cpufreq: userspace: set CPUFREQ_GOV_STRICT_TARGET flag
When the userspace governor is used, the user intends to set a fixed CPU frequency for a policy, for whatever reason. The CPUFREQ_GOV_STRICT_TARGET flag is the required behaviour. Without this flag, the intel_pstate driver, with HWP enabled, will set HWP_MIN_PERF to the target frequency and HWP_MAX_PERF to the policy maximum, when configuring the HWP_REQUEST MSR. This lets the hardware choose any frequency between the target frequency and the policy maximum, which is not the intended behaviour. To fix this, `cat scaling_setspeed > scaling_max_freq` had to be done. With this patch, that is no longer necessary. Setting scaling_setspeed is sufficient, as expected. Signed-off-by:Shashank Balaji <shashank.mahadasyam@sony.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250527-userspace-governor-doc-v2-1-0e22c69920f2@sony.com Signed-off-by:
Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
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