Re: [PATCH] ACPI: CPPC: Skip writes to unsupported performance controls

From: Sudeep Holla

Date: Fri Jul 24 2026 - 07:14:34 EST


On Fri, Jul 24, 2026 at 11:40:42AM +0100, Christian Loehle wrote:
> MIN_PERF and MAX_PERF are optional CPPC controls. DESIRED_PERF is also
> optional with CPPC2 when autonomous selection is supported.
>
> The cppc-cpufreq target callbacks populate both limits for every request
> without checking whether the controls are implemented. cppc_set_perf()
> consequently passes NULL register descriptors to cpc_write(). The writes
> fail width validation and their return values are ignored, so the failed
> access paths are repeated on every target request. An autonomous-only
> platform can take the same path for DESIRED_PERF.
>
> Check that each performance control is supported before calling
> cpc_write().
>
> Fixes: ea3db45ae476 ("cpufreq: cppc: Update MIN_PERF/MAX_PERF in target callbacks")
> Reviewed-by: Sumit Gupta <sumitg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Christian Loehle <christian.loehle@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> v2: Also added desired_perf check (Sumit)
>
> drivers/acpi/cppc_acpi.c | 7 ++++---
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/cppc_acpi.c b/drivers/acpi/cppc_acpi.c
> index 1d3a94100491..53d09ca98f06 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/cppc_acpi.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/cppc_acpi.c
> @@ -1963,16 +1963,17 @@ int cppc_set_perf(int cpu, struct cppc_perf_ctrls *perf_ctrls)
> cpc_desc->write_cmd_status = 0;
> }
>
> - cpc_write(cpu, desired_reg, perf_ctrls->desired_perf);
> + if (CPC_SUPPORTED(desired_reg))
> + cpc_write(cpu, desired_reg, perf_ctrls->desired_perf);
>

In general, can't be set perf_ctrls->desired_perf if and only if
CPC_SUPPORTED(desired_reg) ?

I see cppc_get_perf() does that but I assume you are catering for some
other access that may happen before ?

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Regards,
Sudeep