Re: [PATCH] ACPI: CPPC: Skip writes to unsupported performance controls

Christian Loehle <[email protected]> Mon, 27 Jul 2026 13:27:31 +0100
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-acpi,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-pm
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 7/27/26 12:14, zhenglifeng (A) wrote:
> On 7/24/2026 6:40 PM, Christian Loehle wrote:
>> MIN_PERF and MAX_PERF are optional CPPC controls. DESIRED_PERF is also
>> optional with CPPC2 when autonomous selection is supported.
>>
>> The cppc-cpufreq target callbacks populate both limits for every request
>> without checking whether the controls are implemented. cppc_set_perf()
>> consequently passes NULL register descriptors to cpc_write(). The writes
>> fail width validation and their return values are ignored, so the failed
>> access paths are repeated on every target request. An autonomous-only
>> platform can take the same path for DESIRED_PERF.
>>
>> Check that each performance control is supported before calling
>> cpc_write().
>>
>> Fixes: ea3db45ae476 ("cpufreq: cppc: Update MIN_PERF/MAX_PERF in target callbacks")
>> Reviewed-by: Sumit Gupta <[email protected]>
>> Signed-off-by: Christian Loehle <[email protected]>
>> ---
>> v2: Also added desired_perf check (Sumit)
>>
>>  drivers/acpi/cppc_acpi.c | 7 ++++---
>>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/cppc_acpi.c b/drivers/acpi/cppc_acpi.c
>> index 1d3a94100491..53d09ca98f06 100644
>> --- a/drivers/acpi/cppc_acpi.c
>> +++ b/drivers/acpi/cppc_acpi.c
>> @@ -1963,16 +1963,17 @@ int cppc_set_perf(int cpu, struct cppc_perf_ctrls *perf_ctrls)
>>  		cpc_desc->write_cmd_status = 0;
>>  	}
>>  
>> -	cpc_write(cpu, desired_reg, perf_ctrls->desired_perf);
>> +	if (CPC_SUPPORTED(desired_reg))
>> +		cpc_write(cpu, desired_reg, perf_ctrls->desired_perf);
>>  
>>  	/*
>>  	 * Only write if min_perf and max_perf not zero. Some drivers pass zero
>>  	 * value to min and max perf, but they don't mean to set the zero value,
>>  	 * they just don't want to write to those registers.
>>  	 */
>> -	if (perf_ctrls->min_perf)
>> +	if (perf_ctrls->min_perf && CPC_SUPPORTED(min_perf_reg))
>>  		cpc_write(cpu, min_perf_reg, perf_ctrls->min_perf);
>> -	if (perf_ctrls->max_perf)
>> +	if (perf_ctrls->max_perf && CPC_SUPPORTED(max_perf_reg))
>>  		cpc_write(cpu, max_perf_reg, perf_ctrls->max_perf);
>>  
>>  	if (CPC_IN_PCC(desired_reg) || CPC_IN_PCC(min_perf_reg) || CPC_IN_PCC(max_perf_reg))
> 
> LGTM.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Lifeng Zheng <[email protected]>
> 
> Apologize for replying to v1 before seeing v2.
> 

Thanks for taking a look!
You can blame it on me for messing up the title and forgetting to put v2 there :/