Re: [PATCH 1/3] ACPI: CPPC: Add get the highest perf register value support

[Ricardo Neri]

On Thu, Dec 28, 2023 at 03:57:03PM +0800, Tony W Wang-oc wrote:
> Add function cppc_get_highest_perf in generic CPPC driver to get the
> highest perf register value for specified core.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tony W Wang-oc <TonyWWang-oc@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/acpi/cppc_acpi.c | 13 +++++++++++++
>  include/acpi/cppc_acpi.h |  5 +++++
>  2 files changed, 18 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/cppc_acpi.c b/drivers/acpi/cppc_acpi.c
> index 7ff269a78c20..1a77c514d007 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/cppc_acpi.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/cppc_acpi.c
> @@ -1154,6 +1154,19 @@ int cppc_get_nominal_perf(int cpunum, u64 *nominal_perf)
>  	return cppc_get_perf(cpunum, NOMINAL_PERF, nominal_perf);
>  }
>  
> +/**
> + * cppc_get_highest_perf - Get the highest performance register value.
> + * @cpunum: CPU from which to get highest performance.
> + * @highest_perf: Return address.
> + *
> + * Return: 0 for success, -EIO otherwise.
> + */
> +int cppc_get_highest_perf(int cpunum, u64 *highest_perf)
> +{
> +	return cppc_get_perf(cpunum, HIGHEST_PERF, highest_perf);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cppc_get_highest_perf);

The Intel P-State driver uses cppc_get_perf_caps(). You would not need to
export this function.

Having said that, the Intel P-State driver could also use this new
function, IMO. AFAICS, it does not *have* to use cppc_get_perf_caps().