[PATCH v9 1/5] cpufreq: Allow arch_freq_get_on_cpu to return an error

Viresh Kumar viresh.kumar at linaro.org
Tue Jan 21 02:47:06 PST 2025


On 21-01-25, 08:44, Beata Michalska wrote:
> Allow arch_freq_get_on_cpu to return an error for cases when retrieving
> current CPU frequency is not possible, whether that being due to lack of
> required arch support or due to other circumstances when the current
> frequency cannot be determined at given point of time.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Beata Michalska <beata.michalska at arm.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/aperfmperf.c | 2 +-
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/proc.c       | 7 +++++--
>  drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c        | 8 ++++----
>  include/linux/cpufreq.h          | 2 +-
>  4 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/aperfmperf.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/aperfmperf.c
> index f642de2ebdac..6cf31a1649c4 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/aperfmperf.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/aperfmperf.c
> @@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ void arch_scale_freq_tick(void)
>   */
>  #define MAX_SAMPLE_AGE	((unsigned long)HZ / 50)
>  
> -unsigned int arch_freq_get_on_cpu(int cpu)
> +int arch_freq_get_on_cpu(int cpu)
>  {
>  	struct aperfmperf *s = per_cpu_ptr(&cpu_samples, cpu);
>  	unsigned int seq, freq;
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/proc.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/proc.c
> index 41ed01f46bd9..d79f5845a463 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/proc.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/proc.c
> @@ -86,9 +86,12 @@ static int show_cpuinfo(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
>  		seq_printf(m, "microcode\t: 0x%x\n", c->microcode);
>  
>  	if (cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_TSC)) {
> -		unsigned int freq = arch_freq_get_on_cpu(cpu);
> +		int freq = arch_freq_get_on_cpu(cpu);
>  
> -		seq_printf(m, "cpu MHz\t\t: %u.%03u\n", freq / 1000, (freq % 1000));
> +		if (freq <= 0)
> +			seq_puts(m, "cpu MHz\t\t: Unknown\n");
> +		else
> +			seq_printf(m, "cpu MHz\t\t: %u.%03u\n", freq / 1000, (freq % 1000));
>  	}
>  
>  	/* Cache size */
> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
> index 418236fef172..6f45684483c4 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
> @@ -728,18 +728,18 @@ show_one(cpuinfo_transition_latency, cpuinfo.transition_latency);
>  show_one(scaling_min_freq, min);
>  show_one(scaling_max_freq, max);
>  
> -__weak unsigned int arch_freq_get_on_cpu(int cpu)
> +__weak int arch_freq_get_on_cpu(int cpu)
>  {
> -	return 0;
> +	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
>  }
>  
>  static ssize_t show_scaling_cur_freq(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, char *buf)
>  {
>  	ssize_t ret;
> -	unsigned int freq;
> +	int freq;
>  
>  	freq = arch_freq_get_on_cpu(policy->cpu);
> -	if (freq)
> +	if (freq > 0)

>= ?

Since we can return error now, 0 should be considered a valid
frequency value ?

>  		ret = sysfs_emit(buf, "%u\n", freq);
>  	else if (cpufreq_driver->setpolicy && cpufreq_driver->get)
>  		ret = sysfs_emit(buf, "%u\n", cpufreq_driver->get(policy->cpu));
> diff --git a/include/linux/cpufreq.h b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
> index 7fe0981a7e46..02fd4746231d 100644
> --- a/include/linux/cpufreq.h
> +++ b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
> @@ -1184,7 +1184,7 @@ static inline int of_perf_domain_get_sharing_cpumask(int pcpu, const char *list_
>  }
>  #endif
>  
> -extern unsigned int arch_freq_get_on_cpu(int cpu);
> +extern int arch_freq_get_on_cpu(int cpu);
>  
>  #ifndef arch_set_freq_scale
>  static __always_inline
> -- 
> 2.25.1

-- 
viresh



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