[PATCH 07/15] cpufreq: ondemand: Simplify idle cputime granularity test

Frederic Weisbecker
2026-02-06T14:23:57Z

cpufreq calls get_cpu_idle_time_us() just to know if idle cputime
accounting has a nanoseconds granularity.

Use the appropriate indicator instead to make that deduction.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
---
drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c | 7 +------
include/linux/tick.h | 2 ++
kernel/time/hrtimer.c | 2 +-
kernel/time/tick-internal.h | 2 --
kernel/time/tick-sched.c | 8 +++++++-
kernel/time/timer.c | 2 +-
6 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
index a6ecc203f7b7..bb7db82930e4 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
@@ -334,17 +334,12 @@ static void od_free(struct policy_dbs_info *policy_dbs)
static int od_init(struct dbs_data *dbs_data)
{
struct od_dbs_tuners *tuners;
- u64 idle_time;
- int cpu;

tuners = kzalloc(sizeof(*tuners), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!tuners)
return -ENOMEM;

- cpu = get_cpu();
- idle_time = get_cpu_idle_time_us(cpu, NULL);
- put_cpu();
- if (idle_time != -1ULL) {
+ if (tick_nohz_is_active()) {
/* Idle micro accounting is supported. Use finer thresholds */
dbs_data->up_threshold = MICRO_FREQUENCY_UP_THRESHOLD;
} else {
diff --git a/include/linux/tick.h b/include/linux/tick.h
index ac76ae9fa36d..738007d6f577 100644
--- a/include/linux/tick.h
+++ b/include/linux/tick.h
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ enum tick_dep_bits {

#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON
extern bool tick_nohz_enabled;
+extern bool tick_nohz_is_active(void);
extern bool tick_nohz_tick_stopped(void);
extern bool tick_nohz_tick_stopped_cpu(int cpu);
extern void tick_nohz_idle_stop_tick(void);
@@ -142,6 +143,7 @@ extern u64 get_cpu_idle_time_us(int cpu, u64 *last_update_time);
extern u64 get_cpu_iowait_time_us(int cpu, u64 *last_update_time);
#else /* !CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON */
#define tick_nohz_enabled (0)
+static inline bool tick_nohz_is_active(void) { return false; }
static inline int tick_nohz_tick_stopped(void) { return 0; }
static inline int tick_nohz_tick_stopped_cpu(int cpu) { return 0; }
static inline void tick_nohz_idle_stop_tick(void) { }
diff --git a/kernel/time/hrtimer.c b/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
index f8ea8c8fc895..e1bbf883dfa8 100644
--- a/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@ void clock_was_set(unsigned int bases)
cpumask_var_t mask;
int cpu;

- if (!hrtimer_hres_active(cpu_base) && !tick_nohz_active)
+ if (!hrtimer_hres_active(cpu_base) && !tick_nohz_is_active())
goto out_timerfd;

if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&mask, GFP_KERNEL)) {
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-internal.h b/kernel/time/tick-internal.h
index 4e4f7bbe2a64..597d816d22e8 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-internal.h
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-internal.h
@@ -156,7 +156,6 @@ static inline void tick_nohz_init(void) { }
#endif

#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON
-extern unsigned long tick_nohz_active;
extern void timers_update_nohz(void);
extern u64 get_jiffies_update(unsigned long *basej);
# ifdef CONFIG_SMP
@@ -171,7 +170,6 @@ extern void timer_expire_remote(unsigned int cpu);
# endif
#else /* CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON */
static inline void timers_update_nohz(void) { }
-#define tick_nohz_active (0)
#endif

DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct hrtimer_cpu_base, hrtimer_bases);
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index 21ac561a8545..81c619bf662c 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ void __init tick_nohz_init(void)
* NO HZ enabled ?
*/
bool tick_nohz_enabled __read_mostly = true;
-unsigned long tick_nohz_active __read_mostly;
+static unsigned long tick_nohz_active __read_mostly;
/*
* Enable / Disable tickless mode
*/
@@ -702,6 +702,12 @@ static int __init setup_tick_nohz(char *str)

__setup("nohz=", setup_tick_nohz);

+bool tick_nohz_is_active(void)
+{
+ return tick_nohz_active;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tick_nohz_is_active);
+
bool tick_nohz_tick_stopped(void)
{
struct tick_sched *ts = this_cpu_ptr(&tick_cpu_sched);
diff --git a/kernel/time/timer.c b/kernel/time/timer.c
index 1f2364126894..7e1e3bde6b8b 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer.c
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(timers_migration_enabled);

static void timers_update_migration(void)
{
- if (sysctl_timer_migration && tick_nohz_active)
+ if (sysctl_timer_migration && tick_nohz_is_active())
static_branch_enable(&timers_migration_enabled);
else
static_branch_disable(&timers_migration_enabled);
--
2.51.1