Re: [PATCH v7 04/13] cpufreq: amd-pstate: fix kernel hang issue while amd-pstate unregistering

[Huang Rui]

On Thu, Dec 08, 2022 at 07:18:43PM +0800, Yuan, Perry wrote:
> In the amd_pstate_adjust_perf(), there is one cpufreq_cpu_get() call to
> increase increments the kobject reference count of policy and make it as
> busy. Therefore, a corresponding call to cpufreq_cpu_put() is needed to
> decrement the kobject reference count back, it will resolve the kernel
> hang issue when unregistering the amd-pstate driver and register the
> `amd_pstate_epp` driver instance.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Perry Yuan <perry.yuan@xxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Huang Rui <ray.huang@xxxxxxx>

> ---
>  drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c b/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c
> index 204e39006dda..c17bd845f5fc 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c
> @@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ static void amd_pstate_adjust_perf(unsigned int cpu,
>  		max_perf = min_perf;
>  
>  	amd_pstate_update(cpudata, min_perf, des_perf, max_perf, true);
> +	cpufreq_cpu_put(policy);
>  }
>  
>  static int amd_get_min_freq(struct amd_cpudata *cpudata)
> -- 
> 2.34.1
>