Re: [PATCH] cpufreq: conservative: Fix incorrect frequency decrease due to stale target

[zhenglifeng (A)]

On 5/8/2026 6:14 PM, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c
> index df01d33993d8..c7ec11de9a43 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c
> @@ -103,10 +103,6 @@ static unsigned int cs_dbs_update(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
>         if (load > dbs_data->up_threshold) {
>                 dbs_info->down_skip = 0;
> 
> -               /* if we are already at full speed then break out early */
> -               if (requested_freq == policy->max)
> -                       goto out;
> -
>                 requested_freq += freq_step;
>                 if (requested_freq > policy->max)
>                         requested_freq = policy->max;
> @@ -124,15 +120,8 @@ static unsigned int cs_dbs_update(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
> 
>         /* Check for frequency decrease */
>         if (load < cs_tuners->down_threshold) {
> -               /*
> -                * if we cannot reduce the frequency anymore, break out early
> -                */
> -               if (requested_freq == policy->min)
> -                       goto out;
> -
> -               if (requested_freq > freq_step)
> -                       requested_freq -= freq_step;
> -               else
> +               requested_freq -= freq_step;

Small probability but it is still possible that freq_step is larger than
requested_freq.

> +               if (requested_freq < policy->min)
>                         requested_freq = policy->min;
> 
>                 __cpufreq_driver_target(policy, requested_freq,
>