[PATCH 0/2] amd-pstate: Better handling for systems without an MSR

From: Mario Limonciello
Date: Sun Sep 01 2024 - 01:01:02 EST


From: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@xxxxxxx>

Since the policy changed for amd-pstate to enable on systems
with shared memory designs by default too some users have
reported that software like power-profiles-daemon fails
with an error -524.

This happens because error codes from the CPPC API are ignored
during the initial setup so all the sysfs files are created but
don't work.

This series does two things:
1. Add a debugging early param to force going into shared memory mode
even on a system with a dedicated MSR. This will aid in debugging
reported issues.
2. Catch errors in amd_pstate_epp_update_limit() and pass them up. If
any errors occurred with CPPC API then amd-pstate won't be setup.

Mario Limonciello (2):
cpufreq/amd-pstate: Add an early param to disable MSR mode
cpufreq/amd-pstate: Catch failures for amd_pstate_epp_update_limit()

.../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 5 ++-
Documentation/admin-guide/pm/amd-pstate.rst | 5 +++
drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c | 43 +++++++++++++------
3 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

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