[3.13.y.z extended stable] Patch "intel_pstate: Correct BYT VID values." has been added to staging queue

Kamal Mostafa kamal at canonical.com
Fri Oct 31 20:53:43 UTC 2014


This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled

    intel_pstate: Correct BYT VID values.

to the linux-3.13.y-queue branch of the 3.13.y.z extended stable tree 
which can be found at:

 http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linux-3.13.y-queue

This patch is scheduled to be released in version 3.13.11.11.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please 
reply to this email.

For more information about the 3.13.y.z tree, see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable

Thanks.
-Kamal

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>From 8f3dbd16248c184fab7a878ad5b531f9e7502fda Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dirk Brandewie <dirk.j.brandewie at intel.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 08:37:44 -0700
Subject: intel_pstate: Correct BYT VID values.

commit d022a65ed2473fac4a600e3424503dc571160a3e upstream.

Using a VID value that is not high enough for the requested P state can
cause machine checks. Add a ceiling function to ensure calulated VIDs
with fractional values are set to the next highest integer VID value.

The algorythm for calculating the non-trubo VID from the BIOS writers
guide is:
 vid_ratio = (vid_max - vid_min) / (max_pstate - min_pstate)
 vid = ceiling(vid_min + (req_pstate - min_pstate) * vid_ratio)

Signed-off-by: Dirk Brandewie <dirk.j.brandewie at intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki at intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal at canonical.com>
---
 drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
index 2cb7028..4e8949d 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
@@ -54,6 +54,17 @@ static inline int32_t div_fp(int32_t x, int32_t y)
 	return div_s64((int64_t)x << FRAC_BITS, (int64_t)y);
 }

+static inline int ceiling_fp(int32_t x)
+{
+	int mask, ret;
+
+	ret = fp_toint(x);
+	mask = (1 << FRAC_BITS) - 1;
+	if (x & mask)
+		ret += 1;
+	return ret;
+}
+
 struct sample {
 	int32_t core_pct_busy;
 	u64 aperf;
@@ -428,7 +439,7 @@ static void byt_set_pstate(struct cpudata *cpudata, int pstate)
 		cpudata->vid.ratio);

 	vid_fp = clamp_t(int32_t, vid_fp, cpudata->vid.min, cpudata->vid.max);
-	vid = fp_toint(vid_fp);
+	vid = ceiling_fp(vid_fp);

 	if (pstate > cpudata->pstate.max_pstate)
 		vid = cpudata->vid.turbo;
--
1.9.1





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