[PATCH 07/15] cpufreq: ondemand: Simplify idle cputime granularity test

Frederic Weisbecker frederic at kernel.org
Sat Jan 17 01:52:00 AEDT 2026


cpufreq calls get_cpu_idle_time_us() just to know if idle cputime
accounting has a nanoseconds granularity.

Use the appropriate indicator instead to make that deduction.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic at kernel.org>
---
 drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c | 7 +------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
index a6ecc203f7b7..2d52ee035702 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
@@ -334,17 +334,12 @@ static void od_free(struct policy_dbs_info *policy_dbs)
 static int od_init(struct dbs_data *dbs_data)
 {
 	struct od_dbs_tuners *tuners;
-	u64 idle_time;
-	int cpu;
 
 	tuners = kzalloc(sizeof(*tuners), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!tuners)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	cpu = get_cpu();
-	idle_time = get_cpu_idle_time_us(cpu, NULL);
-	put_cpu();
-	if (idle_time != -1ULL) {
+	if (tick_nohz_enabled) {
 		/* Idle micro accounting is supported. Use finer thresholds */
 		dbs_data->up_threshold = MICRO_FREQUENCY_UP_THRESHOLD;
 	} else {
-- 
2.51.1



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