[PATCH v5 0/7] PM / devfreq: Use OPP interface to handle the frequency

Chanwoo Choi
2017-10-23T01:36:04Z

These patches makes the devfreq to use the OPP interface and clean-up codes.

[Detaild Descripion]
The commit a76caf55e5b3 ("thermal: Add devfreq cooling") provides
the devfreq cooling device by using the OPP interface such as
dev_pm_opp_disable() and dev_pm_opp_enable(). It means that
the OPP interface is able to change the available status of the frequency.

Firstly, the existing devfreq doesn't reflect the result of OPP behavior
when showing the min/max frequency through the following sysfs nodes:
It shows the wrong frequency value because min_freq/max_freq don't
consider the frequency status by handling OPP interface (opp_dev_pm_opp_
{disable|add}()). So, these patches fix this issue.
- /sys/class/devfreq/devfreqX/min_freq
- /sys/class/devfreq/devfreqX/max_freq

Second, the 'available_frequencies' should show the all supported frequencies
even if the specific frequency is not available. It doesn't matter whether
frequneyc is available or not. Because the role of 'available_frequencies'
shows the all frequencies. Also, these patches fix this issue.
- /sys/class/devfreq/devfreqX/available_frequencies

Third, update_devfreq() get the available next frequency by using
new 'scaling_min/max_frewq' variables in order to consider the disabled OPP.

For example,
- devfreq's min_freq is 100Mhz and max_freq is 700Mhz.
- OPP disabled 500/600/700Mhz due to devfreq-cooling.c.
- simple_ondemand govenor decided the next target_freq (600Mhz)
|----------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|Freq(MHz) |100 |200 |300 |400 |500 |600 |70 0 |
|Devfreq |min_freq| | | | | |max_freq|
|OPP avail |enabled |enabled|enabled|enabled |Disabled| Disabled|Disabled|
|Ondmenad | | | | | |next_freq| |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

In result,
- Before this patch, target_freq is 600Mhz
and TRANSITION_NOTIFIER sends the next_freq is 600Mhz to the notifiee.
- After this patch, target_freq is 400Mhz because 500/600 were disabled by OPP.
and TRANSITION_NOTIFIER sends the next_freq is 400Mhz to the notifiee.

Lastly,
- patch6/7 fix the minor issue and cleanup codes.

Changes from v4:
(https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/10/13/78)
- Add acked-by tag from Myungjoo Ham on patch4/5/6/7.
- Fix the typo and bug of min/max_freq_show() on patch3.
- Drop the exynos-bus.c patch for using it as a cooling device.

Changes from v3:
- Add the new 'scaling_min/max_freq' to 'struct devfreq'
in order to reflect the OPP behavior such as dev_pm_opp_disable/enable().
- Drop the call of devfreq_recommended_opp() in the update_devfreq().
- Show the available frequencies in an ascending order.
- Check '#cooling-cells' property before registering cooling device on
exynos-bus.c.
- Change the return type of devfreq_set_freq_table() and remvoe 'devfreq'
prefix from function name.
- Add acked-by tag from Myungjoo Ham on patch1.

Changes from v2:
(https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/9/20/886)
- Fix the exynos-bus.c for the cooling device on patch8

Changes from v1:
(https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/8/23/785)
- Show the available frequencies as an ascending order
- Change the author info from cwchoi00@gmail.com to cw00.choi@samsung.com
- Drop the patches related to opp_notifier
- Add new patch5/6/7/8

Chanwoo Choi (7):
PM / devfreq: Set min/max_freq when adding the devfreq device
Revert "PM / devfreq: Add show_one macro to delete the duplicate code"
PM / devfreq: Use the available min/max frequency
PM / devfreq: Change return type of devfreq_set_freq_table()
PM / devfreq: Show the all available frequencies
PM / devfreq: Remove unneeded conditional statement
PM / devfreq: Define the constant governor name

drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c | 139 +++++++++++++++++++++---------
drivers/devfreq/exynos-bus.c | 5 +-
drivers/devfreq/governor_passive.c | 2 +-
drivers/devfreq/governor_performance.c | 2 +-
drivers/devfreq/governor_powersave.c | 2 +-
drivers/devfreq/governor_simpleondemand.c | 2 +-
drivers/devfreq/governor_userspace.c | 2 +-
drivers/devfreq/rk3399_dmc.c | 2 +-
include/linux/devfreq.h | 16 +++-
9 files changed, 123 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-)

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