If the new governor fails to start, switch back to old governor so that the devfreq state is not left if some weird limbo.
Signed-off-by: Saravana Kannan <skan...@codeaurora.org> --- drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c index bf3ea76..243253e 100644 --- a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c +++ b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c @@ -919,7 +919,7 @@ static ssize_t governor_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, struct devfreq *df = to_devfreq(dev); int ret; char str_governor[DEVFREQ_NAME_LEN + 1]; - struct devfreq_governor *governor; + const struct devfreq_governor *governor, *prev_gov; ret = sscanf(buf, "%" __stringify(DEVFREQ_NAME_LEN) "s", str_governor); if (ret != 1) @@ -944,12 +944,17 @@ static ssize_t governor_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, goto out; } } + prev_gov = df->governor; df->governor = governor; strncpy(df->governor_name, governor->name, DEVFREQ_NAME_LEN); ret = df->governor->event_handler(df, DEVFREQ_GOV_START, NULL); - if (ret) + if (ret) { dev_warn(dev, "%s: Governor %s not started(%d)\n", __func__, df->governor->name, ret); + df->governor = prev_gov; + strncpy(df->governor_name, prev_gov->name, DEVFREQ_NAME_LEN); + df->governor->event_handler(df, DEVFREQ_GOV_START, NULL); + } out: mutex_unlock(&devfreq_list_lock); -- Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. The Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. is a member of Code Aurora Forum, a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project