[Xen-devel] [PATCH] cpufreq: allow ordinary boolean options to be passed on the command line

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

I was quite surprised to find "cpufreq=off" not doing what one would
expect it to do. Fix this.

Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>

--- a/docs/misc/xen-command-line.markdown
+++ b/docs/misc/xen-command-line.markdown
@@ -391,11 +391,12 @@ If set, force use of the performance cou
 available support.
 
 ### cpufreq
-> `= dom0-kernel | none | 
xen[,[powersave|performance|ondemand|userspace][,<maxfreq>][,[<minfreq>][,[verbose]]]]`
+> `= none | {{ <boolean> | xen } 
[:[powersave|performance|ondemand|userspace][,<maxfreq>][,[<minfreq>][,[verbose]]]]}
 | dom0-kernel`
 
 > Default: `xen`
 
-Indicate where the responsibility for driving power states lies.
+Indicate where the responsibility for driving power states lies.  Note that the
+choice of `dom0-kernel` is deprecated and not supported by all Dom0 kernels.
 
 * Default governor policy is ondemand.
 * `<maxfreq>` and `<minfreq>` are integers which represent max and min 
processor frequencies
--- a/xen/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/xen/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -64,9 +64,14 @@ enum cpufreq_controller cpufreq_controll
 
 static void __init setup_cpufreq_option(char *str)
 {
-    char *arg;
+    char *arg = strpbrk(str, ",:");
+    int choice;
 
-    if ( !strcmp(str, "dom0-kernel") )
+    if ( arg )
+        *arg++ = '\0';
+    choice = parse_bool(str);
+
+    if ( choice < 0 && !strcmp(str, "dom0-kernel") )
     {
         xen_processor_pmbits &= ~XEN_PROCESSOR_PM_PX;
         cpufreq_controller = FREQCTL_dom0_kernel;
@@ -74,19 +79,20 @@ static void __init setup_cpufreq_option(
         return;
     }
 
-    if ( !strcmp(str, "none") )
+    if ( choice == 0 || !strcmp(str, "none") )
     {
         xen_processor_pmbits &= ~XEN_PROCESSOR_PM_PX;
         cpufreq_controller = FREQCTL_none;
         return;
     }
 
-    if ( (arg = strpbrk(str, ",:")) != NULL )
-        *arg++ = '\0';
-
-    if ( !strcmp(str, "xen") )
+    if ( choice > 0 || !strcmp(str, "xen") )
+    {
+        xen_processor_pmbits |= XEN_PROCESSOR_PM_PX;
+        cpufreq_controller = FREQCTL_xen;
         if ( arg && *arg )
             cpufreq_cmdline_parse(arg);
+    }
 }
 custom_param("cpufreq", setup_cpufreq_option);

Attachment: cpufreq-cmdline-allow-bool.patch
Description: Text document

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