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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c b/drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c
index c4922684f305..4edac724983a 100644
--- a/drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c
+++ b/drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c
@@ -249,8 +249,19 @@ again:
* This can deal with workloads that have long pauses interspersed
* with sporadic activity with a bunch of short pauses.
*/
- if ((divisor * 4) <= INTERVALS * 3)
+ if (divisor * 4 <= INTERVALS * 3) {
+ /*
+ * If there are sufficiently many data points still under
+ * consideration after the outliers have been eliminated,
+ * returning without a prediction would be a mistake because it
+ * is likely that the next interval will not exceed the current
+ * maximum, so return the latter in that case.
+ */
+ if (divisor >= INTERVALS / 2)
+ return max;
+
return UINT_MAX;
+ }
thresh = max - 1;
goto again;