Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] cpufreq: Pass the policy to cpufreq_driver->adjust_perf()

[K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@amd.com>]

Hello Mario,

On 1/7/2026 1:01 AM, Mario Limonciello (AMD) (kernel.org) wrote:
> 
> 
> On 1/6/2026 1:36 AM, K Prateek Nayak wrote:
>> cpufreq_cpu_get() can sleep on PREEMPT_RT in presence of concurrent
>> writer(s), however amd-pstate depends on fetching the cpudata via the
>> policy's driver data which necessitates grabbing the reference.
>>
>> Since schedutil governor can call "cpufreq_driver->update_perf()"
>> during sched_tick/enqueue/dequeue with rq_lock held and IRQs disabled,
>> fetching the policy object using the cpufreq_cpu_get() helper in the
>> scheduler fast-path leads to "BUG: scheduling while atomic" on
>> PREEMPT_RT [1].
>>
>> Pass the cached cpufreq policy object in sg_policy to the update_perf()
>> instead of just the CPU. The CPU can be inferred using "policy->cpu".
>>
>> The lifetime of cpufreq_policy object outlasts that of the governor and
>> the cpufreq driver (allocated when the CPU is onlined and only reclaimed
>> when the CPU is offlined / the CPU device is removed) which makes it
>> safe to be referenced throughout the governor's lifetime.
>>
>> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250731092316.3191-1-spasswolf@web.de/ [1]
> 
> I think you should have these tags instead:
> Reported-by: Bert Karwatzki <spasswolf@web.de>
> Closes:https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250731092316.3191-1-spasswolf@web.de/ [1]

Ack! I'll update it in the next version. Thank you for the review.

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Thanks and Regards,
Prateek