On 29/04/2014 11:28 μμ, Stratos Karafotis wrote:
> Many drivers keep frequencies in frequency table in ascending
> or descending order. When governor tries to change to policy->min
> or policy->max respectively then the cpufreq_frequency_table_target
> could return on first iteration. This will save some iteration cycles.
>
> So, break out early when a frequency in cpufreq_frequency_table
> equals to target one.
>
> Testing this during kernel compilation using ondemand governor
> with a frequency table in ascending order, the
> cpufreq_frequency_table_target returned early on the first
> iteration at about 30% of times called.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stratos Karafotis <strat...@semaphore.gr>
> ---
> drivers/cpufreq/freq_table.c | 8 ++++++--
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/freq_table.c b/drivers/cpufreq/freq_table.c
> index 8e518c6..1632981 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/freq_table.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/freq_table.c
> @@ -137,9 +137,13 @@ int cpufreq_frequency_table_target(struct cpufreq_policy
> *policy,
> i = pos - table;
> if ((freq < policy->min) || (freq > policy->max))
> continue;
> + if (freq == target_freq) {
> + optimal.driver_data = i;
> + break;
> + }
> switch (relation) {
> case CPUFREQ_RELATION_H:
> - if (freq <= target_freq) {
> + if (freq < target_freq) {
> if (freq >= optimal.frequency) {
> optimal.frequency = freq;
> optimal.driver_data = i;
> @@ -152,7 +156,7 @@ int cpufreq_frequency_table_target(struct cpufreq_policy
> *policy,
> }
> break;
> case CPUFREQ_RELATION_L:
> - if (freq >= target_freq) {
> + if (freq > target_freq) {
> if (freq <= optimal.frequency) {
> optimal.frequency = freq;
> optimal.driver_data = i;
>
Gentle reminder.
Thanks,
Stratos
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