Re: [PATCH] cpufreq: intel_pstate: Fix energy_performance_preference for passive

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Wed Jun 21 2023 - 13:45:23 EST


On Wed, Jun 21, 2023 at 8:59 AM Tero Kristo <tero.kristo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> If the intel_pstate driver is set to passive mode, then writing the
> same value to the energy_performance_preference sysfs twice will fail.
> This is caused by the wrong return value used (index of the matched
> energy_perf_string), instead of the length of the passed in parameter.
> Fix by forcing the internal return value to zero when the same
> preference is passed in by user. This same issue is not present when
> active mode is used for the driver.
>
> Fixes: f6ebbcf08f37 ("cpufreq: intel_pstate: Implement passive mode with HWP enabled")
> Reported-by: Niklas Neronin <niklas.neronin@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Tero Kristo <tero.kristo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
> index 2548ec92faa2..f29182512b98 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
> @@ -824,6 +824,8 @@ static ssize_t store_energy_performance_preference(
> err = cpufreq_start_governor(policy);
> if (!ret)
> ret = err;
> + } else {
> + ret = 0;
> }
> }
>
> --

Applied as 6.5 material, thanks!