Re: [PATCH] cpufreq: apple-soc: Calculate frequency as a 64-bit value

On Fri, 03 Jul 2026 20:52:48 +0200
Sasha Finkelstein <[email protected]> wrote:

> The current frequency calculation is done in 32 bit, causing problems
> if run on a future SoC that can boost higher than 4.2GHz.

If it matters you need to fix it for 32bit builds as well.
It is pretty much really wrong to use 'unsigned long' for frequencies.
IMHO the should either be 32bit or 64bit.

	David

> 
> Signed-off-by: Sasha Finkelstein <[email protected]>
> ---
>  drivers/cpufreq/apple-soc-cpufreq.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/apple-soc-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/apple-soc-cpufreq.c
> index 638e5bf72185..6a0f1d36578f 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/apple-soc-cpufreq.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/apple-soc-cpufreq.c
> @@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ static int apple_soc_cpufreq_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
>  
>  	/* Get OPP levels (p-state indexes) and stash them in driver_data */
>  	for (i = 0; freq_table[i].frequency != CPUFREQ_TABLE_END; i++) {
> -		unsigned long rate = freq_table[i].frequency * 1000 + 999;
> +		unsigned long rate = freq_table[i].frequency * 1000UL + 999UL;
>  		struct dev_pm_opp *opp = dev_pm_opp_find_freq_floor(cpu_dev, &rate);
>  
>  		if (IS_ERR(opp)) {
> 
> ---
> base-commit: 4a50a141f05a8d1737661b19ee22ff8455b94409
> change-id: 20260703-cpufreq-64-2a23d7261e09
> 
> Best regards,
> --  
> Sasha Finkelstein <[email protected]>
> 
>