob Clark <robdclark@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > Caleb/John, I think this should help as a workaround for the power
> > instability issues on a630.. could you give it a try?
>
> While I hit it fairly often, I can't reliably reproduce the crash, but
> in limited testing this seems ok to me.
> I've not hit the crash so far, nor seen any other negative side
> effects over 5.14.
>
> So for what that's worth:
> Tested-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Caleb has better luck tripping this issue right away, so they can
> hopefully provide a more assured response.
This prevents the crash on the OnePlus 6 as the frequency can no longer go to zero.

I would like to find a better solution that still allows proper idling on a630, but that can wait for 5.16.

Tested-by: Caleb Connolly <caleb.connolly@xxxxxxxxxx>
> thanks
> -john

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Kind Regards,
Caleb (they/them)