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* [PATCH 0/2] cpufreq/schedutil: Fix null pointer dereference in sugov_update_single_freq
@ 2023-04-10  9:50 Wyes Karny
  2023-04-10  9:52 ` [PATCH 1/2] cpufreq/schedutil: Add fast_switch callback check Wyes Karny
  2023-04-10  9:53 ` [PATCH 2/2] amd_pstate: Add ->fast_switch() callback Wyes Karny
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Wyes Karny @ 2023-04-10  9:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: ray.huang, rafael, viresh.kumar
  Cc: mingo, peterz, juri.lelli, vincent.guittot, dietmar.eggemann,
	rostedt, bsegall, mgorman, bristot, vschneid, joel,
	gautham.shenoy, linux-pm, linux-kernel, Wyes Karny

Currently, amd_pstate only uses `adjust_perf` and `target` callback
functions to get the frequency/effective utilization data from scaling
governors.  Schedutil generally avoids calling `target` and `fast_switch`
functions if `adjust_perf` function pointer is set for the driver. But in
some rare cases, schedutil tries to call `fast_switch` function even the
function pointer is not set. This happens when frequency invariance is
turned off.  When frequency invariance is turned off schedutil falls
back to `sugov_update_single_freq` which currently relies on the
`fast_switch` callback.

Currently, frequency invariance is turned off when any anomaly is
detected with aperf/mperf readings. Which triggers this problem.

Fix this by adding a NULL check before calling `fast_switch` in
`sugov_update_single_freq`.  But this will force schedutil to take a
slower path to update frequency.  Therefore to fix this add fast_switch
function on amd_pstate to take advantage of fast frequency update.

Gautham R. Shenoy (1):
  amd_pstate: Add ->fast_switch() callback

Wyes Karny (1):
  cpufreq/schedutil: Add fast_switch callback check

 drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c     | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c        | 11 +++++++++++
 include/linux/cpufreq.h          |  1 +
 kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

-- 
2.34.1


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2023-04-11 15:55   ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2023-04-12  6:08     ` Wyes Karny
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