Re: [PATCH] cpufreq/intel_pstate: Set timer timeout correctly

[Parag Warudkar <parag.lkml@gmail.com>]

On Fri, 5 Apr 2013, Viresh Kumar wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 11:05 PM,  <dirk.brandewie@gmail.com> wrote:
> > From: Dirk Brandewie <dirk.brandewie@gmail.com>
> >
> > The current calculation of the delay time is wrong and a cut and paste
> > error from a previous experimental driver.  This can result in the
> > timeout being set to jiffies + 1 which setup the driver to race with
> > it's self if the apic timer interrupt happen at just the right time.
> >
> >
> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=920289
> >
> > Reported-by: Adam Williamson <awilliam@redhat.com>
> > Reported-by: Parag Warudkar <parag.lkml@gmail.com>
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Dirk Brandewie <dirk.brandewie@gmail.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c |    1 -
> >  1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> Looks fine, but I would like to see a Tested-by from Adam/Parag
> as they haven't said anything about this patch (even in bugzilla).
> 

I am running with the patch since yesterday - everything looks good.

The issue hasn't been reproducible on demand but some code reading and 
Dirk's explanation says the patch should fix the issue.

So - Tested-by: Parag Warudkar <parag.lkml@gmail.com>

Parag