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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c | 31 |
3 files changed, 30 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index fb95fad81c79..8deb5a89328a 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -703,6 +703,11 @@ cpufreq.off=1 [CPU_FREQ] disable the cpufreq sub-system + cpufreq.default_governor= + [CPU_FREQ] Name of the default cpufreq governor or + policy to use. This governor must be registered in the + kernel before the cpufreq driver probes. + cpu_init_udelay=N [X86] Delay for N microsec between assert and de-assert of APIC INIT to start processors. This delay occurs diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst index 0c74a7784964..368e612145d2 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst @@ -147,9 +147,9 @@ CPUs in it. The next major initialization step for a new policy object is to attach a scaling governor to it (to begin with, that is the default scaling governor -determined by the kernel configuration, but it may be changed later -via ``sysfs``). First, a pointer to the new policy object is passed to the -governor's ``->init()`` callback which is expected to initialize all of the +determined by the kernel command line or configuration, but it may be changed +later via ``sysfs``). First, a pointer to the new policy object is passed to +the governor's ``->init()`` callback which is expected to initialize all of the data structures necessary to handle the given policy and, possibly, to add a governor ``sysfs`` interface to it. Next, the governor is started by invoking its ``->start()`` callback. diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c index e9e8200a0211..ad94b1d47ddb 100644 --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c @@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ static LIST_HEAD(cpufreq_governor_list); #define for_each_governor(__governor) \ list_for_each_entry(__governor, &cpufreq_governor_list, governor_list) +static char default_governor[CPUFREQ_NAME_LEN]; + /** * The "cpufreq driver" - the arch- or hardware-dependent low * level driver of CPUFreq support, and its spinlock. This lock @@ -1061,7 +1063,6 @@ __weak struct cpufreq_governor *cpufreq_default_governor(void) static int cpufreq_init_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *policy) { - struct cpufreq_governor *def_gov = cpufreq_default_governor(); struct cpufreq_governor *gov = NULL; unsigned int pol = CPUFREQ_POLICY_UNKNOWN; int ret; @@ -1071,21 +1072,27 @@ static int cpufreq_init_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *policy) gov = get_governor(policy->last_governor); if (gov) { pr_debug("Restoring governor %s for cpu %d\n", - policy->governor->name, policy->cpu); - } else if (def_gov) { - gov = def_gov; - __module_get(gov->owner); + gov->name, policy->cpu); } else { - return -ENODATA; + gov = get_governor(default_governor); + } + + if (!gov) { + gov = cpufreq_default_governor(); + if (!gov) + return -ENODATA; + __module_get(gov->owner); } + } else { + /* Use the default policy if there is no last_policy. */ if (policy->last_policy) { pol = policy->last_policy; - } else if (def_gov) { - pol = cpufreq_parse_policy(def_gov->name); + } else { + pol = cpufreq_parse_policy(default_governor); /* - * In case the default governor is neiter "performance" + * In case the default governor is neither "performance" * nor "powersave", fall back to the initial policy * value set by the driver. */ @@ -2795,13 +2802,19 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpufreq_unregister_driver); static int __init cpufreq_core_init(void) { + struct cpufreq_governor *gov = cpufreq_default_governor(); + if (cpufreq_disabled()) return -ENODEV; cpufreq_global_kobject = kobject_create_and_add("cpufreq", &cpu_subsys.dev_root->kobj); BUG_ON(!cpufreq_global_kobject); + if (!strlen(default_governor)) + strncpy(default_governor, gov->name, CPUFREQ_NAME_LEN); + return 0; } module_param(off, int, 0444); +module_param_string(default_governor, default_governor, CPUFREQ_NAME_LEN, 0444); core_initcall(cpufreq_core_init); |