3 files changed, 53 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_core.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_core.c
index c567b46dfa0f..773d7e76f301 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_core.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_core.c
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ static void acpi_processor_notify(struct acpi_device *device, u32 event)
         switch (event) {
         case ACPI_PROCESSOR_NOTIFY_PERFORMANCE:
                 saved = pr->performance_platform_limit;
-                acpi_processor_ppc_has_changed(pr);
+                acpi_processor_ppc_has_changed(pr, 1);
                 if (saved == pr->performance_platform_limit)
                         break;
                 acpi_bus_generate_proc_event(device, event,
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ static int acpi_cpu_soft_notify(struct notifier_block *nfb,
         struct acpi_processor *pr = per_cpu(processors, cpu);
 
         if (action == CPU_ONLINE && pr) {
-                acpi_processor_ppc_has_changed(pr);
+                acpi_processor_ppc_has_changed(pr, 0);
                 acpi_processor_cst_has_changed(pr);
                 acpi_processor_tstate_has_changed(pr);
         }
@@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ static int acpi_processor_add(struct acpi_device *device)
         arch_acpi_processor_cleanup_pdc(pr);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CPU_FREQ
-        acpi_processor_ppc_has_changed(pr);
+        acpi_processor_ppc_has_changed(pr, 0);
 #endif
         acpi_processor_get_throttling_info(pr);
         acpi_processor_get_limit_info(pr);
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c
index 8ba0ed0b9ddb..fc1f49bbbeef 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c
@@ -152,15 +152,59 @@ static int acpi_processor_get_platform_limit(struct acpi_processor *pr)
         return 0;
 }
 
-int acpi_processor_ppc_has_changed(struct acpi_processor *pr)
+#define ACPI_PROCESSOR_NOTIFY_PERFORMANCE       0x80
+/*
+ * acpi_processor_ppc_ost: Notify firmware the _PPC evaluation status
+ * @handle: ACPI processor handle
+ * @status: the status code of _PPC evaluation
+ *      0: success. OSPM is now using the performance state specificed.
+ *      1: failure. OSPM has not changed the number of P-states in use
+ */
+static void acpi_processor_ppc_ost(acpi_handle handle, int status)
+{
+        union acpi_object params[2] = {
+                {.type = ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER,},
+                {.type = ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER,},
+        };
+        struct acpi_object_list arg_list = {2, params};
+        acpi_handle temp;
+
+        params[0].integer.value = ACPI_PROCESSOR_NOTIFY_PERFORMANCE;
+        params[1].integer.value =  status;
+
+        /* when there is no _OST , skip it */
+        if (ACPI_FAILURE(acpi_get_handle(handle, "_OST", &temp)))
+                return;
+
+        acpi_evaluate_object(handle, "_OST", &arg_list, NULL);
+        return;
+}
+
+int acpi_processor_ppc_has_changed(struct acpi_processor *pr, int event_flag)
 {
         int ret;
 
-        if (ignore_ppc)
+        if (ignore_ppc) {
+                /*
+                 * Only when it is notification event, the _OST object
+                 * will be evaluated. Otherwise it is skipped.
+                 */
+                if (event_flag)
+                        acpi_processor_ppc_ost(pr->handle, 1);
                 return 0;
+        }
 
         ret = acpi_processor_get_platform_limit(pr);
-
+        /*
+         * Only when it is notification event, the _OST object
+         * will be evaluated. Otherwise it is skipped.
+         */
+        if (event_flag) {
+                if (ret < 0)
+                        acpi_processor_ppc_ost(pr->handle, 1);
+                else
+                        acpi_processor_ppc_ost(pr->handle, 0);
+        }
         if (ret < 0)
                 return (ret);
         else
diff --git a/include/acpi/processor.h b/include/acpi/processor.h
index 740ac3ad8fd0..a920237f7c62 100644
--- a/include/acpi/processor.h
+++ b/include/acpi/processor.h
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ static inline void acpi_processor_ffh_cstate_enter(struct acpi_processor_cx
 #ifdef CONFIG_CPU_FREQ
 void acpi_processor_ppc_init(void);
 void acpi_processor_ppc_exit(void);
-int acpi_processor_ppc_has_changed(struct acpi_processor *pr);
+int acpi_processor_ppc_has_changed(struct acpi_processor *pr, int event_flag);
 #else
 static inline void acpi_processor_ppc_init(void)
 {
@@ -304,7 +304,8 @@ static inline void acpi_processor_ppc_exit(void)
 {
         return;
 }
-static inline int acpi_processor_ppc_has_changed(struct acpi_processor *pr)
+static inline int acpi_processor_ppc_has_changed(struct acpi_processor *pr,
+                                                                int event_flag)
 {
         static unsigned int printout = 1;
         if (printout) {