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-rw-r--r--drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c3
-rw-r--r--include/linux/cpufreq.h10
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index f4b60663efe6..ea58337fb65f 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -2187,7 +2187,8 @@ int __cpufreq_driver_target(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
* exactly same freq is called again and so we can save on few function
* calls.
*/
- if (target_freq == policy->cur)
+ if (target_freq == policy->cur &&
+ !(cpufreq_driver->flags & CPUFREQ_NEED_UPDATE_LIMITS))
return 0;
/* Save last value to restore later on errors */
diff --git a/include/linux/cpufreq.h b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
index fa37b1c66443..038ed83aab41 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpufreq.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ __ATTR(_name, 0644, show_##_name, store_##_name)
struct cpufreq_driver {
char name[CPUFREQ_NAME_LEN];
- u8 flags;
+ u16 flags;
void *driver_data;
/* needed by all drivers */
@@ -422,6 +422,14 @@ struct cpufreq_driver {
*/
#define CPUFREQ_IS_COOLING_DEV BIT(7)
+/*
+ * Set by drivers that need to update internale upper and lower boundaries along
+ * with the target frequency and so the core and governors should also invoke
+ * the diver if the target frequency does not change, but the policy min or max
+ * may have changed.
+ */
+#define CPUFREQ_NEED_UPDATE_LIMITS BIT(8)
+
int cpufreq_register_driver(struct cpufreq_driver *driver_data);
int cpufreq_unregister_driver(struct cpufreq_driver *driver_data);