Re: [PATCH v3 02/12] PM / devfreq: Fix handling of min/max_freq == 0

[Brian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org>]

Hi,

On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 12:47:02PM -0700, Matthias Kaehlcke wrote:
> Commit ab8f58ad72c4 ("PM / devfreq: Set min/max_freq when adding the
> devfreq device") initializes df->min/max_freq with the min/max OPP when
> the device is added. Later commit f1d981eaecf8 ("PM / devfreq: Use the
> available min/max frequency") adds df->scaling_min/max_freq and the
> following to the frequency adjustment code:
> 
>   max_freq = MIN(devfreq->scaling_max_freq, devfreq->max_freq);
> 
> With the current handling of min/max_freq this is incorrect:
> 
> Even though df->max_freq is now initialized to a value != 0 user space
> can still set it to 0, in this case max_freq would be 0 instead of
> df->scaling_max_freq as intended. In consequence the frequency adjustment
> is not performed:
> 
>   if (max_freq && freq > max_freq) {
> 	freq = max_freq;
> 
> To fix this set df->min/max freq to the min/max OPP in max/max_freq_store,
> when the user passes a value of 0. This also prevents df->max_freq from
> being set below the min OPP when df->min_freq is 0, and similar for
> min_freq. Since it is now guaranteed that df->min/max_freq can't be 0 the
> checks for this case can be removed.
> 
> Fixes: f1d981eaecf8 ("PM / devfreq: Use the available min/max frequency")
> Signed-off-by: Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@chromium.org>

FWIW, I've reviewed patches 1-9 (the core devfreq bugfixes and features,
and a small cpufreq helper fixup), and they seem pretty clear and good
to me, aside from a minor error in the current subject
(s/devfreg/devfreq/). So:

Reviewed-by: Brian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org>