Messages in this thread | | | From | "Rafael J. Wysocki" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v6 3/7] powercap/drivers/dtpm: Simplify the dtpm table | Date | Fri, 26 Nov 2021 19:18:06 +0100 |
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On Friday, November 26, 2021 6:43:24 PM CET Daniel Lezcano wrote: > On 26/11/2021 18:21, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > Hi Doug, > > > > On Fri, Nov 26, 2021 at 6:08 PM Doug Smythies <dsmythies@telus.net> wrote: > >> > >> Hi Daniel, > >> > >> This patch introduces a regression, at least on my test system. > >> I can no longer change CPU frequency scaling drivers, for example > >> from intel_cpufreq (A.K.A intel_pstate in passive mode) to intel_pstate > >> (A.K.A. active mode). The task just hangs forever. > >> > >> I bisected the kernel and got this commit as the result. > >> As a double check, I reverted this commit: > >> 7a89d7eacf8e84f2afb94db5ae9d9f9faa93f01c > >> on kernel 5.16-rc2 and the issue was resolved. > >> > >> While your email is fairly old, I observe that it was only included as of > >> kernel 5.16-rc1. > >> > >> Command Example that never completes: > >> > >> $ echo passive | sudo tee /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/status > >> > >> syslog excerpt attached. > > > > This looks like it may be problematic: > > > > diff --git a/drivers/powercap/dtpm_cpu.c b/drivers/powercap/dtpm_cpu.c > > index f6076de39540..98841524a782 100644 > > --- a/drivers/powercap/dtpm_cpu.c > > +++ b/drivers/powercap/dtpm_cpu.c > > @@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ static int cpuhp_dtpm_cpu_online(unsigned int cpu) > > return ret; > > } > > > > -int dtpm_register_cpu(struct dtpm *parent) > > +static int __init dtpm_cpu_init(void) > > { > > int ret; > > > > so please try to remove the __init annotation from dtpm_cpu_init() and > > see if that helps. > > Yes, actually that should be called only if it is configured properly.
What do you mean?
> The dtpm_cpu just initializes itself unconditionally, I did not figured > out there is the usually allyesconfig used by default by the distros.
Well, it is.
> That should be fixed with a proper DT configuration [1] > > [1] > https://lore.kernel.org/all/20211124125506.2971069-3-daniel.lezcano@linaro.org/
No, we are talking about systems without any DT at all here.
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