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SubjectRe: [PATCH v4 3/5] cpufreq: report whether cpufreq supports Frequency Invariance (FI)
On 28-08-20, 18:33, Ionela Voinescu wrote:
> Now that the update of the FI scale factor is done in cpufreq core for
> selected functions - target(), target_index() and fast_switch(),
> we can provide feedback to the task scheduler and architecture code
> on whether cpufreq supports FI.
>
> For this purpose provide an external function to expose whether the
> cpufreq drivers support FI, by using a static key.
>
> The logic behind the enablement of cpufreq-based invariance is as
> follows:
> - cpufreq-based invariance is disabled by default
> - cpufreq-based invariance is enabled if any of the callbacks
> above is implemented while the unsupported setpolicy() is not
>
> The cpufreq_supports_freq_invariance() function only returns whether
> cpufreq is instrumented with the arch_set_freq_scale() calls that
> result in support for frequency invariance. Due to the lack of knowledge
> on whether the implementation of arch_set_freq_scale() actually results
> in the setting of a scale factor based on cpufreq information, it is up
> to the architecture code to ensure the setting and provision of the
> scale factor to the scheduler.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ionela Voinescu <ionela.voinescu@arm.com>
> Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@rjwysocki.net>
> Cc: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
> ---
> drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
> include/linux/cpufreq.h | 5 +++++
> 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+)

Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>

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viresh

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