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arm: disable frequency invariance for CONFIG_BL_SWITCHER

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big.LITTLE switching complicates the setting of a correct cpufreq-based
frequency invariance scale factor due to (as observed in
drivers/cpufreq/vexpress-spc-cpufreq.c):
 - Incorrect current and maximum frequencies as a result of the
   exposure of a virtual frequency table to the cpufreq core,
 - Missed updates as a result of asynchronous frequency adjustments
   caused by frequency changes in other CPU pairs.

Given that its functionality is atypical in regards to frequency
invariance and this is an old technology, disable frequency
invariance for when big.LITTLE switching is configured in to prevent
incorrect scale setting.

Signed-off-by: Ionela Voinescu <ionela.voinescu@arm.com>
Suggested-by: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>
Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
Acked-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
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Ionela Voinescu 2020-09-24 13:30:16 +01:00 committed by Rafael J. Wysocki
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arch/arm/include/asm/topology.h
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#include <linux/cpumask.h>
#include <linux/arch_topology.h>
/* big.LITTLE switcher is incompatible with frequency invariance */
#ifndef CONFIG_BL_SWITCHER
/* Replace task scheduler's default frequency-invariant accounting */
#define arch_set_freq_scale topology_set_freq_scale
#define arch_scale_freq_capacity topology_get_freq_scale
#define arch_scale_freq_invariant topology_scale_freq_invariant
#endif
/* Replace task scheduler's default cpu-invariant accounting */
#define arch_scale_cpu_capacity topology_get_cpu_scale