Re: [PATCH v5 3/6] cpufreq: intel_pstate: Use scope-based cleanup helper

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Fri Sep 05 2025 - 09:35:59 EST


On Fri, Sep 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM Zihuan Zhang <zhangzihuan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Replace the manual cpufreq_cpu_put() with __free(put_cpufreq_policy)
> annotation for policy references. This reduces the risk of reference
> counting mistakes and aligns the code with the latest kernel style.
>
> No functional change intended.
>
> Signed-off-by: Zihuan Zhang <zhangzihuan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <jonathan.cameron@xxxxxxxxxx>

No, sorry. I've already said that this isn't going to work:

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pm/CAJZ5v0gN1T5woSF0tO=TbAh+2-sWzxFjWyDbB7wG2TFCOU01iQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

so why are you resending it?

And making changes to it in the process without saying what they are?

Please stop adding confusion.

> ---
> drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c | 59 +++++++++++++++++++---------------
> 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
> index f366d35c5840..0b54e08f9447 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
> @@ -1502,9 +1502,8 @@ static void __intel_pstate_update_max_freq(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
>
> static bool intel_pstate_update_max_freq(struct cpudata *cpudata)
> {
> - struct cpufreq_policy *policy __free(put_cpufreq_policy);
> + struct cpufreq_policy *policy __free(put_cpufreq_policy) = cpufreq_cpu_get(cpudata->cpu);
>
> - policy = cpufreq_cpu_get(cpudata->cpu);
> if (!policy)
> return false;
>
> @@ -1695,41 +1694,49 @@ static ssize_t store_no_turbo(struct kobject *a, struct kobj_attribute *b,
> return count;
> }
>
> -static void update_qos_request(enum freq_qos_req_type type)
> +static bool intel_pstate_cpufreq_update_limits(int cpu, enum freq_qos_req_type type)
> {
> struct freq_qos_request *req;
> - struct cpufreq_policy *policy;
> - int i;
> + unsigned int freq, perf_pct;
> + struct cpudata *data = all_cpu_data[cpu];
> + struct cpufreq_policy *policy __free(put_cpufreq_policy) = cpufreq_cpu_get(cpu);
>
> - for_each_possible_cpu(i) {
> - struct cpudata *cpu = all_cpu_data[i];
> - unsigned int freq, perf_pct;
> + if (!policy)
> + return false;
>
> - policy = cpufreq_cpu_get(i);
> - if (!policy)
> - continue;
> + req = policy->driver_data;
>
> - req = policy->driver_data;
> - cpufreq_cpu_put(policy);
> + if (!req)
> + return false;
>
> - if (!req)
> - continue;
> + if (hwp_active)
> + intel_pstate_get_hwp_cap(data);
>
> - if (hwp_active)
> - intel_pstate_get_hwp_cap(cpu);
> + if (type == FREQ_QOS_MIN) {
> + perf_pct = global.min_perf_pct;
> + } else {
> + req++;
> + perf_pct = global.max_perf_pct;
> + }
>
> - if (type == FREQ_QOS_MIN) {
> - perf_pct = global.min_perf_pct;
> - } else {
> - req++;
> - perf_pct = global.max_perf_pct;
> - }
> + freq = DIV_ROUND_UP(data->pstate.turbo_freq * perf_pct, 100);
>
> - freq = DIV_ROUND_UP(cpu->pstate.turbo_freq * perf_pct, 100);
> + if (freq_qos_update_request(req, freq) < 0)
> + pr_warn("Failed to update freq constraint: CPU%d\n", cpu);
>
> - if (freq_qos_update_request(req, freq) < 0)
> - pr_warn("Failed to update freq constraint: CPU%d\n", i);
> + return true;
> +}
> +
> +
> +static void update_qos_request(enum freq_qos_req_type type)
> +{
> + int i;
> +
> + for_each_possible_cpu(i) {
> + if (!intel_pstate_cpufreq_update_limits(i, type))
> + continue;
> }
> +
> }
>
> static ssize_t store_max_perf_pct(struct kobject *a, struct kobj_attribute *b,
> --
> 2.25.1
>
>