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cpufreq: intel_pstate: Enable asym capacity only when CPU SMT is not possible
authorYaxiong Tian <tianyaxiong@kylinos.cn>
Tue, 3 Feb 2026 02:48:52 +0000 (10:48 +0800)
committerRafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Tue, 3 Feb 2026 21:15:46 +0000 (22:15 +0100)
commit1fedbb589448bee9f20bb2ed9c850d1d2cf9963c
tree8622df5b11797a4118cd82dac0e1f22bfd3a3c46
parenta554a25e66efea0b78fb3d24f4f19289e037c0dc
cpufreq: intel_pstate: Enable asym capacity only when CPU SMT is not possible

According to the description in the intel_pstate.rst documentation,
Capacity-Aware Scheduling and Energy-Aware Scheduling are only
supported on a hybrid processor without SMT. Previously, the system
used sched_smt_active() for judgment, which is not a strict condition
because users can switch it on or off via /sys at any time.

This could lead to incorrect driver settings in certain scenarios.
For example, on a CPU that supports SMT, a user can disable SMT
via the nosmt parameter to enable asym capacity, and then re-enable
SMT via /sys. In such cases, some settings in the driver would no
longer be correct.

To address this issue, replace sched_smt_active() with cpu_smt_possible(),
and only enable asym capacity when CPU SMT is not possible.

Fixes: 929ebc93ccaa ("cpufreq: intel_pstate: Set asymmetric CPU capacity on hybrid systems")
Signed-off-by: Yaxiong Tian <tianyaxiong@kylinos.cn>
[ rjw: Subject and changelog edits ]
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260203024852.301066-1-tianyaxiong@kylinos.cn
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c