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[v2] cpufreq: amd-pstate: Let user know amd-pstate is disabled

Message ID 20230223070252.2029174-1-kai.heng.feng@canonical.com
State Superseded
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Series [v2] cpufreq: amd-pstate: Let user know amd-pstate is disabled | expand

Commit Message

Kai-Heng Feng Feb. 23, 2023, 7:02 a.m. UTC
Commit 202e683df37c ("cpufreq: amd-pstate: add amd-pstate driver
parameter for mode selection") changed the driver to be disabled by
default, and this can surprise users.

Let users know what happened so they can decide what to do next.

Link: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2006942
Signed-off-by: Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@canonical.com>
---
v2:
 - Remove redundancy in pr_info().
 - Fix spelling and URL tag.

 drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Yuan, Perry Feb. 23, 2023, 7:10 a.m. UTC | #1
[AMD Official Use Only - General]


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@canonical.com>
> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2023 3:03 PM
> To: Huang, Ray <Ray.Huang@amd.com>
> Cc: Limonciello, Mario <Mario.Limonciello@amd.com>; Kai-Heng Feng
> <kai.heng.feng@canonical.com>; Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@kernel.org>; Viresh
> Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>; linux-pm@vger.kernel.org; linux-
> kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: [PATCH v2] cpufreq: amd-pstate: Let user know amd-pstate is disabled
> 
> Commit 202e683df37c ("cpufreq: amd-pstate: add amd-pstate driver parameter
> for mode selection") changed the driver to be disabled by default, and this can
> surprise users.
> 
> Let users know what happened so they can decide what to do next.
> 
> Link: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2006942
> Signed-off-by: Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@canonical.com>
> ---
> v2:
>  - Remove redundancy in pr_info().
>  - Fix spelling and URL tag.
> 
>  drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c b/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c index
> 45c88894fd8e..f965f54f7ae7 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c
> @@ -1263,7 +1263,7 @@ static int __init amd_pstate_init(void)
>  	 * with amd_pstate=passive or other modes in kernel command line
>  	 */
>  	if (cppc_state == AMD_PSTATE_DISABLE) {
> -		pr_debug("driver load is disabled, boot with specific mode to
> enable this\n");
> +		pr_info("driver load is disabled, boot with specific mode to
> enable
> +this\n");
>  		return -ENODEV;
>  	}
> 
> --
> 2.34.1
Thanks for the change. 

Reviewed-by : Yuan Perry <Perry.Yuan@amd.com>
Huang Rui Feb. 23, 2023, 11:38 a.m. UTC | #2
On Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 03:02:52PM +0800, Kai-Heng Feng wrote:
> Commit 202e683df37c ("cpufreq: amd-pstate: add amd-pstate driver
> parameter for mode selection") changed the driver to be disabled by
> default, and this can surprise users.
> 
> Let users know what happened so they can decide what to do next.
> 
> Link: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2006942
> Signed-off-by: Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@canonical.com>

Please feel free to add my Acked on V2 as well.

Acked-by: Huang Rui <ray.huang@amd.com>

> ---
> v2:
>  - Remove redundancy in pr_info().
>  - Fix spelling and URL tag.
> 
>  drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c b/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c
> index 45c88894fd8e..f965f54f7ae7 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c
> @@ -1263,7 +1263,7 @@ static int __init amd_pstate_init(void)
>  	 * with amd_pstate=passive or other modes in kernel command line
>  	 */
>  	if (cppc_state == AMD_PSTATE_DISABLE) {
> -		pr_debug("driver load is disabled, boot with specific mode to enable this\n");
> +		pr_info("driver load is disabled, boot with specific mode to enable this\n");
>  		return -ENODEV;
>  	}
>  
> -- 
> 2.34.1
>
Rafael J. Wysocki Feb. 23, 2023, 7:53 p.m. UTC | #3
On Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 8:03 AM Kai-Heng Feng
<kai.heng.feng@canonical.com> wrote:
>
> Commit 202e683df37c ("cpufreq: amd-pstate: add amd-pstate driver
> parameter for mode selection") changed the driver to be disabled by
> default, and this can surprise users.
>
> Let users know what happened so they can decide what to do next.
>
> Link: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2006942
> Signed-off-by: Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@canonical.com>
> ---
> v2:
>  - Remove redundancy in pr_info().
>  - Fix spelling and URL tag.
>
>  drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c b/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c
> index 45c88894fd8e..f965f54f7ae7 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c
> @@ -1263,7 +1263,7 @@ static int __init amd_pstate_init(void)
>          * with amd_pstate=passive or other modes in kernel command line
>          */
>         if (cppc_state == AMD_PSTATE_DISABLE) {
> -               pr_debug("driver load is disabled, boot with specific mode to enable this\n");
> +               pr_info("driver load is disabled, boot with specific mode to enable this\n");
>                 return -ENODEV;
>         }
>
> --

Applied as 6.3-rc material, thanks!
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Patch

diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c b/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c
index 45c88894fd8e..f965f54f7ae7 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c
@@ -1263,7 +1263,7 @@  static int __init amd_pstate_init(void)
 	 * with amd_pstate=passive or other modes in kernel command line
 	 */
 	if (cppc_state == AMD_PSTATE_DISABLE) {
-		pr_debug("driver load is disabled, boot with specific mode to enable this\n");
+		pr_info("driver load is disabled, boot with specific mode to enable this\n");
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}