Re: [PATCH v2 1/7] cpufreq: move invariance setter calls in cpufreq core

[Ionela Voinescu <ionela.voinescu@arm.com>]

Hi Rafael,

On Monday 03 Aug 2020 at 15:46:59 (+0200), Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 3:26 PM Ionela Voinescu <ionela.voinescu@arm.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > On Thursday 30 Jul 2020 at 09:11:28 (+0530), Viresh Kumar wrote:
> > > On 27-07-20, 15:48, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 11:38 AM Ionela Voinescu
> > > > <ionela.voinescu@arm.com> wrote:
> > > > > diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
> > > > > index 036f4cc42ede..bac4101546db 100644
> > > > > --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
> > > > > +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
> > > > > @@ -2058,9 +2058,16 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpufreq_unregister_notifier);
> > > > >  unsigned int cpufreq_driver_fast_switch(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
> > > > >                                         unsigned int target_freq)
> > > > >  {
> > > > > +       unsigned int freq;
> > > > > +
> > > > >         target_freq = clamp_val(target_freq, policy->min, policy->max);
> > > > > +       freq = cpufreq_driver->fast_switch(policy, target_freq);
> > > > > +
> > > > > +       if (freq)
> > > > > +               arch_set_freq_scale(policy->related_cpus, freq,
> > > > > +                                   policy->cpuinfo.max_freq);
> > > >
> > > > Why can't arch_set_freq_scale() handle freq == 0?
> > >
> >
> > Sorry, I seem to have missed this question the first time around.
> >
> > arch_set_freq_scale() could handle freq == 0, but given that freq == 0
> > is signaling an error here, I do believe this check is well placed, to
> > prevent a useless call to arch_set_freq_scale(). Also [1]:
> 
> So let me rephrase:
> 
> Doesn't this check add overhead in the empty arch_set_freq_scale() case?

Yes, you are right, I did not consider that. I can add a patch for the
arch_topology driver's arch_set_freq_scale() to handle this and we can
remove it from here.

Thank you for pointing this out,
Ionela.