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Re: [PATCH v10 6/8] xen/cpufreq: bypass governor-related para for amd-cppc-epp


  • To: Penny Zheng <Penny.Zheng@xxxxxxx>
  • From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2025 10:18:40 +0200
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  • Cc: ray.huang@xxxxxxx, Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@xxxxxxxxxx>, xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Delivery-date: Thu, 25 Sep 2025 08:18:40 +0000
  • List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xenproject.org>

On 23.09.2025 06:38, Penny Zheng wrote:
> --- a/xen/include/acpi/cpufreq/cpufreq.h
> +++ b/xen/include/acpi/cpufreq/cpufreq.h
> @@ -294,4 +294,16 @@ int acpi_cpufreq_register(void);
>  int amd_cppc_cmdline_parse(const char *s, const char *e);
>  int amd_cppc_register_driver(void);
>  
> +/*
> + * Governor-less cpufreq driver indicates the driver doesn't rely on Xen
> + * governor to do performance tuning, mostly it has hardware built-in
> + * algorithm to calculate runtime workload and adjust cores frequency
> + * automatically, like Intel HWP, or CPPC in AMD.
> + */
> +static inline bool cpufreq_is_governorless(unsigned int cpuid)
> +{
> +    return processor_pminfo[cpuid]->init && (hwp_active() ||
> +                                             cpufreq_driver.setpolicy);
> +}

I have to admit that I'm quite disappointed, considering that I had made it
clear that you're expected to make sure you submit Misra-clean patches: This
introduces a new rule 5.3 violation. Which is even more so odd when - iirc -
there, earlier on, already was an issue with you naming a variable or
parameter "cpuid". Once again, in the interest of getting this in, I will
fix this up for you, but you really shouldn't be using committers' time like
this.

Jan



 


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