Merge branch 'pm-cpufreq'

* pm-cpufreq:
  cpufreq: cpufreq-cpu0: remove dependency on THERMAL and REGULATOR
  cpufreq: tegra: update comment for clarity
  cpufreq: intel_pstate: Remove duplicate CPU ID check
  cpufreq: Mark CPU0 driver with CPUFREQ_NEED_INITIAL_FREQ_CHECK flag
  cpufreq: governor: remove copy_prev_load from 'struct cpu_dbs_common_info'
  cpufreq: governor: Be friendly towards latency-sensitive bursty workloads
  cpufreq: ppc-corenet-cpu-freq: do_div use quotient
  Revert "cpufreq: Enable big.LITTLE cpufreq driver on arm64"
  cpufreq: Tegra: implement intermediate frequency callbacks
  cpufreq: add support for intermediate (stable) frequencies

11 files changed, 256 insertions, 61 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-freq/cpu-drivers.txt b/Documentation/cpu-freq/cpu-drivers.txt
index b045fe54986a..14f4e6336d88 100644
--- a/Documentation/cpu-freq/cpu-drivers.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cpu-freq/cpu-drivers.txt
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Contents:
 1.4  target/target_index or setpolicy?
 1.5  target/target_index
 1.6  setpolicy
+1.7  get_intermediate and target_intermediate
 2.   Frequency Table Helpers
 
 
@@ -79,6 +80,10 @@ cpufreq_driver.attr -		A pointer to a NULL-terminated list of
                                 "struct freq_attr" which allow to
                                 export values to sysfs.
 
+cpufreq_driver.get_intermediate
+and target_intermediate         Used to switch to stable frequency while
+                                changing CPU frequency.
+
 
 1.2 Per-CPU Initialization
 --------------------------
@@ -151,7 +156,7 @@ Some cpufreq-capable processors switch the frequency between certain
 limits on their own. These shall use the ->setpolicy call
 
 
-1.4. target/target_index
+1.5. target/target_index
 -------------
 
 The target_index call has two arguments: struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
@@ -160,6 +165,9 @@ and unsigned int index (into the exposed frequency table).
 The CPUfreq driver must set the new frequency when called here. The
 actual frequency must be determined by freq_table[index].frequency.
 
+It should always restore to earlier frequency (i.e. policy->restore_freq) in
+case of errors, even if we switched to intermediate frequency earlier.
+
 Deprecated:
 ----------
 The target call has three arguments: struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
@@ -179,7 +187,7 @@ Here again the frequency table helper might assist you - see section 2
 for details.
 
 
-1.5 setpolicy
+1.6 setpolicy
 ---------------
 
 The setpolicy call only takes a struct cpufreq_policy *policy as
@@ -190,6 +198,23 @@ setting when policy->policy is CPUFREQ_POLICY_PERFORMANCE, and a
 powersaving-oriented setting when CPUFREQ_POLICY_POWERSAVE. Also check
 the reference implementation in drivers/cpufreq/longrun.c
 
+1.7 get_intermediate and target_intermediate
+--------------------------------------------
+
+Only for drivers with target_index() and CPUFREQ_ASYNC_NOTIFICATION unset.
+
+get_intermediate should return a stable intermediate frequency platform wants to
+switch to, and target_intermediate() should set CPU to to that frequency, before
+jumping to the frequency corresponding to 'index'. Core will take care of
+sending notifications and driver doesn't have to handle them in
+target_intermediate() or target_index().
+
+Drivers can return '0' from get_intermediate() in case they don't wish to switch
+to intermediate frequency for some target frequency. In that case core will
+directly call ->target_index().
+
+NOTE: ->target_index() should restore to policy->restore_freq in case of
+failures as core would send notifications for that.
 
 
 2. Frequency Table Helpers
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig b/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig
index 1fbe11f2a146..e473d6555f96 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ config CPU_FREQ_GOV_CONSERVATIVE
 
 config GENERIC_CPUFREQ_CPU0
         tristate "Generic CPU0 cpufreq driver"
-        depends on HAVE_CLK && REGULATOR && OF && THERMAL && CPU_THERMAL
+        depends on HAVE_CLK && OF
         select PM_OPP
         help
           This adds a generic cpufreq driver for CPU0 frequency management.
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.arm b/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.arm
index 36d20d0fce27..ebac67115009 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.arm
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig.arm
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@
 # big LITTLE core layer and glue drivers
 config ARM_BIG_LITTLE_CPUFREQ
         tristate "Generic ARM big LITTLE CPUfreq driver"
-        depends on (BIG_LITTLE && ARM_CPU_TOPOLOGY) || (ARM64 && SMP)
-        depends on HAVE_CLK
+        depends on ARM && BIG_LITTLE && ARM_CPU_TOPOLOGY && HAVE_CLK
         select PM_OPP
         help
           This enables the Generic CPUfreq driver for ARM big.LITTLE platforms.
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-cpu0.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-cpu0.c
index 09b9129c7bd3..ee1ae303a07c 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-cpu0.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-cpu0.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ static int cpu0_cpufreq_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 }
 
 static struct cpufreq_driver cpu0_cpufreq_driver = {
-        .flags = CPUFREQ_STICKY,
+        .flags = CPUFREQ_STICKY | CPUFREQ_NEED_INITIAL_FREQ_CHECK,
         .verify = cpufreq_generic_frequency_table_verify,
         .target_index = cpu0_set_target,
         .get = cpufreq_generic_get,
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index ae11dd51f81d..aed2b0cb83dc 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -1816,20 +1816,55 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpufreq_unregister_notifier);
  *                              GOVERNORS                            *
  *********************************************************************/
 
+/* Must set freqs->new to intermediate frequency */
+static int __target_intermediate(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
+                                 struct cpufreq_freqs *freqs, int index)
+{
+        int ret;
+
+        freqs->new = cpufreq_driver->get_intermediate(policy, index);
+
+        /* We don't need to switch to intermediate freq */
+        if (!freqs->new)
+                return 0;
+
+        pr_debug("%s: cpu: %d, switching to intermediate freq: oldfreq: %u, intermediate freq: %u\n",
+                 __func__, policy->cpu, freqs->old, freqs->new);
+
+        cpufreq_freq_transition_begin(policy, freqs);
+        ret = cpufreq_driver->target_intermediate(policy, index);
+        cpufreq_freq_transition_end(policy, freqs, ret);
+
+        if (ret)
+                pr_err("%s: Failed to change to intermediate frequency: %d\n",
+                       __func__, ret);
+
+        return ret;
+}
+
 static int __target_index(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
                           struct cpufreq_frequency_table *freq_table, int index)
 {
-        struct cpufreq_freqs freqs;
+        struct cpufreq_freqs freqs = {.old = policy->cur, .flags = 0};
+        unsigned int intermediate_freq = 0;
         int retval = -EINVAL;
         bool notify;
 
         notify = !(cpufreq_driver->flags & CPUFREQ_ASYNC_NOTIFICATION);
-
         if (notify) {
-                freqs.old = policy->cur;
-                freqs.new = freq_table[index].frequency;
-                freqs.flags = 0;
+                /* Handle switching to intermediate frequency */
+                if (cpufreq_driver->get_intermediate) {
+                        retval = __target_intermediate(policy, &freqs, index);
+                        if (retval)
+                                return retval;
+
+                        intermediate_freq = freqs.new;
+                        /* Set old freq to intermediate */
+                        if (intermediate_freq)
+                                freqs.old = freqs.new;
+                }
 
+                freqs.new = freq_table[index].frequency;
                 pr_debug("%s: cpu: %d, oldfreq: %u, new freq: %u\n",
                          __func__, policy->cpu, freqs.old, freqs.new);
 
@@ -1841,9 +1876,23 @@ static int __target_index(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
                 pr_err("%s: Failed to change cpu frequency: %d\n", __func__,
                        retval);
 
-        if (notify)
+        if (notify) {
                 cpufreq_freq_transition_end(policy, &freqs, retval);
 
+                /*
+                 * Failed after setting to intermediate freq? Driver should have
+                 * reverted back to initial frequency and so should we. Check
+                 * here for intermediate_freq instead of get_intermediate, in
+                 * case we have't switched to intermediate freq at all.
+                 */
+                if (unlikely(retval && intermediate_freq)) {
+                        freqs.old = intermediate_freq;
+                        freqs.new = policy->restore_freq;
+                        cpufreq_freq_transition_begin(policy, &freqs);
+                        cpufreq_freq_transition_end(policy, &freqs, 0);
+                }
+        }
+
         return retval;
 }
 
@@ -1875,6 +1924,9 @@ int __cpufreq_driver_target(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
         if (target_freq == policy->cur)
                 return 0;
 
+        /* Save last value to restore later on errors */
+        policy->restore_freq = policy->cur;
+
         if (cpufreq_driver->target)
                 retval = cpufreq_driver->target(policy, target_freq, relation);
         else if (cpufreq_driver->target_index) {
@@ -2361,7 +2413,8 @@ int cpufreq_register_driver(struct cpufreq_driver *driver_data)
             !(driver_data->setpolicy || driver_data->target_index ||
                     driver_data->target) ||
              (driver_data->setpolicy && (driver_data->target_index ||
-                    driver_data->target)))
+                    driver_data->target)) ||
+             (!!driver_data->get_intermediate != !!driver_data->target_intermediate))
                 return -EINVAL;
 
         pr_debug("trying to register driver %s\n", driver_data->name);
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c
index e1c6433b16e0..1b44496b2d2b 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c
@@ -36,14 +36,29 @@ void dbs_check_cpu(struct dbs_data *dbs_data, int cpu)
         struct od_dbs_tuners *od_tuners = dbs_data->tuners;
         struct cs_dbs_tuners *cs_tuners = dbs_data->tuners;
         struct cpufreq_policy *policy;
+        unsigned int sampling_rate;
         unsigned int max_load = 0;
         unsigned int ignore_nice;
         unsigned int j;
 
-        if (dbs_data->cdata->governor == GOV_ONDEMAND)
+        if (dbs_data->cdata->governor == GOV_ONDEMAND) {
+                struct od_cpu_dbs_info_s *od_dbs_info =
+                                dbs_data->cdata->get_cpu_dbs_info_s(cpu);
+
+                /*
+                 * Sometimes, the ondemand governor uses an additional
+                 * multiplier to give long delays. So apply this multiplier to
+                 * the 'sampling_rate', so as to keep the wake-up-from-idle
+                 * detection logic a bit conservative.
+                 */
+                sampling_rate = od_tuners->sampling_rate;
+                sampling_rate *= od_dbs_info->rate_mult;
+
                 ignore_nice = od_tuners->ignore_nice_load;
-        else
+        } else {
+                sampling_rate = cs_tuners->sampling_rate;
                 ignore_nice = cs_tuners->ignore_nice_load;
+        }
 
         policy = cdbs->cur_policy;
 
@@ -96,7 +111,46 @@ void dbs_check_cpu(struct dbs_data *dbs_data, int cpu)
                 if (unlikely(!wall_time || wall_time < idle_time))
                         continue;
 
-                load = 100 * (wall_time - idle_time) / wall_time;
+                /*
+                 * If the CPU had gone completely idle, and a task just woke up
+                 * on this CPU now, it would be unfair to calculate 'load' the
+                 * usual way for this elapsed time-window, because it will show
+                 * near-zero load, irrespective of how CPU intensive that task
+                 * actually is. This is undesirable for latency-sensitive bursty
+                 * workloads.
+                 *
+                 * To avoid this, we reuse the 'load' from the previous
+                 * time-window and give this task a chance to start with a
+                 * reasonably high CPU frequency. (However, we shouldn't over-do
+                 * this copy, lest we get stuck at a high load (high frequency)
+                 * for too long, even when the current system load has actually
+                 * dropped down. So we perform the copy only once, upon the
+                 * first wake-up from idle.)
+                 *
+                 * Detecting this situation is easy: the governor's deferrable
+                 * timer would not have fired during CPU-idle periods. Hence
+                 * an unusually large 'wall_time' (as compared to the sampling
+                 * rate) indicates this scenario.
+                 *
+                 * prev_load can be zero in two cases and we must recalculate it
+                 * for both cases:
+                 * - during long idle intervals
+                 * - explicitly set to zero
+                 */
+                if (unlikely(wall_time > (2 * sampling_rate) &&
+                             j_cdbs->prev_load)) {
+                        load = j_cdbs->prev_load;
+
+                        /*
+                         * Perform a destructive copy, to ensure that we copy
+                         * the previous load only once, upon the first wake-up
+                         * from idle.
+                         */
+                        j_cdbs->prev_load = 0;
+                } else {
+                        load = 100 * (wall_time - idle_time) / wall_time;
+                        j_cdbs->prev_load = load;
+                }
 
                 if (load > max_load)
                         max_load = load;
@@ -318,11 +372,18 @@ int cpufreq_governor_dbs(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
                 for_each_cpu(j, policy->cpus) {
                         struct cpu_dbs_common_info *j_cdbs =
                                 dbs_data->cdata->get_cpu_cdbs(j);
+                        unsigned int prev_load;
 
                         j_cdbs->cpu = j;
                         j_cdbs->cur_policy = policy;
                         j_cdbs->prev_cpu_idle = get_cpu_idle_time(j,
                                                &j_cdbs->prev_cpu_wall, io_busy);
+
+                        prev_load = (unsigned int)
+                                (j_cdbs->prev_cpu_wall - j_cdbs->prev_cpu_idle);
+                        j_cdbs->prev_load = 100 * prev_load /
+                                        (unsigned int) j_cdbs->prev_cpu_wall;
+
                         if (ignore_nice)
                                 j_cdbs->prev_cpu_nice =
                                         kcpustat_cpu(j).cpustat[CPUTIME_NICE];
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.h b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.h
index bfb9ae14142c..cc401d147e72 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.h
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.h
@@ -134,6 +134,13 @@ struct cpu_dbs_common_info {
         u64 prev_cpu_idle;
         u64 prev_cpu_wall;
         u64 prev_cpu_nice;
+        /*
+         * Used to keep track of load in the previous interval. However, when
+         * explicitly set to zero, it is used as a flag to ensure that we copy
+         * the previous load to the current interval only once, upon the first
+         * wake-up from idle.
+         */
+        unsigned int prev_load;
         struct cpufreq_policy *cur_policy;
         struct delayed_work work;
         /*
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
index aebd4572eb6d..4e7f492ad583 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
@@ -691,14 +691,8 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(x86cpu, intel_pstate_cpu_ids);
 
 static int intel_pstate_init_cpu(unsigned int cpunum)
 {
-
-        const struct x86_cpu_id *id;
         struct cpudata *cpu;
 
-        id = x86_match_cpu(intel_pstate_cpu_ids);
-        if (!id)
-                return -ENODEV;
-
         all_cpu_data[cpunum] = kzalloc(sizeof(struct cpudata), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!all_cpu_data[cpunum])
                 return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/ppc-corenet-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/ppc-corenet-cpufreq.c
index 0af618abebaf..3607070797af 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/ppc-corenet-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/ppc-corenet-cpufreq.c
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ static int corenet_cpufreq_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
         struct cpufreq_frequency_table *table;
         struct cpu_data *data;
         unsigned int cpu = policy->cpu;
-        u64 transition_latency_hz;
+        u64 u64temp;
 
         np = of_get_cpu_node(cpu, NULL);
         if (!np)
@@ -206,9 +206,10 @@ static int corenet_cpufreq_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
         for_each_cpu(i, per_cpu(cpu_mask, cpu))
                 per_cpu(cpu_data, i) = data;
 
-        transition_latency_hz = 12ULL * NSEC_PER_SEC;
-        policy->cpuinfo.transition_latency =
-                do_div(transition_latency_hz, fsl_get_sys_freq());
+        /* Minimum transition latency is 12 platform clocks */
+        u64temp = 12ULL * NSEC_PER_SEC;
+        do_div(u64temp, fsl_get_sys_freq());
+        policy->cpuinfo.transition_latency = u64temp + 1;
 
         of_node_put(np);
 
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/tegra-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/tegra-cpufreq.c
index 6e774c6ac20b..8084c7f7e206 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/tegra-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/tegra-cpufreq.c
@@ -45,46 +45,54 @@ static struct clk *cpu_clk;
 static struct clk *pll_x_clk;
 static struct clk *pll_p_clk;
 static struct clk *emc_clk;
+static bool pll_x_prepared;
 
-static int tegra_cpu_clk_set_rate(unsigned long rate)
+static unsigned int tegra_get_intermediate(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
+                                           unsigned int index)
+{
+        unsigned int ifreq = clk_get_rate(pll_p_clk) / 1000;
+
+        /*
+         * Don't switch to intermediate freq if:
+         * - we are already at it, i.e. policy->cur == ifreq
+         * - index corresponds to ifreq
+         */
+        if ((freq_table[index].frequency == ifreq) || (policy->cur == ifreq))
+                return 0;
+
+        return ifreq;
+}
+
+static int tegra_target_intermediate(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
+                                     unsigned int index)
 {
         int ret;
 
         /*
          * Take an extra reference to the main pll so it doesn't turn
-         * off when we move the cpu off of it
+         * off when we move the cpu off of it as enabling it again while we
+         * switch to it from tegra_target() would take additional time.
+         *
+         * When target-freq is equal to intermediate freq we don't need to
+         * switch to an intermediate freq and so this routine isn't called.
+         * Also, we wouldn't be using pll_x anymore and must not take extra
+         * reference to it, as it can be disabled now to save some power.
          */
         clk_prepare_enable(pll_x_clk);
 
         ret = clk_set_parent(cpu_clk, pll_p_clk);
-        if (ret) {
-                pr_err("Failed to switch cpu to clock pll_p\n");
-                goto out;
-        }
-
-        if (rate == clk_get_rate(pll_p_clk))
-                goto out;
-
-        ret = clk_set_rate(pll_x_clk, rate);
-        if (ret) {
-                pr_err("Failed to change pll_x to %lu\n", rate);
-                goto out;
-        }
-
-        ret = clk_set_parent(cpu_clk, pll_x_clk);
-        if (ret) {
-                pr_err("Failed to switch cpu to clock pll_x\n");
-                goto out;
-        }
+        if (ret)
+                clk_disable_unprepare(pll_x_clk);
+        else
+                pll_x_prepared = true;
 
-out:
-        clk_disable_unprepare(pll_x_clk);
         return ret;
 }
 
 static int tegra_target(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, unsigned int index)
 {
         unsigned long rate = freq_table[index].frequency;
+        unsigned int ifreq = clk_get_rate(pll_p_clk) / 1000;
         int ret = 0;
 
         /*
@@ -98,10 +106,30 @@ static int tegra_target(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, unsigned int index)
         else
                 clk_set_rate(emc_clk, 100000000);  /* emc 50Mhz */
 
-        ret = tegra_cpu_clk_set_rate(rate * 1000);
+        /*
+         * target freq == pll_p, don't need to take extra reference to pll_x_clk
+         * as it isn't used anymore.
+         */
+        if (rate == ifreq)
+                return clk_set_parent(cpu_clk, pll_p_clk);
+
+        ret = clk_set_rate(pll_x_clk, rate * 1000);
+        /* Restore to earlier frequency on error, i.e. pll_x */
         if (ret)
-                pr_err("cpu-tegra: Failed to set cpu frequency to %lu kHz\n",
-                        rate);
+                pr_err("Failed to change pll_x to %lu\n", rate);
+
+        ret = clk_set_parent(cpu_clk, pll_x_clk);
+        /* This shouldn't fail while changing or restoring */
+        WARN_ON(ret);
+
+        /*
+         * Drop count to pll_x clock only if we switched to intermediate freq
+         * earlier while transitioning to a target frequency.
+         */
+        if (pll_x_prepared) {
+                clk_disable_unprepare(pll_x_clk);
+                pll_x_prepared = false;
+        }
 
         return ret;
 }
@@ -137,16 +165,18 @@ static int tegra_cpu_exit(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 }
 
 static struct cpufreq_driver tegra_cpufreq_driver = {
-        .flags          = CPUFREQ_NEED_INITIAL_FREQ_CHECK,
-        .verify         = cpufreq_generic_frequency_table_verify,
-        .target_index   = tegra_target,
-        .get            = cpufreq_generic_get,
-        .init           = tegra_cpu_init,
-        .exit           = tegra_cpu_exit,
-        .name           = "tegra",
-        .attr           = cpufreq_generic_attr,
+        .flags                  = CPUFREQ_NEED_INITIAL_FREQ_CHECK,
+        .verify                 = cpufreq_generic_frequency_table_verify,
+        .get_intermediate       = tegra_get_intermediate,
+        .target_intermediate    = tegra_target_intermediate,
+        .target_index           = tegra_target,
+        .get                    = cpufreq_generic_get,
+        .init                   = tegra_cpu_init,
+        .exit                   = tegra_cpu_exit,
+        .name                   = "tegra",
+        .attr                   = cpufreq_generic_attr,
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM
-        .suspend        = cpufreq_generic_suspend,
+        .suspend                = cpufreq_generic_suspend,
 #endif
 };
 
diff --git a/include/linux/cpufreq.h b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
index 3f458896d45c..ec4112d257bc 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpufreq.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ struct cpufreq_policy {
         unsigned int            max;    /* in kHz */
         unsigned int            cur;    /* in kHz, only needed if cpufreq
                                          * governors are used */
+        unsigned int            restore_freq; /* = policy->cur before transition */
         unsigned int            suspend_freq; /* freq to set during suspend */
 
         unsigned int            policy; /* see above */
@@ -221,11 +222,35 @@ struct cpufreq_driver {
 
         /* define one out of two */
         int     (*setpolicy)    (struct cpufreq_policy *policy);
+
+        /*
+         * On failure, should always restore frequency to policy->restore_freq
+         * (i.e. old freq).
+         */
         int     (*target)       (struct cpufreq_policy *policy, /* Deprecated */
                                  unsigned int target_freq,
                                  unsigned int relation);
         int     (*target_index) (struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
                                  unsigned int index);
+        /*
+         * Only for drivers with target_index() and CPUFREQ_ASYNC_NOTIFICATION
+         * unset.
+         *
+         * get_intermediate should return a stable intermediate frequency
+         * platform wants to switch to and target_intermediate() should set CPU
+         * to to that frequency, before jumping to the frequency corresponding
+         * to 'index'. Core will take care of sending notifications and driver
+         * doesn't have to handle them in target_intermediate() or
+         * target_index().
+         *
+         * Drivers can return '0' from get_intermediate() in case they don't
+         * wish to switch to intermediate frequency for some target frequency.
+         * In that case core will directly call ->target_index().
+         */
+        unsigned int (*get_intermediate)(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
+                                         unsigned int index);
+        int     (*target_intermediate)(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
+                                       unsigned int index);
 
         /* should be defined, if possible */
         unsigned int    (*get)  (unsigned int cpu);