cpufreq: Call __cpufreq_governor() with policy->rwsem held
The cpufreq core code is not consistent with respect to invoking
__cpufreq_governor() under policy->rwsem.
Changing all code to always hold policy->rwsem around
__cpufreq_governor() invocations will allow us to remove
cpufreq_governor_lock that is used today because we can't
guarantee that __cpufreq_governor() isn't executed twice in
parallel for the same policy.
We should also ensure that policy->rwsem is held across governor
state changes.
For example, while adding a CPU to the policy in the CPU online path,
we need to stop the governor, change policy->cpus, start the governor
and then refresh its limits. The complete sequence must be guaranteed
to complete without interruptions by concurrent governor state
updates. That can be achieved by holding policy->rwsem around those
sequences of operations.
Also note that after this patch cpufreq_driver->stop_cpu() and
->exit() will get called under policy->rwsem which wasn't the case
earlier. That shouldn't have any side effects, though.
Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
Tested-by: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@arm.com>
Tested-by: Shilpasri G Bhat <shilpa.bhat@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
[ rjw: Changelog ]
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
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