Re: [PATCH v5 6/7][Update] cpufreq: Support for fast frequency switching

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Thu Mar 17 2016 - 08:53:36 EST


On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 12:48 PM, Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 17/03/16 12:40, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>> On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 11:35:07AM +0000, Juri Lelli wrote:
>>
>> > > + pr_warn("cpufreq: CPU%u: Fast freqnency switching not enabled\n",
>> >
>> > Ultra-minor nit: s/freqnency/frequency/
>> >
>> > Also, is this really a warning or just a debug message? (everything
>> > seems to work fine on Juno even if this is printed :-)).
>>
>> I would consider it a warn; this _should_ not happen. If your platform
>> supports fast_switch, then you really rather want to use it.
>>
>
> Mmm, right. So, something seems not correct here, as I get this warning
> when I select schedutil on Juno (that doesn't support fast_switch).

There is a mistake here. The message should not be printed if
policy->fast_switch_possible is not set.

Will fix.