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-rw-r--r--drivers/thermal/cpu_cooling.c13
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/thermal/cpu_cooling.c b/drivers/thermal/cpu_cooling.c
index 71dbede9edaa..620dcd405ff6 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/cpu_cooling.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/cpu_cooling.c
@@ -229,9 +229,20 @@ static int cpufreq_thermal_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb,
if (!cpumask_test_cpu(policy->cpu, &cpufreq_dev->allowed_cpus))
continue;
+ /*
+ * policy->max is the maximum allowed frequency defined by user
+ * and clipped_freq is the maximum that thermal constraints
+ * allow.
+ *
+ * If clipped_freq is lower than policy->max, then we need to
+ * readjust policy->max.
+ *
+ * But, if clipped_freq is greater than policy->max, we don't
+ * need to do anything.
+ */
clipped_freq = cpufreq_dev->clipped_freq;
- if (policy->max != clipped_freq)
+ if (policy->max > clipped_freq)
cpufreq_verify_within_limits(policy, 0, clipped_freq);
break;
}