[PATCH 7/7] cpufreq: Exit governor when failed to start old governor

[Lifeng Zheng]

Detect the result of starting old governor in cpufreq_set_policy(). If it
fails, exit the governor and clear policy->governor.

Signed-off-by: Lifeng Zheng <zhenglifeng1@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 7b82ffb50283..2b431845a8a3 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -2715,10 +2715,12 @@ static int cpufreq_set_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 	pr_debug("starting governor %s failed\n", policy->governor->name);
 	if (old_gov) {
 		policy->governor = old_gov;
-		if (cpufreq_init_governor(policy))
+		if (cpufreq_init_governor(policy)) {
 			policy->governor = NULL;
-		else
-			cpufreq_start_governor(policy);
+		} else if (cpufreq_start_governor(policy)) {
+			cpufreq_exit_governor(policy);
+			policy->governor = NULL;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return ret;
-- 
2.33.0