Re: [PATCH] platform/x86/intel-uncore-freq: Conditionally create attribute for read frequency

From: Ilpo Järvinen
Date: Mon Oct 02 2023 - 08:02:30 EST


On Mon, 2 Oct 2023, Srinivas Pandruvada wrote:

> When the current uncore frequency can't be read, don't create attribute
> "current_freq_khz" as any read will fail later. Some user space
> applications like turbostat fail to continue with the failure. So, check
> error during attribute creation.
>
> Signed-off-by: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Should there be a Fixes tag?

--
i.

> ---
> .../x86/intel/uncore-frequency/uncore-frequency-common.c | 8 ++++++--
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel/uncore-frequency/uncore-frequency-common.c b/drivers/platform/x86/intel/uncore-frequency/uncore-frequency-common.c
> index 1152deaa0078..33ab207493e3 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/intel/uncore-frequency/uncore-frequency-common.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel/uncore-frequency/uncore-frequency-common.c
> @@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ show_uncore_data(initial_max_freq_khz);
>
> static int create_attr_group(struct uncore_data *data, char *name)
> {
> - int ret, index = 0;
> + int ret, freq, index = 0;
>
> init_attribute_rw(max_freq_khz);
> init_attribute_rw(min_freq_khz);
> @@ -197,7 +197,11 @@ static int create_attr_group(struct uncore_data *data, char *name)
> data->uncore_attrs[index++] = &data->min_freq_khz_dev_attr.attr;
> data->uncore_attrs[index++] = &data->initial_min_freq_khz_dev_attr.attr;
> data->uncore_attrs[index++] = &data->initial_max_freq_khz_dev_attr.attr;
> - data->uncore_attrs[index++] = &data->current_freq_khz_dev_attr.attr;
> +
> + ret = uncore_read_freq(data, &freq);
> + if (!ret)
> + data->uncore_attrs[index++] = &data->current_freq_khz_dev_attr.attr;
> +
> data->uncore_attrs[index] = NULL;
>
> data->uncore_attr_group.name = name;
>