Re: [PATCH] cpufreq: docs: Update description of rate_limit_us default value
From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Tue Feb 03 2026 - 16:20:24 EST
On Tue, Feb 3, 2026 at 10:35 AM Yaxiong Tian <tianyaxiong@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Due to commit 37c6dccd6837 ("cpufreq: Remove LATENCY_MULTIPLIER")
> updating the acquisition logic of cpufreq_policy_transition_delay_us(),
> the original description of 2ms has become inaccurate.
>
> Therefore, update the description of the default value for
> rate_limit_us from 2ms to 1ms.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yaxiong Tian <tianyaxiong@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst
> index 738d7b4dc33a..dbe6d23a5d67 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst
> @@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ This governor exposes only one tunable:
> ``rate_limit_us``
> Minimum time (in microseconds) that has to pass between two consecutive
> runs of governor computations (default: 1.5 times the scaling driver's
> - transition latency or the maximum 2ms).
> + transition latency or 1ms if the driver does not provide a latency value).
>
> The purpose of this tunable is to reduce the scheduler context overhead
> of the governor which might be excessive without it.
> --
Applied as 6.20/7.0 material, thanks!