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-rw-r--r--drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c50
-rw-r--r--include/linux/cpufreq.h1
2 files changed, 51 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 3acc42805e21..5bbe8c3d9e96 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -1785,6 +1785,56 @@ no_policy:
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpufreq_update_policy);
+/*
+ * cpufreq_set_gov - set governor for a cpu
+ * @cpu: CPU whose governor needs to be changed
+ * @target_gov: new governor to be set
+ */
+int cpufreq_set_gov(char *target_gov, unsigned int cpu)
+{
+ int ret = 0;
+ struct cpufreq_policy new_policy;
+ struct cpufreq_policy *cur_policy;
+
+ if (target_gov == NULL)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ /* Get current governer */
+ cur_policy = cpufreq_cpu_get(cpu);
+ if (!cur_policy)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ new_policy = *cur_policy;
+ if (!strncmp(cur_policy->governor->name, target_gov,
+ strlen(target_gov))) {
+ /* Target governer & current governer is same */
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ goto err_out;
+ } else {
+ if (cpufreq_parse_governor(target_gov, &new_policy.policy,
+ &new_policy.governor)) {
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ goto err_out;
+ }
+
+ if (lock_policy_rwsem_write(cur_policy->cpu) < 0) {
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ goto err_out;
+ }
+
+ ret = __cpufreq_set_policy(cur_policy, &new_policy);
+
+ cur_policy->user_policy.policy = cur_policy->policy;
+ cur_policy->user_policy.governor = cur_policy->governor;
+
+ unlock_policy_rwsem_write(cur_policy->cpu);
+ }
+err_out:
+ cpufreq_cpu_put(cur_policy);
+ return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpufreq_set_gov);
+
static int __cpuinit cpufreq_cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
{
diff --git a/include/linux/cpufreq.h b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
index c6126b9fb7cf..09b8ea9e194b 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpufreq.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ __ATTR(_name, 0644, show_##_name, store_##_name)
*********************************************************************/
int cpufreq_get_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, unsigned int cpu);
int cpufreq_update_policy(unsigned int cpu);
+int cpufreq_set_gov(char *target_gov, unsigned int cpu);
#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_FREQ
/* query the current CPU frequency (in kHz). If zero, cpufreq couldn't detect it */