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<title>linux-toradex.git/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c, branch v4.9.15</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules</subtitle>
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<title>cpufreq: Remove cpufreq_frequency_get_table()</title>
<updated>2016-06-08T22:58:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Viresh Kumar</name>
<email>viresh.kumar@linaro.org</email>
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<published>2016-06-03T05:28:47+00:00</published>
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Most of the callers of cpufreq_frequency_get_table() already have the
pointer to a valid 'policy' structure and they don't really need to go
through the per-cpu variable first and then a check to validate the
frequency, in order to find the freq-table for the policy.

Directly use the policy-&gt;freq_table field instead for them.

Only one user of that API is left after above changes, cpu_cooling.c and
it accesses the freq_table in a racy way as the policy can get freed in
between.

Fix it by using cpufreq_cpu_get() properly.

Since there are no more users of cpufreq_frequency_get_table() left, get
rid of it.

Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar &lt;viresh.kumar@linaro.org&gt;
Acked-by: Javi Merino &lt;javi.merino@arm.com&gt; (cpu_cooling.c)
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
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Most of the callers of cpufreq_frequency_get_table() already have the
pointer to a valid 'policy' structure and they don't really need to go
through the per-cpu variable first and then a check to validate the
frequency, in order to find the freq-table for the policy.

Directly use the policy-&gt;freq_table field instead for them.

Only one user of that API is left after above changes, cpu_cooling.c and
it accesses the freq_table in a racy way as the policy can get freed in
between.

Fix it by using cpufreq_cpu_get() properly.

Since there are no more users of cpufreq_frequency_get_table() left, get
rid of it.

Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar &lt;viresh.kumar@linaro.org&gt;
Acked-by: Javi Merino &lt;javi.merino@arm.com&gt; (cpu_cooling.c)
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>cpufreq: stats: Make the stats code non-modular</title>
<updated>2016-06-02T21:24:41+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Rafael J. Wysocki</name>
<email>rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2016-05-31T20:14:44+00:00</published>
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The modularity of cpufreq_stats is quite problematic.

First off, the usage of policy notifiers for the initialization
and cleanup in the cpufreq_stats module is inherently racy with
respect to CPU offline/online and the initialization and cleanup
of the cpufreq driver.

Second, fast frequency switching (used by the schedutil governor)
cannot be enabled if any transition notifiers are registered, so
if the cpufreq_stats module (that registers a transition notifier
for updating transition statistics) is loaded, the schedutil governor
cannot use fast frequency switching.

On the other hand, allowing cpufreq_stats to be built as a module
doesn't really add much value.  Arguably, there's not much reason
for that code to be modular at all.

For the above reasons, make the cpufreq stats code non-modular,
modify the core to invoke functions provided by that code directly
and drop the notifiers from it.

Make the stats sysfs attributes appear empty if fast frequency
switching is enabled as the statistics will not be updated in that
case anyway (and returning -EBUSY from those attributes breaks
powertop).

While at it, clean up Kconfig help for the CPU_FREQ_STAT and
CPU_FREQ_STAT_DETAILS options.

Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
Acked-by: Viresh Kumar &lt;viresh.kumar@linaro.org&gt;
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The modularity of cpufreq_stats is quite problematic.

First off, the usage of policy notifiers for the initialization
and cleanup in the cpufreq_stats module is inherently racy with
respect to CPU offline/online and the initialization and cleanup
of the cpufreq driver.

Second, fast frequency switching (used by the schedutil governor)
cannot be enabled if any transition notifiers are registered, so
if the cpufreq_stats module (that registers a transition notifier
for updating transition statistics) is loaded, the schedutil governor
cannot use fast frequency switching.

On the other hand, allowing cpufreq_stats to be built as a module
doesn't really add much value.  Arguably, there's not much reason
for that code to be modular at all.

For the above reasons, make the cpufreq stats code non-modular,
modify the core to invoke functions provided by that code directly
and drop the notifiers from it.

Make the stats sysfs attributes appear empty if fast frequency
switching is enabled as the statistics will not be updated in that
case anyway (and returning -EBUSY from those attributes breaks
powertop).

While at it, clean up Kconfig help for the CPU_FREQ_STAT and
CPU_FREQ_STAT_DETAILS options.

Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
Acked-by: Viresh Kumar &lt;viresh.kumar@linaro.org&gt;
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<title>cpufreq: stats: drop unnecessary locking</title>
<updated>2015-01-23T22:06:45+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Viresh Kumar</name>
<email>viresh.kumar@linaro.org</email>
</author>
<published>2015-01-06T15:39:15+00:00</published>
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There is no possibility of any race on updating last_index, trans_table or
total_trans as these are updated only by cpufreq_stat_notifier_trans() which
will be called sequentially.

The only place where locking is still relevant is: cpufreq_stats_update(), which
updates time_in_state and last_time. This can be called by two thread in
parallel, that may result in races.

The two threads being:
- sysfs read of time_in_state
- and frequency transition that calls cpufreq_stat_notifier_trans().

Remove locking from the first case mentioned above.

Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar &lt;viresh.kumar@linaro.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
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There is no possibility of any race on updating last_index, trans_table or
total_trans as these are updated only by cpufreq_stat_notifier_trans() which
will be called sequentially.

The only place where locking is still relevant is: cpufreq_stats_update(), which
updates time_in_state and last_time. This can be called by two thread in
parallel, that may result in races.

The two threads being:
- sysfs read of time_in_state
- and frequency transition that calls cpufreq_stat_notifier_trans().

Remove locking from the first case mentioned above.

Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar &lt;viresh.kumar@linaro.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>cpufreq: stats: don't update stats on false notifiers</title>
<updated>2015-01-23T22:06:45+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Viresh Kumar</name>
<email>viresh.kumar@linaro.org</email>
</author>
<published>2015-01-06T15:39:14+00:00</published>
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We need to call cpufreq_stats_update() to update 'time_in_state' for the last
frequency. This is achieved by calling it from cpufreq_stat_notifier_trans(),
which is called after frequency transition.

But if we detect that the cpu's frequency haven't really changed and its a false
POSTCHANGE notification, we don't really need to update time_in_state.

It wouldn't cause any harm in calling cpufreq_stats_update() but we can avoid
calling it here and call it when the frequency really changes. The result will
be the same but more efficient.

Reviewed-by: Prarit Bhargava &lt;prarit@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar &lt;viresh.kumar@linaro.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
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We need to call cpufreq_stats_update() to update 'time_in_state' for the last
frequency. This is achieved by calling it from cpufreq_stat_notifier_trans(),
which is called after frequency transition.

But if we detect that the cpu's frequency haven't really changed and its a false
POSTCHANGE notification, we don't really need to update time_in_state.

It wouldn't cause any harm in calling cpufreq_stats_update() but we can avoid
calling it here and call it when the frequency really changes. The result will
be the same but more efficient.

Reviewed-by: Prarit Bhargava &lt;prarit@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar &lt;viresh.kumar@linaro.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>cpufreq: stats: don't update stats from show_trans_table()</title>
<updated>2015-01-23T22:06:45+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Viresh Kumar</name>
<email>viresh.kumar@linaro.org</email>
</author>
<published>2015-01-06T15:39:13+00:00</published>
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cpufreq_stats_update() updates time_in_state and nothing else. It should ideally
be updated only in two cases:
- User requested for the current value of time_in_state.
- We have switched states and so need to update time for the last state.

Currently, we are also doing this while user asks for the transition table of
frequencies. It wouldn't do any harm, but no good as well. Its useless here.

Remove it.

Reviewed-by: Prarit Bhargava &lt;prarit@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar &lt;viresh.kumar@linaro.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
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cpufreq_stats_update() updates time_in_state and nothing else. It should ideally
be updated only in two cases:
- User requested for the current value of time_in_state.
- We have switched states and so need to update time for the last state.

Currently, we are also doing this while user asks for the transition table of
frequencies. It wouldn't do any harm, but no good as well. Its useless here.

Remove it.

Reviewed-by: Prarit Bhargava &lt;prarit@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar &lt;viresh.kumar@linaro.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>cpufreq: stats: time_in_state can't be NULL in cpufreq_stats_update()</title>
<updated>2015-01-23T22:06:44+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Viresh Kumar</name>
<email>viresh.kumar@linaro.org</email>
</author>
<published>2015-01-06T15:39:12+00:00</published>
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'time_in_state' can't be NULL if 'stats' is valid. These are allocated together
and only if time_in_state is allocated successfully, we update policy-&gt;stats.

Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar &lt;viresh.kumar@linaro.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
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'time_in_state' can't be NULL if 'stats' is valid. These are allocated together
and only if time_in_state is allocated successfully, we update policy-&gt;stats.

Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar &lt;viresh.kumar@linaro.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>cpufreq: stats: create sysfs group once we are ready</title>
<updated>2015-01-23T22:06:44+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Viresh Kumar</name>
<email>viresh.kumar@linaro.org</email>
</author>
<published>2015-01-06T15:39:11+00:00</published>
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Userspace is free to read value of any file from cpufreq/stats directory once
they are created. __cpufreq_stats_create_table() is creating the sysfs files
first and then allocating resources for them. Though it would be quite difficult
to trigger the racy situation here, but for the sake of keeping sensible code
lets create sysfs entries only after we are ready to go.

This also does some makeup to the routine to make it look better.

Reviewed-by: Prarit Bhargava &lt;prarit@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar &lt;viresh.kumar@linaro.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
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Userspace is free to read value of any file from cpufreq/stats directory once
they are created. __cpufreq_stats_create_table() is creating the sysfs files
first and then allocating resources for them. Though it would be quite difficult
to trigger the racy situation here, but for the sake of keeping sensible code
lets create sysfs entries only after we are ready to go.

This also does some makeup to the routine to make it look better.

Reviewed-by: Prarit Bhargava &lt;prarit@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar &lt;viresh.kumar@linaro.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>cpufreq: stats: drop 'cpu' field of struct cpufreq_stats</title>
<updated>2015-01-23T22:06:44+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Viresh Kumar</name>
<email>viresh.kumar@linaro.org</email>
</author>
<published>2015-01-06T15:39:09+00:00</published>
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'cpu' field of struct cpufreq_stats isn't used anymore and so can be dropped.
This change makes cpufreq_stats_update_policy_cpu() empty and so that is removed
as well.

Reviewed-by: Prarit Bhargava &lt;prarit@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar &lt;viresh.kumar@linaro.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
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'cpu' field of struct cpufreq_stats isn't used anymore and so can be dropped.
This change makes cpufreq_stats_update_policy_cpu() empty and so that is removed
as well.

Reviewed-by: Prarit Bhargava &lt;prarit@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar &lt;viresh.kumar@linaro.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>cpufreq: stats: rename 'struct cpufreq_stats' objects as 'stats'</title>
<updated>2015-01-23T22:06:44+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Viresh Kumar</name>
<email>viresh.kumar@linaro.org</email>
</author>
<published>2015-01-06T15:39:07+00:00</published>
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Currently we name objects of 'struct cpufreq_stats' as 'stat' and 'stats'.
Use 'stats' to make it consistent.

Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar &lt;viresh.kumar@linaro.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
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Currently we name objects of 'struct cpufreq_stats' as 'stat' and 'stats'.
Use 'stats' to make it consistent.

Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar &lt;viresh.kumar@linaro.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>cpufreq: stats: get rid of per-cpu cpufreq_stats_table</title>
<updated>2015-01-23T22:06:44+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Viresh Kumar</name>
<email>viresh.kumar@linaro.org</email>
</author>
<published>2015-01-13T06:04:00+00:00</published>
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All CPUs sharing a cpufreq policy share stats too. For this reason,
add a stats pointer to struct cpufreq_policy and drop per-CPU variable
cpufreq_stats_table used for accessing cpufreq stats so as to reduce
code complexity.

Reviewed-by: Prarit Bhargava &lt;prarit@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar &lt;viresh.kumar@linaro.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
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All CPUs sharing a cpufreq policy share stats too. For this reason,
add a stats pointer to struct cpufreq_policy and drop per-CPU variable
cpufreq_stats_table used for accessing cpufreq stats so as to reduce
code complexity.

Reviewed-by: Prarit Bhargava &lt;prarit@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar &lt;viresh.kumar@linaro.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
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