user/sven/linux.git/include/linux/cpufreq.h, branch v3.11.1

cpufreq: Fix serialization of frequency transitions

2013-07-04T11:12:44Z

Commit 7c30ed ("cpufreq: make sure frequency transitions are serialized") interacts poorly with systems that have a single core freqency for all cores. On such systems we have a single policy for all cores with several CPUs. When we do a frequency transition the governor calls the pre and post change notifiers which causes cpufreq_notify_transition() per CPU. Since the policy is the same for all of them all CPUs after the first and the warnings added are generated by checking a per-policy flag the warnings will be triggered for all cores after the first. Fix this by allowing notifier to be called for n times. Where n is the number of cpus in policy->cpus. Reported-and-tested-by: Mark Brown Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki

acpi-cpufreq: Add new sysfs attribute freqdomain_cpus

2013-06-27T19:51:09Z

Commits fcf8058 (cpufreq: Simplify cpufreq_add_dev()) and aa77a52 (cpufreq: acpi-cpufreq: Don't set policy->related_cpus from .init()) changed the contents of the "related_cpus" sysfs attribute on systems where acpi-cpufreq is used and user space can't get the list of CPUs which are in the same hardware coordination CPU domain (provided by the ACPI AML method _PSD) via "related_cpus" any more. To make up for that loss add a new sysfs attribute "freqdomian_cpus" for the acpi-cpufreq driver which exposes the list of CPUs in the same domain regardless of whether it is coordinated by hardware or software. [rjw: Changelog, documentation] References: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58761 Reported-by: Jean-Philippe Halimi Signed-off-by: Lan Tianyu Acked-by: Viresh Kumar Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki

cpufreq: make sure frequency transitions are serialized

2013-06-27T19:49:55Z

Whenever we are changing frequency of a cpu, we are calling PRECHANGE and POSTCHANGE notifiers. They must be serialized. i.e. PRECHANGE or POSTCHANGE shouldn't be called twice contiguously. This can happen due to bugs in users of __cpufreq_driver_target() or actual cpufreq drivers who are sending these notifiers. This patch adds some protection against this. Now, we keep track of the last transaction and see if something went wrong. Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki

cpufreq: Fix minor formatting issues

2013-06-20T23:06:34Z

There were a few noticeable formatting issues in core cpufreq code. This cleans them up to make code look better. The changes include: - Whitespace cleanup. - Rearrangements of code. - Multiline comments fixes. - Formatting changes to fit 80 columns. Copyright information in cpufreq.c is also updated to include my name for 2013. [rjw: Changelog] Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki

cpufreq: Fix governor start/stop race condition

2013-06-20T22:56:04Z

Cpufreq governors' stop and start operations should be carried out in sequence. Otherwise, there will be unexpected behavior, like in the example below. Suppose there are 4 CPUs and policy->cpu=CPU0, CPU1/2/3 are linked to CPU0. The normal sequence is: 1) Current governor is userspace. An application tries to set the governor to ondemand. It will call __cpufreq_set_policy() in which it will stop the userspace governor and then start the ondemand governor. 2) Current governor is userspace. The online of CPU3 runs on CPU0. It will call cpufreq_add_policy_cpu() in which it will first stop the userspace governor, and then start it again. If the sequence of the above two cases interleaves, it becomes: 1) Application stops userspace governor 2) Hotplug stops userspace governor which is a problem, because the governor shouldn't be stopped twice in a row. What happens next is: 3) Application starts ondemand governor 4) Hotplug starts a governor In step 4, the hotplug is supposed to start the userspace governor, but now the governor has been changed by the application to ondemand, so the ondemand governor is started once again, which is incorrect. The solution is to prevent policy governors from being stopped multiple times in a row. A governor should only be stopped once for one policy. After it has been stopped, no more governor stop operations should be executed. Also add a mutex to serialize governor operations. [rjw: Changelog. And you owe me a beverage of my choice.] Signed-off-by: Xiaoguang Chen Acked-by: Viresh Kumar Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki

cpufreq: rename index as driver_data in cpufreq_frequency_table

2013-06-04T12:25:59Z

The "index" field of struct cpufreq_frequency_table was never an index and isn't used at all by the cpufreq core. It only is useful for cpufreq drivers for their internal purposes. Many people nowadays blindly set it in ascending order with the assumption that the core will use it, which is a mistake. Rename it to "driver_data" as that's what its purpose is. All of its users are updated accordingly. [rjw: Changelog] Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar Acked-by: Simon Horman Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki

cpufreq: Don't create empty /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq directory

2013-05-27T11:24:02Z

When we don't have any file in cpu/cpufreq directory we shouldn't create it. Specially with the introduction of per-policy governor instance patchset, even governors are moved to cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/governor-name directory and so this directory is just not required. Lets have it only when required. Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki

cpufreq: Move get_cpu_idle_time() to cpufreq.c

2013-05-27T11:20:56Z

Governors other than ondemand and conservative can also use get_cpu_idle_time() and they aren't required to compile cpufreq_governor.c. So, move these independent routines to cpufreq.c instead. Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki

cpufreq: governors: Move get_governor_parent_kobj() to cpufreq.c

2013-05-27T11:20:56Z

get_governor_parent_kobj() can be used by any governor, generic cpufreq governors or platform specific ones and so must be present in cpufreq.c instead of cpufreq_governor.c. This patch moves it to cpufreq.c. This also adds EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(get_governor_parent_kobj) so that modules can use this function too. Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki

cpufreq: Notify all policy->cpus in cpufreq_notify_transition()

2013-04-02T13:24:00Z

policy->cpus contains all online cpus that have single shared clock line. And their frequencies are always updated together. Many SMP system's cpufreq drivers take care of this in individual drivers but the best place for this code is in cpufreq core. This patch modifies cpufreq_notify_transition() to notify frequency change for all cpus in policy->cpus and hence updates all users of this API. Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar Acked-by: Stephen Warren Tested-by: Stephen Warren Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki