Re: [Patch 1/6] cpufreq: use correct unit when verify cur freq

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Tue, Apr 18, 2023 at 3:32 PM Sumit Gupta <sumitg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On 18/04/23 18:27, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
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> > On Tue, Apr 18, 2023 at 1:35 PM Sumit Gupta <sumitg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> >> From: Sanjay Chandrashekara <sanjayc@xxxxxxxxxx>
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> >> cpufreq_verify_current_freq checks if the frequency returned by
> >> the hardware has a slight delta with the valid frequency value
> >> last set and returns "policy->cur" if the delta is within "1 MHz".
> >> In the comparison, "policy->cur" is in "kHz" but it's compared
> >> against HZ_PER_MHZ. So, the comparison range becomes "1 GHz".
> >> Fix this by comparing against KHZ_PER_MHZ instead of HZ_PER_MHZ.
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> >> Fixes: f55ae08c8987 ("cpufreq: Avoid unnecessary frequency updates due to mismatch")
> >> Signed-off-by: Sanjay Chandrashekara <sanjayc@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> [ sumit gupta: Commit message update ]
> >> Signed-off-by: Sumit Gupta <sumitg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >>   drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c | 2 +-
> >>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
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> >> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
> >> index 8b0509f89f1b..6b52ebe5a890 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
> >> @@ -1732,7 +1732,7 @@ static unsigned int cpufreq_verify_current_freq(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, b
> >>                   * MHz. In such cases it is better to avoid getting into
> >>                   * unnecessary frequency updates.
> >>                   */
> >> -               if (abs(policy->cur - new_freq) < HZ_PER_MHZ)
> >> +               if (abs(policy->cur - new_freq) < KHZ_PER_MHZ)
> >>                          return policy->cur;
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> >>                  cpufreq_out_of_sync(policy, new_freq);
> >> --
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> > So this is a fix that can be applied separately from the rest of the
> > series, isn't it?
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> Yes.

So applied as 6.4 material.