cpufreq: Make drivers using CPUFREQ_ETERNAL specify transition latency

Commit a755d0e2d4 ("cpufreq: Honour transition_latency over
transition_delay_us") caused platforms where cpuinfo.transition_latency
is CPUFREQ_ETERNAL to get a very large transition latency whereas
previously it had been capped at 10 ms (and later at 2 ms).

This led to a user-observable regression between 6.6 and 6.12 as
described by Shawn:

"The dbs sampling_rate was 10000 us on 6.6 and suddently becomes
 6442450 us (4294967295 / 1000 * 1.5) on 6.12 for these platforms
 because the default transition delay was dropped [...].

 It slows down dbs governor's reacting to CPU loading change
 dramatically.  Also, as transition_delay_us is used by schedutil
 governor as rate_limit_us, it shows a negative impact on device
 idle power consumption, because the device gets slightly less time
 in the lowest OPP."

Evidently, the expectation of the drivers using CPUFREQ_ETERNAL as
cpuinfo.transition_latency was that it would be capped by the core,
but they may as well return a default transition latency value instead
of CPUFREQ_ETERNAL and the core need not do anything with it.

Accordingly, introduce CPUFREQ_DEFAULT_TRANSITION_LATENCY_NS and make
all of the drivers in question use it instead of CPUFREQ_ETERNAL.  Also
update the related Rust binding.

Fixes: a755d0e2d4 ("cpufreq: Honour transition_latency over transition_delay_us")
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pm/20250922125929.453444-1-shawnguo2@yeah.net/
Reported-by: Shawn Guo <shawnguo@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Mario Limonciello (AMD) <superm1@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Jie Zhan <zhanjie9@hisilicon.com>
Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
Cc: 6.6+ <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 6.6+
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/2264949.irdbgypaU6@rafael.j.wysocki
[ rjw: Fix typo in new symbol name, drop redundant type cast from Rust binding ]
Tested-by: Shawn Guo <shawnguo@kernel.org> # with cpufreq-dt driver
Reviewed-by: Qais Yousef <qyousef@layalina.io>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
This commit is contained in:
Rafael J. Wysocki 2025-09-26 12:12:37 +02:00
parent d3f8f8d030
commit f97aef092e
9 changed files with 14 additions and 10 deletions

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@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ static int cpufreq_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
transition_latency = dev_pm_opp_get_max_transition_latency(cpu_dev);
if (!transition_latency)
transition_latency = CPUFREQ_ETERNAL;
transition_latency = CPUFREQ_DEFAULT_TRANSITION_LATENCY_NS;
cpumask_copy(policy->cpus, priv->cpus);
policy->driver_data = priv;

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@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ soc_opp_out:
}
if (of_property_read_u32(np, "clock-latency", &transition_latency))
transition_latency = CPUFREQ_ETERNAL;
transition_latency = CPUFREQ_DEFAULT_TRANSITION_LATENCY_NS;
/*
* Calculate the ramp time for max voltage change in the

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@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ static int mtk_cpufreq_hw_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
latency = readl_relaxed(data->reg_bases[REG_FREQ_LATENCY]) * 1000;
if (!latency)
latency = CPUFREQ_ETERNAL;
latency = CPUFREQ_DEFAULT_TRANSITION_LATENCY_NS;
policy->cpuinfo.transition_latency = latency;
policy->fast_switch_possible = true;

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@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ impl cpufreq::Driver for CPUFreqDTDriver {
let mut transition_latency = opp_table.max_transition_latency_ns() as u32;
if transition_latency == 0 {
transition_latency = cpufreq::ETERNAL_LATENCY_NS;
transition_latency = cpufreq::DEFAULT_TRANSITION_LATENCY_NS;
}
policy

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@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ static int scmi_cpufreq_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
latency = perf_ops->transition_latency_get(ph, domain);
if (!latency)
latency = CPUFREQ_ETERNAL;
latency = CPUFREQ_DEFAULT_TRANSITION_LATENCY_NS;
policy->cpuinfo.transition_latency = latency;

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@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ static int scpi_cpufreq_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
latency = scpi_ops->get_transition_latency(cpu_dev);
if (!latency)
latency = CPUFREQ_ETERNAL;
latency = CPUFREQ_DEFAULT_TRANSITION_LATENCY_NS;
policy->cpuinfo.transition_latency = latency;

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@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ static int spear_cpufreq_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
if (of_property_read_u32(np, "clock-latency",
&spear_cpufreq.transition_latency))
spear_cpufreq.transition_latency = CPUFREQ_ETERNAL;
spear_cpufreq.transition_latency = CPUFREQ_DEFAULT_TRANSITION_LATENCY_NS;
cnt = of_property_count_u32_elems(np, "cpufreq_tbl");
if (cnt <= 0) {

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@ -32,6 +32,9 @@
*/
#define CPUFREQ_ETERNAL (-1)
#define CPUFREQ_DEFAULT_TRANSITION_LATENCY_NS NSEC_PER_MSEC
#define CPUFREQ_NAME_LEN 16
/* Print length for names. Extra 1 space for accommodating '\n' in prints */
#define CPUFREQ_NAME_PLEN (CPUFREQ_NAME_LEN + 1)

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@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ use macros::vtable;
const CPUFREQ_NAME_LEN: usize = bindings::CPUFREQ_NAME_LEN as usize;
/// Default transition latency value in nanoseconds.
pub const ETERNAL_LATENCY_NS: u32 = bindings::CPUFREQ_ETERNAL as u32;
pub const DEFAULT_TRANSITION_LATENCY_NS: u32 =
bindings::CPUFREQ_DEFAULT_TRANSITION_LATENCY_NS;
/// CPU frequency driver flags.
pub mod flags {
@ -400,13 +401,13 @@ impl TableBuilder {
/// The following example demonstrates how to create a CPU frequency table.
///
/// ```
/// use kernel::cpufreq::{ETERNAL_LATENCY_NS, Policy};
/// use kernel::cpufreq::{DEFAULT_TRANSITION_LATENCY_NS, Policy};
///
/// fn update_policy(policy: &mut Policy) {
/// policy
/// .set_dvfs_possible_from_any_cpu(true)
/// .set_fast_switch_possible(true)
/// .set_transition_latency_ns(ETERNAL_LATENCY_NS);
/// .set_transition_latency_ns(DEFAULT_TRANSITION_LATENCY_NS);
///
/// pr_info!("The policy details are: {:?}\n", (policy.cpu(), policy.cur()));
/// }