[PATCH] cpufreq: powernv: Return the actual CPU frequency in /proc/cpuinfo

shriyak shriyak at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Fri Oct 6 22:22:48 AEDT 2017


On 2017-10-06 16:00, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> Shriya <shriyak at linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:
> 
>> Make /proc/cpuinfo read the frequency of the CPU it is running at
>> instead of reading the cached value of the last requested frequency.
>> In conditions like WOF/throttle CPU can be running at a different
>> frequency than the requested frequency.
> 
> Sounds like a bug fix to me ?
> 
> cheers
> 
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/setup.c 
>> b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/setup.c
>> index 897aa14..55ea4bf 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/setup.c
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/setup.c
>> @@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ static unsigned long pnv_get_proc_freq(unsigned 
>> int cpu)
>>  {
>>  	unsigned long ret_freq;
>> 
>> -	ret_freq = cpufreq_quick_get(cpu) * 1000ul;
>> +	ret_freq = cpufreq_get(cpu) * 1000ul;
>> 
>>  	/*
>>  	 * If the backend cpufreq driver does not exist,
>> --
>> 1.9.1

Yes, its a bug fix.

Thanks.



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