Re: [PATCH] Revert "cpufreq: pcc-cpufreq: update default value of cpuinfo_transition_latency"

From: Viresh Kumar
Date: Fri Jul 22 2016 - 11:37:07 EST


On 22-07-16, 17:14, Andreas Herrmann wrote:
> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/pcc-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/pcc-cpufreq.c
> index a7ecb9a..3f0ce2a 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/pcc-cpufreq.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/pcc-cpufreq.c
> @@ -555,8 +555,6 @@ static int pcc_cpufreq_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
> policy->min = policy->cpuinfo.min_freq =
> ioread32(&pcch_hdr->minimum_frequency) * 1000;
>
> - policy->cpuinfo.transition_latency = CPUFREQ_ETERNAL;
> -
> pr_debug("init: policy->max is %d, policy->min is %d\n",
> policy->max, policy->min);
> out:

Hi Rafael,

I am very confused on this, can you help me understand ?

- CPUFREQ_ETERNAL = -1
- unsigned int transition_latency = CPUFREQ_ETERNAL, will set it to UINT_MAX.
- Many drivers do it today

cpufreq.c

if (policy->governor->max_transition_latency &&
policy->cpuinfo.transition_latency >
policy->governor->max_transition_latency) {

- And this check will always fail, unless max_transition_latency is zero.

What am I missing ?

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viresh