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SubjectRe: [PATCH] cpufreq: conservative: Take limits changes into account properly
On Mon, 15 Oct 2018 at 23:24, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@rjwysocki.net> wrote:
>
> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
>
> If the policy limits change between invocations of cs_dbs_update(),
> the requested frequency value stored in dbs_info may not be updated
> and the function may use a stale value of it next time. Moreover, if
> idle periods are takem into account by cs_dbs_update(), the requested
> frequency value stored in dbs_info may be below the min policy limit,
> which is incorrect.
>
> To fix these problems, always update the requested frequency value
> in dbs_info along with the local copy of it when the previous
> requested frequency is beyond the policy limits and avoid decreasing
> the requested frequency below the min policy limit when taking
> idle periods into account.
>
> Reported-by: Waldemar Rymarkiewicz <waldemarx.rymarkiewicz@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
> ---
> drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c | 6 ++++--
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> Index: linux-pm/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-pm.orig/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c
> +++ linux-pm/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c
> @@ -80,8 +80,10 @@ static unsigned int cs_dbs_update(struct
> * changed in the meantime, so fall back to current frequency in that
> * case.
> */
> - if (requested_freq > policy->max || requested_freq < policy->min)
> + if (requested_freq > policy->max || requested_freq < policy->min) {
> requested_freq = policy->cur;
> + dbs_info->requested_freq = requested_freq;
> + }
>
> freq_step = get_freq_step(cs_tuners, policy);
>
> @@ -92,7 +94,7 @@ static unsigned int cs_dbs_update(struct
> if (policy_dbs->idle_periods < UINT_MAX) {
> unsigned int freq_steps = policy_dbs->idle_periods * freq_step;
>
> - if (requested_freq > freq_steps)
> + if (requested_freq > policy->min + freq_steps)
> requested_freq -= freq_steps;
> else
> requested_freq = policy->min;

Looks good.

Acked-by: Waldemar Rymarkiewicz <waldemarx.rymarkiewicz@intel.com>

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