When requested_freq is over policy->max, set it to policy->max.
This can help to speed up decreasing frequency.

Signed-off-by: Xiaoguang Chen <chenxg@marvell.com>
Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>

When decreasing frequency, requested_freq may be less than
freq_target, So requested_freq minus freq_target may be negative,
But reqested_freq's unit is unsigned int, then the negative result
will be one larger interger which may be even higher than
requested_freq.

This patch is to fix such issue. when result becomes negative,
set requested_freq as the min value of policy.

Signed-off-by: Xiaoguang Chen <chenxg@marvell.com>
Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>

Function __cpufreq_driver_target() checks if target_freq is within
policy->min and policy->max range. generic_powersave_bias_target() also
checks if target_freq is valid via a cpufreq_frequency_table_target()
call. So, drop the unnecessary duplicate check in *_check_cpu().

Signed-off-by: Stratos Karafotis <stratosk@semaphore.gr>
Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>

Chapter 14 of Documentation/CodingStyle says:

The preferred form for passing a size of a struct is the following:

	p = kmalloc(sizeof(*p), ...);

The alternative form where struct name is spelled out hurts
readability and introduces an opportunity for a bug when the pointer
variable type is changed but the corresponding sizeof that is passed
to a memory allocator is not.

This wasn't followed consistently in drivers/cpufreq, let's make it
more consistent by always following this rule.

Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>

This patch addresses the following issues in the header files in the
cpufreq core:
 - Include headers in ascending order, so that we don't add same
   many times by mistake.
 - <asm/> must be included after <linux/>, so that they override
   whatever they need to.
 - Remove unnecessary includes.
 - Don't include files already included by cpufreq.h or
   cpufreq_governor.h.

[rjw: Changelog]
Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>

This sysfs file was called ignore_nice_load earlier and commit
4d5dcc4 (cpufreq: governor: Implement per policy instances of
governors) changed its name to ignore_nice by mistake.

Lets get it renamed back to its original name.

Reported-by: Martin von Gagern <Martin.vGagern@gmx.net>
Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
Cc: 3.10+ <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 3.10+
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>

Use an inline function to evaluate freq_target to avoid duplicate code.

Also, define a macro for the default frequency step.

Signed-off-by: Stratos Karafotis <stratosk@semaphore.gr>
Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>

When we evaluate the CPU load for frequency decrease we have to compare
the load against down_threshold. There is no need to subtract 10 points
from down_threshold.

Instead, we have to use the default down_threshold or user's selection
unmodified.

Signed-off-by: Stratos Karafotis <stratosk@semaphore.gr>
Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>

sampling_down_factor tunable is unused since commit
8e677ce83bf41ba9c74e5b6d9ee60b07d4e5ed93 (4 years ago).

This patch restores the original functionality and documents the
tunable.

Signed-off-by: Stratos Karafotis <stratosk@semaphore.gr>
Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>