Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] ACPI: processor: perflib: Use the "no limit" frequency QoS

From: Pratyush Yadav
Date: Wed Dec 28 2022 - 09:22:50 EST


On Tue, Dec 27 2022, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> When _PPC returns 0, it means that the CPU frequency is not limited by
> the platform firmware, so make acpi_processor_get_platform_limit()
> update the frequency QoS request used by it to "no limit" in that case
> and avoid updating the QoS request when the _PPC return value has not
> changed.
>
> This addresses a problem with limiting CPU frequency artificially on
> some systems after CPU offline/online to the frequency that corresponds
> to the first entry in the _PSS return package.
>
> While at it, move the _PPC return value check against the state count
> earlier to avoid setting performance_platform_limit to an invalid value.
>
> Reported-by: Pratyush Yadav <ptyadav@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>

Tested-by: Pratyush Yadav <ptyadav@xxxxxxxxx>

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Regards,
Pratyush Yadav



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