Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] cpufreq: Return -EOPNOTSUPP if no policy is boost supported

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Tue Dec 16 2025 - 07:38:23 EST


On Fri, Dec 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM Jie Zhan <zhanjie9@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> On 12/2/2025 3:27 PM, Lifeng Zheng wrote:
> > In cpufreq_boost_trigger_state(), if all the policies are boost
> > unsupported, policy_set_boost() will not be called and this function will
> > return 0. But it is better to return an error to indicate that the platform
> > doesn't support boost.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Lifeng Zheng <zhenglifeng1@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>
> LGTM. Thanks!
>
> Reviewed-by: Jie Zhan <zhanjie9@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Applied along with the [2/2] as 6.20 material, thanks!

> > ---
> > drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c | 6 +++++-
> > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
> > index e8d7544b77b8..a4399e5490da 100644
> > --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
> > +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
> > @@ -2806,7 +2806,7 @@ static int cpufreq_boost_trigger_state(int state)
> > {
> > struct cpufreq_policy *policy;
> > unsigned long flags;
> > - int ret = 0;
> > + int ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
> >
> > /*
> > * Don't compare 'cpufreq_driver->boost_enabled' with 'state' here to
> > @@ -2826,6 +2826,10 @@ static int cpufreq_boost_trigger_state(int state)
> > if (ret)
> > goto err_reset_state;
> > }
> > +
> > + if (ret)
> > + goto err_reset_state;
> > +
> > cpus_read_unlock();
> >
> > return 0;