Re: [PATCH] cpufreq: intel_pstate: Use raw_smp_processor_id() in hwp_get_cpu_scaling()

From: srinivas pandruvada
Date: Mon Apr 14 2025 - 11:34:37 EST


On Mon, 2025-04-14 at 17:19 +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Sunday, April 13, 2025 4:44:56 PM CEST srinivas pandruvada wrote:
> > On Sat, 2025-04-12 at 18:34 +0800, Xi Ruoyao wrote:
> > > Use raw_smp_processor_id() instead of plain smp_processor_id() in
> > > hwp_get_cpu_scaling(), otherwise we get some errors on a Lenovo
> > > Thinkpad
> > > T14P Gen 2:
> > >
> > >     BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible [00000000] code:
> > > swapper/0/1
> > >     caller is hwp_get_cpu_scaling+0x7f/0xc0
> > >
> > > Fixes: b52aaeeadfac ("cpufreq: intel_pstate: Avoid SMP calls to
> > > get
> > > cpu-type")
> > > Signed-off-by: Xi Ruoyao <xry111@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Acked-by: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> It's still broken after this patch though because the function should
> use the cpu_data() of the target CPU and not of the CPU running the
> code.

That is correct. The below patch should work.

Thanks,
Srinivas

>
> The patch below should fix it.
>
> ===
> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [PATCH v1] cpufreq: intel_pstate: Fix hwp_get_cpu_scaling()
>
> Commit b52aaeeadfac ("cpufreq: intel_pstate: Avoid SMP calls to get
> cpu-type") introduced two issues into hwp_get_cpu_scaling().  First,
> it made that function use the CPU type of the CPU running the code
> even though the target CPU is passed as the argument to it and
> second,
> it used smp_processor_id() for that even though hwp_get_cpu_scaling()
> runs in preemptible context.
>
> Fix both of these problems by simply passing "cpu" to cpu_data().
>
> Fixes: b52aaeeadfac ("cpufreq: intel_pstate: Avoid SMP calls to get
> cpu-type")
> Link:
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pm/20250412103434.5321-1-xry111@xxxxxxxxxxx/
> Reported-by: Xi Ruoyao <xry111@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
> @@ -2336,7 +2336,7 @@
>  static int hwp_get_cpu_scaling(int cpu)
>  {
>   if (hybrid_scaling_factor) {
> - struct cpuinfo_x86 *c =
> &cpu_data(smp_processor_id());
> + struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &cpu_data(cpu);
>   u8 cpu_type = c->topo.intel_type;
>  
>   /*
>
>
>
>