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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Wyes Karny <wyes.karny@amd.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org,
	"Gautham R. Shenoy" <gautham.shenoy@amd.com>,
	"Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6.3.y] cpufreq: amd-pstate: Add ->fast_switch() callback
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2023 11:22:46 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2023060137-mating-bucked-6b32@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230530115503.3702-1-wyes.karny@amd.com>

On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 11:55:03AM +0000, Wyes Karny wrote:
> From: "Gautham R. Shenoy" <gautham.shenoy@amd.com>
> 
> [ Upstream commit 4badf2eb1e986bdbf34dd2f5d4c979553a86fe54 ]
> 
> Schedutil normally calls the adjust_perf callback for drivers with
> adjust_perf callback available and fast_switch_possible flag set.
> However, when frequency invariance is disabled and schedutil tries to
> invoke fast_switch. So, there is a chance of kernel crash if this
> function pointer is not set. To protect against this scenario add
> fast_switch callback to amd_pstate driver.
> 
> Fixes: 1d215f0319c2 ("cpufreq: amd-pstate: Add fast switch function for AMD P-State")
> Signed-off-by: Gautham R. Shenoy <gautham.shenoy@amd.com>
> Signed-off-by: Wyes Karny <wyes.karny@amd.com>
> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
> (cherry picked from commit 4badf2eb1e986bdbf34dd2f5d4c979553a86fe54)
> ---
>  drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

All now queued up, thanks.

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2023-06-01 10:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-05-28 16:53 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] cpufreq: amd-pstate: Add ->fast_switch() callback" failed to apply to 6.3-stable tree gregkh
2023-05-30 11:55 ` [PATCH 6.3.y] cpufreq: amd-pstate: Add ->fast_switch() callback Wyes Karny
2023-06-01 10:22   ` Greg KH [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2023-05-28 16:54 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] cpufreq: amd-pstate: Update policy->cur in" failed to apply to 6.3-stable tree gregkh
2023-05-30 11:16 ` [PATCH 6.3.y] cpufreq: amd-pstate: Add ->fast_switch() callback Wyes Karny
2023-05-30 11:28   ` Wyes Karny

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