Re: [PATCH] cpufreq: Fix get_cpu_device() failed in add_cpu_dev_symlink()

From: Viresh Kumar
Date: Mon Nov 29 2021 - 04:26:08 EST


On 29-11-21, 16:02, Xiongfeng Wang wrote:
> When I hot added a CPU, I found 'cpufreq' directory is not created below
> /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/. It is because get_cpu_device() failed in
> add_cpu_dev_symlink().
>
> cpufreq_add_dev() is the .add_dev callback of a CPU subsys interface. It
> will be called when the CPU device registered into the system. The stack
> is as follows.
> register_cpu()
> ->device_register()
> ->device_add()
> ->bus_probe_device()
> ->cpufreq_add_dev()
>
> But only after the CPU device has been registered, we can get the CPU
> device by get_cpu_device(), otherwise it will return NULL. Since we
> already have the CPU device in cpufreq_add_dev(), pass it to
> add_cpu_dev_symlink(). I noticed that the 'kobj' of the cpu device has
> been added into the system before cpufreq_add_dev().
>
> Signed-off-by: Xiongfeng Wang <wangxiongfeng2@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c | 9 ++++-----
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
> index e338d2f010fe..22aa2793e4d2 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
> @@ -1004,10 +1004,9 @@ static struct kobj_type ktype_cpufreq = {
> .release = cpufreq_sysfs_release,
> };
>
> -static void add_cpu_dev_symlink(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, unsigned int cpu)
> +static void add_cpu_dev_symlink(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, unsigned int cpu,
> + struct device *dev)
> {
> - struct device *dev = get_cpu_device(cpu);
> -
> if (unlikely(!dev))
> return;
>
> @@ -1391,7 +1390,7 @@ static int cpufreq_online(unsigned int cpu)
> if (new_policy) {
> for_each_cpu(j, policy->related_cpus) {
> per_cpu(cpufreq_cpu_data, j) = policy;
> - add_cpu_dev_symlink(policy, j);
> + add_cpu_dev_symlink(policy, j, get_cpu_device(j));
> }
>
> policy->min_freq_req = kzalloc(2 * sizeof(*policy->min_freq_req),
> @@ -1565,7 +1564,7 @@ static int cpufreq_add_dev(struct device *dev, struct subsys_interface *sif)
> /* Create sysfs link on CPU registration */
> policy = per_cpu(cpufreq_cpu_data, cpu);
> if (policy)
> - add_cpu_dev_symlink(policy, cpu);
> + add_cpu_dev_symlink(policy, cpu, dev);
>
> return 0;
> }

Interesting that I never hit it earlier despite doing rigorous testing of
hotplug stuff :(

Anyway the patch is okay,

Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>

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viresh