Re: [PATCH 7/8] cpufreq: amd-pstate: Optimize amd_pstate_update_limits()

[Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@amd.com>]

On 8/27/2024 11:57, Gautham R. Shenoy wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 26, 2024 at 04:13:57PM -0500, Mario Limonciello wrote:
>> From: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@amd.com>
>>
>> Don't take and release the mutex when prefcore isn't present and
>> avoid initialization of variables that will be initially set
>> in the function.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@amd.com>
> 
>> ---
>>   drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c | 10 +++++-----
>>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c b/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c
>> index 75568d0f84623..ed05d7a0add10 100644
>> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c
>> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c
>> @@ -798,17 +798,17 @@ static void amd_pstate_update_limits(unsigned int cpu)
>>   	int ret;
>>   	bool highest_perf_changed = false;
>>   
>> -	mutex_lock(&amd_pstate_driver_lock);
>> -	if ((!amd_pstate_prefcore) || (!cpudata->hw_prefcore))
>> -		goto free_cpufreq_put;
>> +	if (!amd_pstate_prefcore)
>> +		return;
> 
> Looks good to me.
> 
> Wondering if it is worth maintaining a static key for
> amd_pstate_prefcore. Anyway it doesn't change after boot.

As there is a kernel command line option how would you pass the early 
param parsing result over without a static variable?

> 
> Reviewed-by: Gautham R. Shenoy <gautham.shenoy@amd.com>
> 
Thanks!

> 
> --
> Thanks and Regards
> gautham.