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Re: [PATCH v5 07/18] xen/cpufreq: disable px statistic info in amd-cppc mode


  • To: Penny Zheng <Penny.Zheng@xxxxxxx>
  • From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2025 15:02:48 +0200
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  • Delivery-date: Thu, 12 Jun 2025 13:03:05 +0000
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On 27.05.2025 10:48, Penny Zheng wrote:
> We want to bypass construction of px statistic info, while not bypassing
> cpufreq_statistic_lock initialization for a good reason, in
> cpufreq_statistic_init() for amd-cppc mode, as P-states is not necessary 
> there.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Penny Zheng <Penny.Zheng@xxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>

I was considering to put this in together with patch 02 (if and when you 
confirmed
that it can go in with the one hunk dropped), but then noticed that ...

> --- a/xen/drivers/cpufreq/utility.c
> +++ b/xen/drivers/cpufreq/utility.c
> @@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ int cpufreq_statistic_init(unsigned int cpu)
>      if ( !pmpt )
>          return -EINVAL;
>  
> +    if ( !(pmpt->init & XEN_PX_INIT) )
> +        return 0;

... this check is pointless with how things are right now (the same check 
living at
the top of the sole caller). Hence I think this change should be folded into 
patch
04. Perhaps to be accompanied by a sentence why cpufreq_statistic_exit() doesn't
need a similar guard.

Jan



 


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