[PATCH v3] arm64: topology: add source check in arch_cpu_idle_enter()

Sean Wang seanwang1 at lenovo.com
Tue Aug 11 00:28:30 PDT 2026


arch_cpu_idle_enter() directly calls amu_scale_freq_tick() to update
arch_freq_scale when a CPU enters idle. This bypasses the sft_data
pointer check that topology_clear_scale_freq_source() relies on.

As a result, even after calling topology_clear_scale_freq_source()
with SCALE_FREQ_SOURCE_ARCH to disable AMU-based frequency scaling,
the arch_freq_scale value can still be modified by AMU counters when
the CPU goes idle through the arch_cpu_idle_enter() path.

Add topology_is_scale_freq_source() helper to check whether a specific
frequency scaling source is currently registered for a CPU. Use it
in arch_cpu_idle_enter() to verify that AMU is the active source
before calling amu_scale_freq_tick().

This ensures that topology_clear_scale_freq_source() properly
disables AMU updates in both the tick path (already handled by
topology_scale_freq_tick()) and the idle path.

Co-developed-by: Xuewen Yan <xuewen.yan at unisoc.com>
Signed-off-by: Xuewen Yan <xuewen.yan at unisoc.com>
Signed-off-by: Sean Wang <seanwang1 at lenovo.com>
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/topology.c  |  3 ++-
 drivers/base/arch_topology.c  | 13 +++++++++++++
 include/linux/arch_topology.h |  1 +
 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/topology.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/topology.c
index b32f13358fbb..1dbd8f4c3178 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/topology.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/topology.c
@@ -175,7 +175,8 @@ void arch_cpu_idle_enter(void)
 
 	/* Kick in AMU update but only if one has not happened already */
 	if (housekeeping_cpu(cpu, HK_TYPE_TICK) &&
-	    time_is_before_jiffies(per_cpu(cpu_amu_samples.last_scale_update, cpu)))
+	    time_is_before_jiffies(per_cpu(cpu_amu_samples.last_scale_update, cpu)) &&
+	    topology_is_scale_freq_source(SCALE_FREQ_SOURCE_ARCH, cpu))
 		amu_scale_freq_tick();
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/base/arch_topology.c b/drivers/base/arch_topology.c
index 8c5e47c28d9a..6049e77bbe1d 100644
--- a/drivers/base/arch_topology.c
+++ b/drivers/base/arch_topology.c
@@ -127,6 +127,19 @@ void topology_clear_scale_freq_source(enum scale_freq_source source,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(topology_clear_scale_freq_source);
 
+bool topology_is_scale_freq_source(enum scale_freq_source source, unsigned int cpu)
+{
+	struct scale_freq_data *sfd;
+	bool ret;
+
+	rcu_read_lock_sched();
+	sfd = rcu_dereference_sched(*per_cpu_ptr(&sft_data, cpu));
+	ret = (sfd && sfd->source == source);
+	rcu_read_unlock_sched();
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 void topology_scale_freq_tick(void)
 {
 	struct scale_freq_data *sfd = rcu_dereference_sched(*this_cpu_ptr(&sft_data));
diff --git a/include/linux/arch_topology.h b/include/linux/arch_topology.h
index ebd7f8935f96..fb7c1fe74808 100644
--- a/include/linux/arch_topology.h
+++ b/include/linux/arch_topology.h
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ struct scale_freq_data {
 void topology_scale_freq_tick(void);
 void topology_set_scale_freq_source(struct scale_freq_data *data, const struct cpumask *cpus);
 void topology_clear_scale_freq_source(enum scale_freq_source source, const struct cpumask *cpus);
+bool topology_is_scale_freq_source(enum scale_freq_source source, unsigned int cpu);
 
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, hw_pressure);
 
-- 
2.25.1




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