* [PATCH v4 0/2] cpufreq: acpi-cpufreq: fix P-state index mismatch between perf->states[] and freq_table[]
@ 2026-09-10 11:13 lirongqing
2026-09-10 11:13 ` [PATCH v4 1/2] cpufreq: acpi-cpufreq: fix P-state index mismatch in extract_io() lirongqing
2026-09-10 11:13 ` [PATCH v4 2/2] cpufreq: acpi-cpufreq: fix P-state index mismatch in get_cur_freq_on_cpu() lirongqing
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From: lirongqing @ 2026-09-10 11:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Rafael J . Wysocki, Viresh Kumar, linux-pm, linux-kernel
Cc: zhongqiu.han, Li RongQing
From: Li RongQing <lirongqing@baidu.com>
perf->state is an index into perf->states[], but freq_table[] is built by
skipping duplicate _PSS entries, so the two arrays no longer share an index
space. Using perf->state to index freq_table[] therefore reads the wrong
slot. This series fixes the two remaining places that do so.
Changes since v3:
- Reword patch 1 and patch 2 per Zhongqiu Han's review: replace "duplicate
frequencies" with "entries that are not lower in frequency than the previous
one" to match the actual dedup condition; expand the extract_io() retry
description to "sleeps through all 100 iterations - at least ~1 ms of
usleep_range() plus 100 cross-CPU calls and I/O port reads, all with
policy->rwsem held"; drop the trailing "through data->resume" from patch 2.
- Add Reviewed-by from Zhongqiu Han.
Changes since v2:
- Reword patch 1;
- Rewrite patch 2, using perf->state to index perf->states[] (its native
index space) instead of the deduplicated freq_table[]
- Fix the Fixes: tags to point at the actual commits that introduced each
Changes since v1:
- Reword patch 1: v1 described it as an out-of-bounds read, which is wrong;
it is an index-mismatch / wrong-result bug, not a memory-safety issue.
- Add patch 2 for get_cur_freq_on_cpu().
- Add Fixes: tags (not exact, but reasonable backport targets).
Li RongQing (2):
cpufreq: acpi-cpufreq: fix P-state index mismatch in extract_io()
cpufreq: acpi-cpufreq: fix P-state index mismatch in
get_cur_freq_on_cpu()
drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c | 14 ++++++++------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
--
2.9.4
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* [PATCH v4 1/2] cpufreq: acpi-cpufreq: fix P-state index mismatch in extract_io()
2026-09-10 11:13 [PATCH v4 0/2] cpufreq: acpi-cpufreq: fix P-state index mismatch between perf->states[] and freq_table[] lirongqing
@ 2026-09-10 11:13 ` lirongqing
2026-09-10 11:13 ` [PATCH v4 2/2] cpufreq: acpi-cpufreq: fix P-state index mismatch in get_cur_freq_on_cpu() lirongqing
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From: lirongqing @ 2026-09-10 11:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Rafael J . Wysocki, Viresh Kumar, linux-pm, linux-kernel
Cc: zhongqiu.han, Li RongQing
From: Li RongQing <lirongqing@baidu.com>
When policy->freq_table is built in acpi_cpufreq_cpu_init(), entries
that are not lower in frequency than the previous one are skipped.
For each remaining entry, freq_table[].driver_data stores the
original ACPI P-state index, so the index space of freq_table no
longer matches perf->states[].
extract_io() currently walks perf->states[] with index i and uses the
same i to index policy->freq_table[i]. When duplicate frequencies
exist, this can associate a P-state status with the frequency of a
different P-state. It can also access an invalid or sentinel entry in
freq_table when the number of entries in perf->states[] is greater than
the number of entries remaining in the frequency table.
extract_io() is used on ACPI_ADR_SPACE_SYSTEM_IO platforms by the
frequency verification path, which is enabled by the
acpi_pstate_strict module parameter. With the mismatched lookup,
check_freqs() can fail to match the frequency of the P-state that
drv_write() has already programmed. It then sleeps through all 100
iterations - at least ~1 ms of usleep_range() plus 100 cross-CPU
calls and I/O port reads, all with policy->rwsem held, and
.target_index() returns -EAGAIN, leaving perf->state at its previous
value while the hardware is running at the newly requested P-state.
The cpufreq core consequently keeps policy->cur at the old frequency.
Since __cpufreq_driver_target() returns early when the requested
frequency equals policy->cur, the driver is not called again for that
frequency and the control register is not rewritten. The hardware can
therefore remain at a frequency that differs from the frequency known
to the cpufreq core.
Fix this by iterating over policy->freq_table and using
pos->driver_data as the original ACPI P-state index when accessing
perf->states[], as extract_msr() already does.
Fixes: fe27cb358835 ("[CPUFREQ][2/8] acpi: reorganize code to make MSR support addition easier")
Signed-off-by: Li RongQing <lirongqing@baidu.com>
Reviewed-by: Zhongqiu Han <zhongqiu.han@oss.qualcomm.com>
---
drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c | 9 ++++-----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
index 10ea603..a797bb2 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
@@ -197,14 +197,13 @@ static unsigned extract_io(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, u32 value)
{
struct acpi_cpufreq_data *data = policy->driver_data;
struct acpi_processor_performance *perf;
- int i;
+ struct cpufreq_frequency_table *pos;
perf = to_perf_data(data);
- for (i = 0; i < perf->state_count; i++) {
- if (value == perf->states[i].status)
- return policy->freq_table[i].frequency;
- }
+ cpufreq_for_each_entry(pos, policy->freq_table)
+ if (value == perf->states[pos->driver_data].status)
+ return pos->frequency;
return 0;
}
--
2.9.4
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* [PATCH v4 2/2] cpufreq: acpi-cpufreq: fix P-state index mismatch in get_cur_freq_on_cpu()
2026-09-10 11:13 [PATCH v4 0/2] cpufreq: acpi-cpufreq: fix P-state index mismatch between perf->states[] and freq_table[] lirongqing
2026-09-10 11:13 ` [PATCH v4 1/2] cpufreq: acpi-cpufreq: fix P-state index mismatch in extract_io() lirongqing
@ 2026-09-10 11:13 ` lirongqing
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From: lirongqing @ 2026-09-10 11:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Rafael J . Wysocki, Viresh Kumar, linux-pm, linux-kernel
Cc: zhongqiu.han, Li RongQing
From: Li RongQing <lirongqing@baidu.com>
get_cur_freq_on_cpu() uses perf->state, which is an index into
perf->states[], to index policy->freq_table[]. However, freq_table[]
is built by filtering _PSS entries that are not lower in frequency
than the previous one, so its index space no longer matches
perf->states[]. The original P-state index for each remaining
freq_table entry is stored in driver_data.
Once an entry has been skipped, using perf->state as an index into
freq_table[] can therefore select the frequency of a different
P-state.
The reported current frequency itself remains correct because it is
obtained from extract_freq(). The mismatch only affects the cached
frequency used by get_cur_freq_on_cpu() to detect a firmware frequency
change behind our back.
If the wrong table entry contains a frequency different from the one
the CPU is actually running at, the check falsely detects a frequency
change and sets data->resume. The next ->target() call then performs a
redundant control-register write even if the requested P-state is
already the current P-state.
Conversely, if the wrong table entry happens to contain the frequency
to which firmware has changed the CPU, the frequency change is missed
and data->resume remains clear. A subsequent ->target() call for the
P-state that the cpufreq core believes to be current can then
short-circuit without rewriting the control register, leaving the CPU
at the firmware-selected frequency until a different P-state is
requested.
Fix this by taking the cached frequency directly from
perf->states[perf->state].core_frequency. perf->state and
perf->states[] use the same P-state index space, and converting
core_frequency to kHz yields the same value stored in the corresponding
freq_table entry during initialization.
Fixes: e56a727b023d ("[CPUFREQ] Make acpi-cpufreq more robust against BIOS freq changes behind our back.")
Reported-by: Zhongqiu Han <zhongqiu.han@oss.qualcomm.com>
Suggested-by: Zhongqiu Han <zhongqiu.han@oss.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: Li RongQing <lirongqing@baidu.com>
Reviewed-by: Zhongqiu Han <zhongqiu.han@oss.qualcomm.com>
---
drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
index a797bb2..3313c74 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
@@ -353,6 +353,7 @@ static u32 get_cur_val(const struct cpumask *mask, struct acpi_cpufreq_data *dat
static unsigned int get_cur_freq_on_cpu(unsigned int cpu)
{
+ struct acpi_processor_performance *perf;
struct acpi_cpufreq_data *data;
struct cpufreq_policy *policy;
unsigned int freq;
@@ -368,7 +369,9 @@ static unsigned int get_cur_freq_on_cpu(unsigned int cpu)
if (unlikely(!data || !policy->freq_table))
return 0;
- cached_freq = policy->freq_table[to_perf_data(data)->state].frequency;
+ perf = to_perf_data(data);
+ cached_freq = perf->states[perf->state].core_frequency * 1000;
+
freq = extract_freq(policy, get_cur_val(cpumask_of(cpu), data));
if (freq != cached_freq) {
/*
--
2.9.4
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