Re: [PATCH] cpufreq: use last policy after online

Viresh Kumar
2015-12-02T02:54:36Z

On 02-12-15, 03:05, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Tuesday, December 01, 2015 04:52:14 PM Srinivas Pandruvada wrote:
> > For cpufreq drivers which use setpolicy interface, after offline->online
> > the policy is set to default. This can be reproduced by setting the
> > default policy of intel_pstate or longrun to ondemand and then change to
> > "performance". After offline and online, the setpolicy will be called with
> > the policy=ondemand.
> > For drivers using governors this condition is handled by storing
> > last_governor, during offline and restoring during online. The same should
> > be done for drivers using setpolicy interface. Storing last_policy during
> > offline and restoring during online.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@linux.intel.com>
>
> I guess this is urgent, right?
>
> Is it a regression fix or has it just never worked?

I tried to look at history and I am not sure if it worked earlier or
not.

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viresh