- cpufreq-acpi-only-call-_ppc-after-cpufreq-acpi-init-funcs-got-called-already.patch removed from -mm tree

[akpm@linux-foundation.org]

The patch titled
     cpufreq acpi: only call _PPC after cpufreq ACPI init funcs got called already
has been removed from the -mm tree.  Its filename was
     cpufreq-acpi-only-call-_ppc-after-cpufreq-acpi-init-funcs-got-called-already.patch

This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree

The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/

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Subject: cpufreq acpi: only call _PPC after cpufreq ACPI init funcs got called already
From: Thomas Renninger <trenn@suse.de>

Ingo Molnar provided a fix to not call _PPC at processor driver
initialization time.  Git commit #e4233dec749a3519069d9390561b5636a75c7579

But it can still happen that _PPC is called at processor driver
initialization time.

This patch should make sure that this is not possible anymore.  I am not
sure whether this covers all necessary low level drivers, only powernow-kX
and acpi-cpufreq seem to call this function, but it should be fine to test
for ThinkPad users.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Renninger <trenn@suse.de>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Cc: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
Cc: Dave Jones <davej@codemonkey.org.uk>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/cbe_cpufreq_pmi.c |    6 ++++++
 drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c              |   15 +++++++++++++--
 drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c                     |    3 +++
 include/linux/cpufreq.h                       |    1 +
 4 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff -puN arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/cbe_cpufreq_pmi.c~cpufreq-acpi-only-call-_ppc-after-cpufreq-acpi-init-funcs-got-called-already arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/cbe_cpufreq_pmi.c
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/cbe_cpufreq_pmi.c~cpufreq-acpi-only-call-_ppc-after-cpufreq-acpi-init-funcs-got-called-already
+++ a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/cbe_cpufreq_pmi.c
@@ -96,6 +96,12 @@ static int pmi_notifier(struct notifier_
 	struct cpufreq_frequency_table *cbe_freqs;
 	u8 node;
 
+	/* Should this really be called for CPUFREQ_ADJUST, CPUFREQ_INCOMPATIBLE
+	 * and CPUFREQ_NOTIFY policy events?)
+	 */
+	if (event == CPUFREQ_START)
+		return 0;
+
 	cbe_freqs = cpufreq_frequency_get_table(policy->cpu);
 	node = cbe_cpu_to_node(policy->cpu);
 
diff -puN drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c~cpufreq-acpi-only-call-_ppc-after-cpufreq-acpi-init-funcs-got-called-already drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c~cpufreq-acpi-only-call-_ppc-after-cpufreq-acpi-init-funcs-got-called-already
+++ a/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c
@@ -64,7 +64,13 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(performance_mutex);
  * policy is adjusted accordingly.
  */
 
-static unsigned int ignore_ppc = 0;
+/* ignore_ppc:
+ * -1 -> cpufreq low level drivers not initialized -> _PSS, etc. not called yet
+ *       ignore _PPC
+ *  0 -> cpufreq low level drivers initialized -> consider _PPC values
+ *  1 -> ignore _PPC totally -> forced by user through boot param
+ */
+static unsigned int ignore_ppc = -1;
 module_param(ignore_ppc, uint, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(ignore_ppc, "If the frequency of your machine gets wrongly" \
 		 "limited by BIOS, this should help");
@@ -72,7 +78,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(ignore_ppc, "If the fre
 #define PPC_REGISTERED   1
 #define PPC_IN_USE       2
 
-static int acpi_processor_ppc_status = 0;
+static int acpi_processor_ppc_status;
 
 static int acpi_processor_ppc_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb,
 				       unsigned long event, void *data)
@@ -81,6 +87,11 @@ static int acpi_processor_ppc_notifier(s
 	struct acpi_processor *pr;
 	unsigned int ppc = 0;
 
+	if (event == CPUFREQ_START && ignore_ppc <= 0) {
+		ignore_ppc = 0;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	if (ignore_ppc)
 		return 0;
 
diff -puN drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c~cpufreq-acpi-only-call-_ppc-after-cpufreq-acpi-init-funcs-got-called-already drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c~cpufreq-acpi-only-call-_ppc-after-cpufreq-acpi-init-funcs-got-called-already
+++ a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -825,6 +825,9 @@ static int cpufreq_add_dev(struct sys_de
 	policy->user_policy.min = policy->cpuinfo.min_freq;
 	policy->user_policy.max = policy->cpuinfo.max_freq;
 
+	blocking_notifier_call_chain(&cpufreq_policy_notifier_list,
+				     CPUFREQ_START, policy);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
diff -puN include/linux/cpufreq.h~cpufreq-acpi-only-call-_ppc-after-cpufreq-acpi-init-funcs-got-called-already include/linux/cpufreq.h
--- a/include/linux/cpufreq.h~cpufreq-acpi-only-call-_ppc-after-cpufreq-acpi-init-funcs-got-called-already
+++ a/include/linux/cpufreq.h
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ struct cpufreq_policy {
 #define CPUFREQ_ADJUST		(0)
 #define CPUFREQ_INCOMPATIBLE	(1)
 #define CPUFREQ_NOTIFY		(2)
+#define CPUFREQ_START		(3)
 
 #define CPUFREQ_SHARED_TYPE_NONE (0) /* None */
 #define CPUFREQ_SHARED_TYPE_HW	 (1) /* HW does needed coordination */
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from trenn@suse.de are

origin.patch