PM/devfreq: governor: Add a private governor_data for governor

commit 5fdded8448924e3631d466eea499b11606c43640 upstream.

The member void *data in the structure devfreq can be overwrite
by governor_userspace. For example:
1. The device driver assigned the devfreq governor to simple_ondemand
by the function devfreq_add_device() and init the devfreq member
void *data to a pointer of a static structure devfreq_simple_ondemand_data
by the function devfreq_add_device().
2. The user changed the devfreq governor to userspace by the command
"echo userspace > /sys/class/devfreq/.../governor".
3. The governor userspace alloced a dynamic memory for the struct
userspace_data and assigend the member void *data of devfreq to
this memory by the function userspace_init().
4. The user changed the devfreq governor back to simple_ondemand
by the command "echo simple_ondemand > /sys/class/devfreq/.../governor".
5. The governor userspace exited and assigned the member void *data
in the structure devfreq to NULL by the function userspace_exit().
6. The governor simple_ondemand fetched the static information of
devfreq_simple_ondemand_data in the function
devfreq_simple_ondemand_func() but the member void *data of devfreq was
assigned to NULL by the function userspace_exit().
7. The information of upthreshold and downdifferential is lost
and the governor simple_ondemand can't work correctly.

The member void *data in the structure devfreq is designed for
a static pointer used in a governor and inited by the function
devfreq_add_device(). This patch add an element named governor_data
in the devfreq structure which can be used by a governor(E.g userspace)
who want to assign a private data to do some private things.

Fixes: ce26c5bb95 ("PM / devfreq: Add basic governors")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 5.10+
Reviewed-by: Chanwoo Choi <cwchoi00@gmail.com>
Acked-by: MyungJoo Ham <myungjoo.ham@samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Kant Fan <kant@allwinnertech.com>
Signed-off-by: Chanwoo Choi <cw00.choi@samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
This commit is contained in:
Kant Fan
2022-10-25 15:21:09 +08:00
committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
parent d1d73c3034
commit cea018aaf7
3 changed files with 12 additions and 13 deletions

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@@ -740,8 +740,7 @@ static void devfreq_dev_release(struct device *dev)
* @dev: the device to add devfreq feature.
* @profile: device-specific profile to run devfreq.
* @governor_name: name of the policy to choose frequency.
* @data: private data for the governor. The devfreq framework does not
* touch this value.
* @data: devfreq driver pass to governors, governor should not change it.
*/
struct devfreq *devfreq_add_device(struct device *dev,
struct devfreq_dev_profile *profile,
@@ -953,8 +952,7 @@ static void devm_devfreq_dev_release(struct device *dev, void *res)
* @dev: the device to add devfreq feature.
* @profile: device-specific profile to run devfreq.
* @governor_name: name of the policy to choose frequency.
* @data: private data for the governor. The devfreq framework does not
* touch this value.
* @data: devfreq driver pass to governors, governor should not change it.
*
* This function manages automatically the memory of devfreq device using device
* resource management and simplify the free operation for memory of devfreq