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SubjectRe: [PATCH] cpufreq: schedutil: Avoid using invalid next_freq
On 09-05-18, 11:44, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
>
> If the next_freq field of struct sugov_policy is set to UINT_MAX,
> it shouldn't be used for updating the CPU frequency (this is a
> special "invalid" value), but after commit b7eaf1aab9f8 (cpufreq:
> schedutil: Avoid reducing frequency of busy CPUs prematurely) it
> may be passed as the new frequency to sugov_update_commit() in
> sugov_update_single().
>
> Fix that by adding an extra check for the special UINT_MAX value
> of next_freq to sugov_update_single().
>
> Fixes: b7eaf1aab9f8 (cpufreq: schedutil: Avoid reducing frequency of busy CPUs prematurely)
> Reported-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
> Cc: 4.12+ <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 4.12+
> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
> ---
> kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> Index: linux-pm/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-pm.orig/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
> +++ linux-pm/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
> @@ -305,7 +305,8 @@ static void sugov_update_single(struct u
> * Do not reduce the frequency if the CPU has not been idle
> * recently, as the reduction is likely to be premature then.
> */
> - if (busy && next_f < sg_policy->next_freq) {
> + if (busy && next_f < sg_policy->next_freq &&
> + sg_policy->next_freq != UINT_MAX) {
> next_f = sg_policy->next_freq;
>
> /* Reset cached freq as next_freq has changed */

Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>

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viresh

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