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Re: [PATCH v4 05/15] xen/x86: introduce "cpufreq=amd-cppc" xen cmdline


  • To: "Penny, Zheng" <penny.zheng@xxxxxxx>
  • From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 12 May 2025 18:02:26 +0200
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  • Delivery-date: Mon, 12 May 2025 16:02:33 +0000
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On 07.05.2025 07:27, Penny, Zheng wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2025 8:52 PM
>>
>> On 14.04.2025 09:40, Penny Zheng wrote:
>>> @@ -573,6 +576,14 @@ ret_t do_platform_op(
>>>          }
>>>
>>>          case XEN_PM_CPPC:
>>> +            if ( !(xen_processor_pmbits & XEN_PROCESSOR_PM_CPPC) )
>>> +            {
>>> +                ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
>>> +                break;
>>> +            }
>>
>> While at least you no longer use -ENOSYS here, I question this behavior, 
>> including
>> that for the pre-existing cases: How is the caller supposed to know whether 
>> to
>> invoke this sub-op? Ignoring errors is generally not a good idea, so it 
>> would be
>> better if the caller could blindly issue this request, getting back success 
>> unless
>> there really was an issue with the data provided.
>>
> 
> Understood.
> I will change it to ret = 0. Do you think we shall add warning info here?

No, for precisely ...

> Dom0 will send the CPPC data whenever it could.

... this reason.

Jan

> XEN_PROCESSOR_PM_CPPC
> is not set could largely be users choosing not to. In such case, silently 
> getting back success
> shall be enough.
> 
> 
>> Jan




 


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