Patch "cpufreq: schedutil: Reset cached_raw_freq when not in sync with next_freq" has been added to the 4.14-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

    cpufreq: schedutil: Reset cached_raw_freq when not in sync with next_freq

to the 4.14-stable tree which can be found at:
    http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
     cpufreq-schedutil-reset-cached_raw_freq-when-not-in-sync-with-next_freq.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.14 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@vger.kernel.org> know about it.


>From 07458f6a5171d97511dfbdf6ce549ed2ca0280c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2017 20:23:55 +0530
Subject: cpufreq: schedutil: Reset cached_raw_freq when not in sync with next_freq

From: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>

commit 07458f6a5171d97511dfbdf6ce549ed2ca0280c7 upstream.

'cached_raw_freq' is used to get the next frequency quickly but should
always be in sync with sg_policy->next_freq. There is a case where it is
not and in such cases it should be reset to avoid switching to incorrect
frequencies.

Consider this case for example:

 - policy->cur is 1.2 GHz (Max)
 - New request comes for 780 MHz and we store that in cached_raw_freq.
 - Based on 780 MHz, we calculate the effective frequency as 800 MHz.
 - We then see the CPU wasn't idle recently and choose to keep the next
   freq as 1.2 GHz.
 - Now we have cached_raw_freq is 780 MHz and sg_policy->next_freq is
   1.2 GHz.
 - Now if the utilization doesn't change in then next request, then the
   next target frequency will still be 780 MHz and it will match with
   cached_raw_freq. But we will choose 1.2 GHz instead of 800 MHz here.

Fixes: b7eaf1aab9f8 (cpufreq: schedutil: Avoid reducing frequency of busy CPUs prematurely)
Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

---
 kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c |    6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
@@ -282,8 +282,12 @@ static void sugov_update_single(struct u
 		 * Do not reduce the frequency if the CPU has not been idle
 		 * recently, as the reduction is likely to be premature then.
 		 */
-		if (busy && next_f < sg_policy->next_freq)
+		if (busy && next_f < sg_policy->next_freq) {
 			next_f = sg_policy->next_freq;
+
+			/* Reset cached freq as next_freq has changed */
+			sg_policy->cached_raw_freq = 0;
+		}
 	}
 	sugov_update_commit(sg_policy, time, next_f);
 }


Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from viresh.kumar@linaro.org are

queue-4.14/cpufreq-schedutil-reset-cached_raw_freq-when-not-in-sync-with-next_freq.patch