cpufreq: intel_pstate: set stale CPU frequency to minimum
authorDoug Smythies <dsmythies@telus.net>
Sun, 20 Aug 2023 20:46:49 +0000 (13:46 -0700)
committerRafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Mon, 21 Aug 2023 19:11:40 +0000 (21:11 +0200)
commitd51847acb018d83186e4af67bc93f9a00a8644f7
tree2d408e961133e2483a3ceb8a4db49f76a9d32b3a
parented9571647eff3dd7a53068f83338530959c7ace4
cpufreq: intel_pstate: set stale CPU frequency to minimum

The intel_pstate CPU frequency scaling driver does not
use policy->cur and it is 0.
When the CPU frequency is outdated arch_freq_get_on_cpu()
will default to the nominal clock frequency when its call to
cpufreq_quick_getpolicy_cur returns the never updated 0.
Thus, the listed frequency might be outside of currently
set limits. Some users are complaining about the high
reported frequency, albeit stale, when their system is
idle and/or it is above the reduced maximum they have set.

This patch will maintain policy_cur for the intel_pstate
driver at the current minimum CPU frequency.

Reported-by: Yang Jie <yang.jie@linux.intel.com>
Closes: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=217597
Signed-off-by: Doug Smythies <dsmythies@telus.net>
[ rjw: White space damage fixes and comment adjustment ]
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c