[PATCH v7 3/3] cpufreq: CPPC: Reflect the OSPM nominal in boost and limits

From: Sumit Gupta

Date: Fri Aug 07 2026 - 17:51:48 EST


Boost is the performance range above nominal, so lowering the OSPM
Nominal Performance enlarges the boost range and drops the non-boost
ceiling. Keep the policy limits consistent with the register.

Add cppc_cpufreq_effective_nominal(), which returns the OSPM Nominal
Performance when set and the platform nominal otherwise. Use it for the
non-boost ceiling in set_boost(), and to update the policy limits when
ospm_nominal_freq is written.

The cpufreq core caps scaling_max_freq with a per-policy QoS request,
boost_freq_req, that it sets to cpuinfo.max_freq and refreshes only when
boost is toggled. A write to ospm_nominal_freq changes cpuinfo.max_freq
without toggling boost, so cppc_cpufreq_update_nominal_limits() updates
the request itself, rather than leaving scaling_max_freq at the old
nominal.

When boost is enabled the ceiling is highest_perf, not the nominal, so
the update is skipped. set_boost() applies the new nominal when boost is
turned off.

A platform with highest_perf == nominal_perf has no boost range at boot.
Lowering the OSPM nominal from sysfs can create one. The core, however,
adds its boost FREQ_QOS_MAX request only at policy setup, and only if
boost_supported is already set. Set boost_supported in init() when the
OSPM register is supported and highest_perf > lowest_perf. Boost can
then be enabled after the nominal is lowered.

Suggested-by: Pierre Gondois <pierre.gondois@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sumit Gupta <sumitg@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c | 65 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 62 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c
index fe714e71826a..bcac46ad25c3 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c
@@ -892,6 +892,27 @@ static void cppc_cpufreq_put_cpu_data(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
policy->driver_data = NULL;
}

+/*
+ * Return the non-boost performance ceiling: the OSPM Nominal Performance the
+ * driver last requested, or the platform-reported Nominal Performance if none
+ * was requested.
+ *
+ * The register is write-only, so the requested value comes from the
+ * software-tracked state rather than from hardware.
+ */
+static u32 cppc_cpufreq_effective_nominal(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
+{
+ const struct cppc_saved_vals *st = cppc_cpufreq_policy_state(policy)->regs;
+ struct cppc_cpudata *cpu_data = policy->driver_data;
+ u64 ospm_nominal = st[CPPC_SAVED_OSPM_NOMINAL_PERF].requested_val;
+
+ /* U64_MAX means OSPM has not selected a nominal level. */
+ if (ospm_nominal == U64_MAX)
+ return cpu_data->perf_caps.nominal_perf;
+
+ return (u32)ospm_nominal;
+}
+
static int cppc_cpufreq_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
{
unsigned int cpu = policy->cpu;
@@ -950,9 +971,14 @@ static int cppc_cpufreq_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)

/*
* If 'highest_perf' is greater than 'nominal_perf', we assume CPU Boost
- * is supported.
+ * is supported. A writable OSPM Nominal Performance register can also
+ * open a boost range at runtime by lowering the nominal, so assume
+ * boost is supported in that case too, letting the core register its
+ * QoS request up front.
*/
- if (caps->highest_perf > caps->nominal_perf)
+ if (caps->highest_perf > caps->nominal_perf ||
+ (caps->highest_perf > caps->lowest_perf &&
+ cppc_ospm_nominal_perf_supported(cpu)))
policy->boost_supported = true;

/* Set policy->cur to max now. The governors will adjust later. */
@@ -1233,11 +1259,12 @@ static int cppc_cpufreq_set_boost(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, int state)
{
struct cppc_cpudata *cpu_data = policy->driver_data;
struct cppc_perf_caps *caps = &cpu_data->perf_caps;
+ u32 nominal = cppc_cpufreq_effective_nominal(policy);

if (state)
policy->cpuinfo.max_freq = cppc_perf_to_khz(caps, caps->highest_perf);
else
- policy->cpuinfo.max_freq = cppc_perf_to_khz(caps, caps->nominal_perf);
+ policy->cpuinfo.max_freq = cppc_perf_to_khz(caps, nominal);

return 0;
}
@@ -1411,6 +1438,36 @@ static int cppc_get_perf_limited_filtered(int cpu, u64 *perf_limited)
CPPC_CPUFREQ_ATTR_RW_U64(perf_limited, cppc_get_perf_limited_filtered,
cppc_set_perf_limited)

+/*
+ * While boost is disabled, the nominal is the ceiling. Set cpuinfo.max_freq to
+ * it and update the core's boost_freq_req to match. The core only syncs
+ * boost_freq_req when boost is enabled or disabled, so a plain nominal change
+ * must update it here.
+ */
+static void cppc_cpufreq_update_nominal_limits(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
+{
+ struct cppc_cpudata *cpu_data = policy->driver_data;
+ u32 nominal;
+ int ret;
+
+ if (policy->boost_enabled)
+ return;
+
+ nominal = cppc_cpufreq_effective_nominal(policy);
+ policy->cpuinfo.max_freq = cppc_perf_to_khz(&cpu_data->perf_caps,
+ nominal);
+
+ if (freq_qos_request_active(&policy->boost_freq_req)) {
+ ret = freq_qos_update_request(&policy->boost_freq_req,
+ policy->cpuinfo.max_freq);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ pr_debug("Failed to update boost limit on CPU%u (%d)\n",
+ policy->cpu, ret);
+ }
+
+ refresh_frequency_limits(policy);
+}
+
static ssize_t store_ospm_nominal_freq(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
const char *buf, size_t count)
{
@@ -1442,6 +1499,8 @@ static ssize_t store_ospm_nominal_freq(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
st->requested_val = perf;
st->firmware_val = cpu_data->perf_caps.nominal_perf;

+ cppc_cpufreq_update_nominal_limits(policy);
+
return count;
}

--
2.34.1