From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>
To: Linux PM <linux-pm@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>,
Christian Loehle <christian.loehle@arm.com>,
Zhongqiu Han <zhongqiu.han@oss.qualcomm.com>,
Linux ACPI <linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org>,
Vincent Donnefort <vincent.donnefort@arm.com>
Subject: [PATCH v1 2/2] cpufreq: Fix updates of cached resolved frequency and index
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 2026 16:05:06 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3472677.aeNJFYEL58@rafael.j.wysocki> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5176274.31r3eYUQgx@rafael.j.wysocki>
From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
The cached resolved frequency and index, cached_target_freq and
cached_resolved_idx, respectively, may be updated concurrently if
cpufreq_driver_resolve_freq() is called by the schedutil governor
while cpufreq_set_policy() is running for the same policy. Those
concurrent updates are not synchronized in any way and the values
written by cpufreq_set_policy(), if it wins the race, may confuse
drivers using those policy fields [1].
To address this, use the observation that the only place where
cached_target_freq and cached_resolved_idx need to be updated is
cpufreq_driver_resolve_freq() because the only legitimate users of
them are .fast_switch() driver callbacks. Although cached_resolved_idx
is also used in __cpufreq_driver_target(), that is in fact unnecessary
and it is better to use a local variable for storing the frequency
table index in that function.
Accordingly, rearrange __resolve_freq() and its callers so that
cached_target_freq and cached_resolved_idx are only updated in
cpufreq_driver_resolve_freq().
The cached_target_freq initialization in cpufreq_set_policy() is still
needed, but move it after stopping the old governor and before starting
the new one to avoid racing with cpufreq_driver_resolve_freq().
Fixes: f9ccdec24d91 ("cpufreq: Reuse cpufreq_driver_resolve_freq() in __cpufreq_driver_target()")
Fixes: 151717690694 ("cpufreq: Make policy min/max hard requirements")
Reported-by: Zhongqiu Han <zhongqiu.han@oss.qualcomm.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pm/20261105140357.1331894-1-zhongqiu.han@oss.qualcomm.com/ [1]
Co-developed-by: Zhongqiu Han <zhongqiu.han@oss.qualcomm.com>
Signed-off-by: Zhongqiu Han <zhongqiu.han@oss.qualcomm.com>
Cc: All applicable <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
---
drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpufreq_disable_fast_s
static unsigned int __resolve_freq(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
unsigned int target_freq,
unsigned int min, unsigned int max,
- unsigned int relation)
+ unsigned int relation, unsigned int *idx_p)
{
unsigned int idx;
@@ -487,9 +487,10 @@ static unsigned int __resolve_freq(struc
return target_freq;
idx = cpufreq_frequency_table_target(policy, target_freq, min, max, relation);
- policy->cached_resolved_idx = idx;
- policy->cached_target_freq = policy->freq_table[idx].frequency;
- return policy->cached_target_freq;
+ if (idx_p)
+ *idx_p = idx;
+
+ return policy->freq_table[idx].frequency;
}
/**
@@ -520,7 +521,10 @@ unsigned int cpufreq_driver_resolve_freq
if (unlikely(min > max))
min = max;
- return __resolve_freq(policy, target_freq, min, max, CPUFREQ_RELATION_LE);
+ policy->cached_target_freq = __resolve_freq(policy, target_freq, min, max,
+ CPUFREQ_RELATION_LE,
+ &policy->cached_resolved_idx);
+ return policy->cached_target_freq;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpufreq_driver_resolve_freq);
@@ -2398,12 +2402,13 @@ int __cpufreq_driver_target(struct cpufr
unsigned int relation)
{
unsigned int old_target_freq = target_freq;
+ unsigned int idx = 0;
if (cpufreq_disabled())
return -ENODEV;
target_freq = __resolve_freq(policy, target_freq, policy->min,
- policy->max, relation);
+ policy->max, relation, &idx);
pr_debug("CPU %u: cur %u kHz -> target %u kHz (req %u kHz, rel %u)\n",
policy->cpu, policy->cur, target_freq, old_target_freq, relation);
@@ -2433,7 +2438,7 @@ int __cpufreq_driver_target(struct cpufr
if (!cpufreq_driver->target_index)
return -EINVAL;
- return __target_index(policy, policy->cached_resolved_idx);
+ return __target_index(policy, idx);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__cpufreq_driver_target);
@@ -2712,7 +2717,7 @@ static int cpufreq_set_policy(struct cpu
* concurrently by cpufreq_driver_resolve_freq() during the update.
*/
freq = __resolve_freq(policy, new_data.max, new_data.min, new_data.max,
- CPUFREQ_RELATION_H);
+ CPUFREQ_RELATION_H, NULL);
if (freq != policy->max) {
WRITE_ONCE(policy->max, freq);
if (need_update_limits)
@@ -2720,7 +2725,7 @@ static int cpufreq_set_policy(struct cpu
}
freq = __resolve_freq(policy, new_data.min, new_data.min, new_data.max,
- CPUFREQ_RELATION_L);
+ CPUFREQ_RELATION_L, NULL);
freq = min(freq, policy->max);
if (freq != policy->min) {
WRITE_ONCE(policy->min, freq);
@@ -2732,8 +2737,6 @@ static int cpufreq_set_policy(struct cpu
cpufreq_update_pressure(policy);
- policy->cached_target_freq = UINT_MAX;
-
pr_debug("new min and max freqs are %u - %u kHz\n",
policy->min, policy->max);
@@ -2759,6 +2762,12 @@ static int cpufreq_set_policy(struct cpu
cpufreq_exit_governor(policy);
}
+ /*
+ * Initialize cached_target_freq while no governor is running to avoid
+ * racing with cpufreq_driver_resolve_freq(), which updates it.
+ */
+ policy->cached_target_freq = UINT_MAX;
+
/* start new governor */
policy->governor = new_gov;
ret = cpufreq_init_governor(policy);
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-06 15:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-06 14:59 [PATCH v1 0/2] cpufreq: Fix issues related to cached resolved frequency and index Rafael J. Wysocki
2026-11-06 15:04 ` [PATCH v1 1/2] cpufreq: Cache post-resolution target frequency in __resolve_freq() Rafael J. Wysocki
2026-11-06 17:02 ` Christian Loehle
2026-11-06 15:05 ` Rafael J. Wysocki [this message]
2026-11-06 17:32 ` [PATCH v1 2/2] cpufreq: Fix updates of cached resolved frequency and index Christian Loehle
2026-11-06 17:02 ` [PATCH v1 0/2] cpufreq: Fix issues related to " Christian Loehle
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