1 files changed, 36 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
index 6dc83808e590..056591612467 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ struct dbs_tuners {
         unsigned int            up_threshold;
         unsigned int            down_threshold;
         unsigned int            ignore_nice;
+        unsigned int            freq_step;
 };
 
 static struct dbs_tuners dbs_tuners_ins = {
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@ show_one(sampling_down_factor, sampling_down_factor);
 show_one(up_threshold, up_threshold);
 show_one(down_threshold, down_threshold);
 show_one(ignore_nice, ignore_nice);
+show_one(freq_step, freq_step);
 
 static ssize_t store_sampling_down_factor(struct cpufreq_policy *unused, 
                 const char *buf, size_t count)
@@ -235,6 +237,29 @@ static ssize_t store_ignore_nice(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
         return count;
 }
 
+static ssize_t store_freq_step(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
+                const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+        unsigned int input;
+        int ret;
+
+        ret = sscanf (buf, "%u", &input);
+
+        if ( ret != 1 )
+                return -EINVAL;
+
+        if ( input > 100 )
+                input = 100;
+        
+        /* no need to test here if freq_step is zero as the user might actually
+         * want this, they would be crazy though :) */
+        down(&dbs_sem);
+        dbs_tuners_ins.freq_step = input;
+        up(&dbs_sem);
+
+        return count;
+}
+
 #define define_one_rw(_name) \
 static struct freq_attr _name = \
 __ATTR(_name, 0644, show_##_name, store_##_name)
@@ -244,6 +269,7 @@ define_one_rw(sampling_down_factor);
 define_one_rw(up_threshold);
 define_one_rw(down_threshold);
 define_one_rw(ignore_nice);
+define_one_rw(freq_step);
 
 static struct attribute * dbs_attributes[] = {
         &sampling_rate_max.attr,
@@ -253,6 +279,7 @@ static struct attribute * dbs_attributes[] = {
         &up_threshold.attr,
         &down_threshold.attr,
         &ignore_nice.attr,
+        &freq_step.attr,
         NULL
 };
 
@@ -291,7 +318,7 @@ static void dbs_check_cpu(int cpu)
          *
          * Any frequency increase takes it to the maximum frequency. 
          * Frequency reduction happens at minimum steps of 
-         * 5% of max_frequency 
+         * 5% (default) of max_frequency 
          */
 
         /* Check for frequency increase */
@@ -390,18 +417,20 @@ static void dbs_check_cpu(int cpu)
                         usecs_to_jiffies(freq_down_sampling_rate);
 
         if (idle_ticks > down_idle_ticks ) {
-                /* if we are already at the lowest speed then break out early */
-                if (policy->cur == policy->min)
+                /* if we are already at the lowest speed then break out early
+                 * or if we 'cannot' reduce the speed as the user might want
+                 * freq_step to be zero */
+                if (policy->cur == policy->min || dbs_tuners_ins.freq_step == 0)
                         return;
-                
-                freq_down_step = (5 * policy->max) / 100;
+
+                freq_down_step = (dbs_tuners_ins.freq_step * policy->max) / 100;
 
                 /* max freq cannot be less than 100. But who knows.... */
                 if (unlikely(freq_down_step == 0))
                         freq_down_step = 5;
 
                 __cpufreq_driver_target(policy,
-                        policy->cur - freq_down_step, 
+                        policy->cur - freq_down_step,
                         CPUFREQ_RELATION_H);
                 return;
         }
@@ -486,6 +515,7 @@ static int cpufreq_governor_dbs(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
                                         DEF_SAMPLING_RATE_LATENCY_MULTIPLIER;
                         dbs_tuners_ins.sampling_rate = def_sampling_rate;
                         dbs_tuners_ins.ignore_nice = 0;
+                        dbs_tuners_ins.freq_step = 5;
 
                         dbs_timer_init();
                 }