intel_pstate: Avoid extra invocation of intel_pstate_sample()
The initialization of intel_pstate for a given CPU involves populating the fields of its struct cpudata that represent the previous sample, but currently that is done in a problematic way. Namely, intel_pstate_init_cpu() makes an extra call to intel_pstate_sample() so it reads the current register values that will be used to populate the "previous sample" record during the next invocation of intel_pstate_sample(). However, after commit a4675fbc (cpufreq: intel_pstate: Replace timers with utilization update callbacks) that doesn't work for last_sample_time, because the time value is passed to intel_pstate_sample() as an argument now. Passing 0 to it from intel_pstate_init_cpu() is problematic, because that causes cpu->last_sample_time == 0 to be visible in get_target_pstate_use_performance() (and hence the extra cpu->last_sample_time > 0 check in there) and effectively allows the first invocation of intel_pstate_sample() from intel_pstate_update_util() to happen immediately after the initialization which may lead to a significant "turn on" effect in the governor algorithm. To mitigate that issue, rework the initialization to avoid the extra intel_pstate_sample() call from intel_pstate_init_cpu(). Instead, make intel_pstate_sample() return false if it has been called with cpu->sample.time equal to zero, which will make intel_pstate_update_util() skip the sample in that case, and reset cpu->sample.time from intel_pstate_set_update_util_hook() to make the algorithm start properly every time the hook is set. Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
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