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-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst6
-rw-r--r--drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c31
3 files changed, 30 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index fb95fad81c79..8deb5a89328a 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -703,6 +703,11 @@
cpufreq.off=1 [CPU_FREQ]
disable the cpufreq sub-system
+ cpufreq.default_governor=
+ [CPU_FREQ] Name of the default cpufreq governor or
+ policy to use. This governor must be registered in the
+ kernel before the cpufreq driver probes.
+
cpu_init_udelay=N
[X86] Delay for N microsec between assert and de-assert
of APIC INIT to start processors. This delay occurs
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst
index 0c74a7784964..368e612145d2 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst
@@ -147,9 +147,9 @@ CPUs in it.
The next major initialization step for a new policy object is to attach a
scaling governor to it (to begin with, that is the default scaling governor
-determined by the kernel configuration, but it may be changed later
-via ``sysfs``). First, a pointer to the new policy object is passed to the
-governor's ``->init()`` callback which is expected to initialize all of the
+determined by the kernel command line or configuration, but it may be changed
+later via ``sysfs``). First, a pointer to the new policy object is passed to
+the governor's ``->init()`` callback which is expected to initialize all of the
data structures necessary to handle the given policy and, possibly, to add
a governor ``sysfs`` interface to it. Next, the governor is started by
invoking its ``->start()`` callback.
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index e9e8200a0211..ad94b1d47ddb 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ static LIST_HEAD(cpufreq_governor_list);
#define for_each_governor(__governor) \
list_for_each_entry(__governor, &cpufreq_governor_list, governor_list)
+static char default_governor[CPUFREQ_NAME_LEN];
+
/**
* The "cpufreq driver" - the arch- or hardware-dependent low
* level driver of CPUFreq support, and its spinlock. This lock
@@ -1061,7 +1063,6 @@ __weak struct cpufreq_governor *cpufreq_default_governor(void)
static int cpufreq_init_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
{
- struct cpufreq_governor *def_gov = cpufreq_default_governor();
struct cpufreq_governor *gov = NULL;
unsigned int pol = CPUFREQ_POLICY_UNKNOWN;
int ret;
@@ -1071,21 +1072,27 @@ static int cpufreq_init_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
gov = get_governor(policy->last_governor);
if (gov) {
pr_debug("Restoring governor %s for cpu %d\n",
- policy->governor->name, policy->cpu);
- } else if (def_gov) {
- gov = def_gov;
- __module_get(gov->owner);
+ gov->name, policy->cpu);
} else {
- return -ENODATA;
+ gov = get_governor(default_governor);
+ }
+
+ if (!gov) {
+ gov = cpufreq_default_governor();
+ if (!gov)
+ return -ENODATA;
+ __module_get(gov->owner);
}
+
} else {
+
/* Use the default policy if there is no last_policy. */
if (policy->last_policy) {
pol = policy->last_policy;
- } else if (def_gov) {
- pol = cpufreq_parse_policy(def_gov->name);
+ } else {
+ pol = cpufreq_parse_policy(default_governor);
/*
- * In case the default governor is neiter "performance"
+ * In case the default governor is neither "performance"
* nor "powersave", fall back to the initial policy
* value set by the driver.
*/
@@ -2795,13 +2802,19 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpufreq_unregister_driver);
static int __init cpufreq_core_init(void)
{
+ struct cpufreq_governor *gov = cpufreq_default_governor();
+
if (cpufreq_disabled())
return -ENODEV;
cpufreq_global_kobject = kobject_create_and_add("cpufreq", &cpu_subsys.dev_root->kobj);
BUG_ON(!cpufreq_global_kobject);
+ if (!strlen(default_governor))
+ strncpy(default_governor, gov->name, CPUFREQ_NAME_LEN);
+
return 0;
}
module_param(off, int, 0444);
+module_param_string(default_governor, default_governor, CPUFREQ_NAME_LEN, 0444);
core_initcall(cpufreq_core_init);