[PATCH v1] cpufreq: use __free() for all cpufreq_cpu_get() references

Gautam Menghani gautam at linux.ibm.com
Mon Aug 25 11:28:48 UTC 2025


On Mon, Aug 25, 2025 at 05:28:33PM +0800, Zihuan Zhang wrote:
> This patch replaces all remaining uses of cpufreq_cpu_get() with
> the __free(cpufreq_cpu_put) annotation.
> 
> Motivation:
> - Ensures automatic cleanup of policy references when they go out of scope,
>   reducing the risk of forgetting to call cpufreq_cpu_put() on early return
>   or error paths.
> - Brings the code in line with the latest kernel coding style and best
>   practices for managing reference-counted objects.
> - No functional changes are introduced; behavior remains the same,
>   but reference counting is now safer and easier to maintain.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zihuan Zhang <zhangzihuan at kylinos.cn>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/kernel/topology.c                  |  9 +++----
>  arch/x86/kvm/x86.c                            | 10 ++++----
>  drivers/acpi/processor_thermal.c              | 13 ++++------
>  drivers/cpufreq/brcmstb-avs-cpufreq.c         |  4 +---
>  drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c                |  4 +---
>  drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c                |  3 +--
>  drivers/cpufreq/longhaul.c                    |  3 +--
>  drivers/cpufreq/mediatek-cpufreq.c            |  6 ++---
>  drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c             |  6 ++---
>  drivers/cpufreq/s5pv210-cpufreq.c             |  3 +--
>  drivers/cpufreq/tegra186-cpufreq.c            |  3 +--
>  drivers/devfreq/governor_passive.c            | 19 ++++-----------
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/intel_llc.c           |  3 +--
>  drivers/macintosh/windfarm_cpufreq_clamp.c    |  4 +---
>  drivers/powercap/dtpm_cpu.c                   | 24 ++++++-------------
>  drivers/thermal/imx_thermal.c                 |  7 ++----
>  .../ti-soc-thermal/ti-thermal-common.c        |  5 +---
>  kernel/power/energy_model.c                   |  7 ++----
>  18 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 93 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/topology.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/topology.c
> index 5d07ee85bdae..e3cb6d54f35b 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/topology.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/topology.c
> @@ -307,17 +307,16 @@ int arch_freq_get_on_cpu(int cpu)
>  		 */
>  		if (!housekeeping_cpu(cpu, HK_TYPE_TICK) ||
>  		    time_is_before_jiffies(last_update + msecs_to_jiffies(AMU_SAMPLE_EXP_MS))) {
> -			struct cpufreq_policy *policy = cpufreq_cpu_get(cpu);
> +			struct cpufreq_policy *policy __free(put_cpufreq_policy);
>  			int ref_cpu;
>  
> +			policy = cpufreq_cpu_get(cpu);
>  			if (!policy)
>  				return -EINVAL;
>  
>  			if (!cpumask_intersects(policy->related_cpus,
> -						housekeeping_cpumask(HK_TYPE_TICK))) {
> -				cpufreq_cpu_put(policy);
> +						housekeeping_cpumask(HK_TYPE_TICK)))
>  				return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> -			}
>  
>  			for_each_cpu_wrap(ref_cpu, policy->cpus, cpu + 1) {
>  				if (ref_cpu == start_cpu) {
> @@ -329,8 +328,6 @@ int arch_freq_get_on_cpu(int cpu)
>  					break;
>  			}
>  
> -			cpufreq_cpu_put(policy);
> -
>  			if (ref_cpu >= nr_cpu_ids)
>  				/* No alternative to pull info from */
>  				return -EAGAIN;
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> index a1c49bc681c4..2a825f4ec701 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> @@ -9492,16 +9492,14 @@ static void kvm_timer_init(void)
>  		max_tsc_khz = tsc_khz;
>  
>  		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CPU_FREQ)) {
> -			struct cpufreq_policy *policy;
> +			struct cpufreq_policy *policy __free(put_cpufreq_policy);
>  			int cpu;
>  
>  			cpu = get_cpu();
>  			policy = cpufreq_cpu_get(cpu);
> -			if (policy) {
> -				if (policy->cpuinfo.max_freq)
> -					max_tsc_khz = policy->cpuinfo.max_freq;
> -				cpufreq_cpu_put(policy);
> -			}
> +			if (policy && policy->cpuinfo.max_freq)
> +				max_tsc_khz = policy->cpuinfo.max_freq;
> +
>  			put_cpu();
>  		}
>  		cpufreq_register_notifier(&kvmclock_cpufreq_notifier_block,
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_thermal.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_thermal.c
> index 1219adb11ab9..8367a81c4842 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/processor_thermal.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_thermal.c
> @@ -64,17 +64,14 @@ static int phys_package_first_cpu(int cpu)
>  
>  static int cpu_has_cpufreq(unsigned int cpu)
>  {
> -	struct cpufreq_policy *policy;
> +	struct cpufreq_policy *policy __free(put_cpufreq_policy);
>  
>  	if (!acpi_processor_cpufreq_init)
>  		return 0;
>  
>  	policy = cpufreq_cpu_get(cpu);
> -	if (policy) {
> -		cpufreq_cpu_put(policy);
> -		return 1;
> -	}
> -	return 0;
> +
> +	return !!policy;
>  }
>  
>  static int cpufreq_get_max_state(unsigned int cpu)
> @@ -95,7 +92,7 @@ static int cpufreq_get_cur_state(unsigned int cpu)
>  
>  static int cpufreq_set_cur_state(unsigned int cpu, int state)
>  {
> -	struct cpufreq_policy *policy;
> +	struct cpufreq_policy *policy __free(put_cpufreq_policy);
>  	struct acpi_processor *pr;
>  	unsigned long max_freq;
>  	int i, ret;
> @@ -127,8 +124,6 @@ static int cpufreq_set_cur_state(unsigned int cpu, int state)
>  		max_freq = (policy->cpuinfo.max_freq *
>  			    (100 - reduction_step(i) * cpufreq_thermal_reduction_pctg)) / 100;
>  
> -		cpufreq_cpu_put(policy);
> -
>  		ret = freq_qos_update_request(&pr->thermal_req, max_freq);
>  		if (ret < 0) {
>  			pr_warn("Failed to update thermal freq constraint: CPU%d (%d)\n",
> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/brcmstb-avs-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/brcmstb-avs-cpufreq.c
> index 5940d262374f..71450cca8e9f 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/brcmstb-avs-cpufreq.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/brcmstb-avs-cpufreq.c
> @@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ static bool brcm_avs_is_firmware_loaded(struct private_data *priv)
>  
>  static unsigned int brcm_avs_cpufreq_get(unsigned int cpu)
>  {
> -	struct cpufreq_policy *policy = cpufreq_cpu_get(cpu);
> +	struct cpufreq_policy *policy __free(put_cpufreq_policy) = cpufreq_cpu_get(cpu);
>  	struct private_data *priv;
>  
>  	if (!policy)
> @@ -488,8 +488,6 @@ static unsigned int brcm_avs_cpufreq_get(unsigned int cpu)
>  
>  	priv = policy->driver_data;
>  
> -	cpufreq_cpu_put(policy);
> -
>  	return brcm_avs_get_frequency(priv->base);
>  }
>  
> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c
> index 4a17162a392d..7183754b1f31 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c
> @@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ static int cppc_get_perf_ctrs_sample(int cpu,
>  static unsigned int cppc_cpufreq_get_rate(unsigned int cpu)
>  {
>  	struct cppc_perf_fb_ctrs fb_ctrs_t0 = {0}, fb_ctrs_t1 = {0};
> -	struct cpufreq_policy *policy = cpufreq_cpu_get(cpu);
> +	struct cpufreq_policy *policy __free(put_cpufreq_policy) = cpufreq_cpu_get(cpu);
>  	struct cppc_cpudata *cpu_data;
>  	u64 delivered_perf;
>  	int ret;
> @@ -736,8 +736,6 @@ static unsigned int cppc_cpufreq_get_rate(unsigned int cpu)
>  
>  	cpu_data = policy->driver_data;
>  
> -	cpufreq_cpu_put(policy);
> -
>  	ret = cppc_get_perf_ctrs_sample(cpu, &fb_ctrs_t0, &fb_ctrs_t1);
>  	if (ret) {
>  		if (ret == -EFAULT)
> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
> index f366d35c5840..fb962140af56 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
> @@ -1698,7 +1698,7 @@ static ssize_t store_no_turbo(struct kobject *a, struct kobj_attribute *b,
>  static void update_qos_request(enum freq_qos_req_type type)
>  {
>  	struct freq_qos_request *req;
> -	struct cpufreq_policy *policy;
> +	struct cpufreq_policy *policy __free(put_cpufreq_policy);
>  	int i;
>  
>  	for_each_possible_cpu(i) {
> @@ -1710,7 +1710,6 @@ static void update_qos_request(enum freq_qos_req_type type)
>  			continue;
>  
>  		req = policy->driver_data;
> -		cpufreq_cpu_put(policy);
>  
>  		if (!req)
>  			continue;
> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/longhaul.c b/drivers/cpufreq/longhaul.c
> index ba0e08c8486a..ae5596919671 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/longhaul.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/longhaul.c
> @@ -950,7 +950,7 @@ static int __init longhaul_init(void)
>  
>  static void __exit longhaul_exit(void)
>  {
> -	struct cpufreq_policy *policy = cpufreq_cpu_get(0);
> +	struct cpufreq_policy *policy __free(put_cpufreq_policy) = cpufreq_cpu_get(0);
>  	int i;
>  
>  	for (i = 0; i < numscales; i++) {
> @@ -968,7 +968,6 @@ static void __exit longhaul_exit(void)
>  		}
>  	}
>  
> -	cpufreq_cpu_put(policy);
>  	cpufreq_unregister_driver(&longhaul_driver);
>  	kfree(longhaul_table);
>  }
> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/mediatek-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/mediatek-cpufreq.c
> index f3f02c4b6888..1fae060e16d9 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/mediatek-cpufreq.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/mediatek-cpufreq.c
> @@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ static int mtk_cpufreq_opp_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb,
>  	struct dev_pm_opp *new_opp;
>  	struct mtk_cpu_dvfs_info *info;
>  	unsigned long freq, volt;
> -	struct cpufreq_policy *policy;
> +	struct cpufreq_policy *policy __free(put_cpufreq_policy);
>  	int ret = 0;
>  
>  	info = container_of(nb, struct mtk_cpu_dvfs_info, opp_nb);
> @@ -354,11 +354,9 @@ static int mtk_cpufreq_opp_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb,
>  
>  			dev_pm_opp_put(new_opp);
>  			policy = cpufreq_cpu_get(info->opp_cpu);
> -			if (policy) {
> +			if (policy)
>  				cpufreq_driver_target(policy, freq / 1000,
>  						      CPUFREQ_RELATION_L);
> -				cpufreq_cpu_put(policy);
> -			}
>  		}
>  	}
>  
> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c
> index 7d9a5f656de8..ea9d78bbeb38 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c
> @@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ static int powernv_cpufreq_reboot_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb,
>  				unsigned long action, void *unused)
>  {
>  	int cpu;
> -	struct cpufreq_policy *cpu_policy;
> +	struct cpufreq_policy *policy __free(put_cpufreq_policy);

There's a typo here. I got a compile error because of wrong variable name.

Thanks,
Gautam


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