cpufreq: Avoid creating excessively large stack frames

In the process of modifying a cpufreq policy, the cpufreq core makes
a copy of it including all of the internals which is stored on the
CPU stack.  Because struct cpufreq_policy is relatively large, this
may cause the size of the stack frame to exceed the 2 KB limit and
so the GCC complains when -Wframe-larger-than= is used.

In fact, it is not necessary to copy the entire policy structure
in order to modify it, however.

First, because cpufreq_set_policy() obtains the min and max policy
limits from frequency QoS now, it is not necessary to pass the limits
to it from the callers.  The only things that need to be passed to it
from there are the new governor pointer or (if there is a built-in
governor in the driver) the "policy" value representing the governor
choice.  They both can be passed as individual arguments, though, so
make cpufreq_set_policy() take them this way and rework its callers
accordingly.  This avoids making copies of cpufreq policies in the
callers of cpufreq_set_policy().

Second, cpufreq_set_policy() still needs to pass the new policy
data to the ->verify() callback of the cpufreq driver whose task
is to sanitize the min and max policy limits.  It still does not
need to make a full copy of struct cpufreq_policy for this purpose,
but it needs to pass a few items from it to the driver in case they
are needed (different drivers have different needs in that respect
and all of them have to be covered).  For this reason, introduce
struct cpufreq_policy_data to hold copies of the members of
struct cpufreq_policy used by the existing ->verify() driver
callbacks and pass a pointer to a temporary structure of that
type to ->verify() (instead of passing a pointer to full struct
cpufreq_policy to it).

While at it, notice that intel_pstate and longrun don't really need
to verify the "policy" value in struct cpufreq_policy, so drop those
check from them to avoid copying "policy" into struct
cpufreq_policy_data (which allows it to be slightly smaller).

Also while at it fix up white space in a couple of places and make
cpufreq_set_policy() static (as it can be so).

Fixes: 3000ce3c52f8 ("cpufreq: Use per-policy frequency QoS")
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pm/CAMuHMdX6-jb1W8uC2_237m8ctCpsnGp=JCxqt8pCWVqNXHmkVg@mail.gmail.com
Reported-by: kbuild test robot <lkp@intel.com>
Reported-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: 5.4+ <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 5.4+
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>

11 files changed, 119 insertions, 120 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c
index a06777c35fc0..bda0b2406fba 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ static int cppc_cpufreq_set_target(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int cppc_verify_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
+static int cppc_verify_policy(struct cpufreq_policy_data *policy)
 {
 	cpufreq_verify_within_cpu_limits(policy);
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-nforce2.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-nforce2.c
index cd53272e2fa2..f7a7bcf6f52e 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-nforce2.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-nforce2.c
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ static int nforce2_target(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
  * nforce2_verify - verifies a new CPUFreq policy
  * @policy: new policy
  */
-static int nforce2_verify(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
+static int nforce2_verify(struct cpufreq_policy_data *policy)
 {
 	unsigned int fsb_pol_max;
 
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 77114a3897fb..4adac3a8c265 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ static void cpufreq_exit_governor(struct cpufreq_policy *policy);
 static int cpufreq_start_governor(struct cpufreq_policy *policy);
 static void cpufreq_stop_governor(struct cpufreq_policy *policy);
 static void cpufreq_governor_limits(struct cpufreq_policy *policy);
+static int cpufreq_set_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
+			      struct cpufreq_governor *new_gov,
+			      unsigned int new_pol);
 
 /**
  * Two notifier lists: the "policy" list is involved in the
@@ -616,25 +619,22 @@ static struct cpufreq_governor *find_governor(const char *str_governor)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static int cpufreq_parse_policy(char *str_governor,
-				struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
+static unsigned int cpufreq_parse_policy(char *str_governor)
 {
-	if (!strncasecmp(str_governor, "performance", CPUFREQ_NAME_LEN)) {
-		policy->policy = CPUFREQ_POLICY_PERFORMANCE;
-		return 0;
-	}
-	if (!strncasecmp(str_governor, "powersave", CPUFREQ_NAME_LEN)) {
-		policy->policy = CPUFREQ_POLICY_POWERSAVE;
-		return 0;
-	}
-	return -EINVAL;
+	if (!strncasecmp(str_governor, "performance", CPUFREQ_NAME_LEN))
+		return CPUFREQ_POLICY_PERFORMANCE;
+
+	if (!strncasecmp(str_governor, "powersave", CPUFREQ_NAME_LEN))
+		return CPUFREQ_POLICY_POWERSAVE;
+
+	return CPUFREQ_POLICY_UNKNOWN;
 }
 
 /**
  * cpufreq_parse_governor - parse a governor string only for has_target()
+ * @str_governor: Governor name.
  */
-static int cpufreq_parse_governor(char *str_governor,
-				  struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
+static struct cpufreq_governor *cpufreq_parse_governor(char *str_governor)
 {
 	struct cpufreq_governor *t;
 
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ static int cpufreq_parse_governor(char *str_governor,
 
 		ret = request_module("cpufreq_%s", str_governor);
 		if (ret)
-			return -EINVAL;
+			return NULL;
 
 		mutex_lock(&cpufreq_governor_mutex);
 
@@ -659,12 +659,7 @@ static int cpufreq_parse_governor(char *str_governor,
 
 	mutex_unlock(&cpufreq_governor_mutex);
 
-	if (t) {
-		policy->governor = t;
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	return -EINVAL;
+	return t;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -765,28 +760,33 @@ static ssize_t show_scaling_governor(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, char *buf)
 static ssize_t store_scaling_governor(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 					const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
+	char str_governor[16];
 	int ret;
-	char	str_governor[16];
-	struct cpufreq_policy new_policy;
-
-	memcpy(&new_policy, policy, sizeof(*policy));
 
 	ret = sscanf(buf, "%15s", str_governor);
 	if (ret != 1)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (cpufreq_driver->setpolicy) {
-		if (cpufreq_parse_policy(str_governor, &new_policy))
+		unsigned int new_pol;
+
+		new_pol = cpufreq_parse_policy(str_governor);
+		if (!new_pol)
 			return -EINVAL;
+
+		ret = cpufreq_set_policy(policy, NULL, new_pol);
 	} else {
-		if (cpufreq_parse_governor(str_governor, &new_policy))
+		struct cpufreq_governor *new_gov;
+
+		new_gov = cpufreq_parse_governor(str_governor);
+		if (!new_gov)
 			return -EINVAL;
-	}
 
-	ret = cpufreq_set_policy(policy, &new_policy);
+		ret = cpufreq_set_policy(policy, new_gov,
+					 CPUFREQ_POLICY_UNKNOWN);
 
-	if (new_policy.governor)
-		module_put(new_policy.governor->owner);
+		module_put(new_gov->owner);
+	}
 
 	return ret ? ret : count;
 }
@@ -1053,40 +1053,33 @@ __weak struct cpufreq_governor *cpufreq_default_governor(void)
 
 static int cpufreq_init_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 {
-	struct cpufreq_governor *gov = NULL, *def_gov = NULL;
-	struct cpufreq_policy new_policy;
-
-	memcpy(&new_policy, policy, sizeof(*policy));
-
-	def_gov = cpufreq_default_governor();
+	struct cpufreq_governor *def_gov = cpufreq_default_governor();
+	struct cpufreq_governor *gov = NULL;
+	unsigned int pol = CPUFREQ_POLICY_UNKNOWN;
 
 	if (has_target()) {
-		/*
-		 * Update governor of new_policy to the governor used before
-		 * hotplug
-		 */
+		/* Update policy governor to the one used before hotplug. */
 		gov = find_governor(policy->last_governor);
 		if (gov) {
 			pr_debug("Restoring governor %s for cpu %d\n",
-				policy->governor->name, policy->cpu);
-		} else {
-			if (!def_gov)
-				return -ENODATA;
+				 policy->governor->name, policy->cpu);
+		} else if (def_gov) {
 			gov = def_gov;
+		} else {
+			return -ENODATA;
 		}
-		new_policy.governor = gov;
 	} else {
 		/* Use the default policy if there is no last_policy. */
 		if (policy->last_policy) {
-			new_policy.policy = policy->last_policy;
+			pol = policy->last_policy;
+		} else if (def_gov) {
+			pol = cpufreq_parse_policy(def_gov->name);
 		} else {
-			if (!def_gov)
-				return -ENODATA;
-			cpufreq_parse_policy(def_gov->name, &new_policy);
+			return -ENODATA;
 		}
 	}
 
-	return cpufreq_set_policy(policy, &new_policy);
+	return cpufreq_set_policy(policy, gov, pol);
 }
 
 static int cpufreq_add_policy_cpu(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, unsigned int cpu)
@@ -1114,13 +1107,10 @@ static int cpufreq_add_policy_cpu(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, unsigned int cp
 
 void refresh_frequency_limits(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 {
-	struct cpufreq_policy new_policy;
-
 	if (!policy_is_inactive(policy)) {
-		new_policy = *policy;
 		pr_debug("updating policy for CPU %u\n", policy->cpu);
 
-		cpufreq_set_policy(policy, &new_policy);
+		cpufreq_set_policy(policy, policy->governor, policy->policy);
 	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(refresh_frequency_limits);
@@ -2364,46 +2354,49 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpufreq_get_policy);
 /**
  * cpufreq_set_policy - Modify cpufreq policy parameters.
  * @policy: Policy object to modify.
- * @new_policy: New policy data.
+ * @new_gov: Policy governor pointer.
+ * @new_pol: Policy value (for drivers with built-in governors).
  *
- * Pass @new_policy to the cpufreq driver's ->verify() callback. Next, copy the
- * min and max parameters of @new_policy to @policy and either invoke the
- * driver's ->setpolicy() callback (if present) or carry out a governor update
- * for @policy.  That is, run the current governor's ->limits() callback (if the
- * governor field in @new_policy points to the same object as the one in
- * @policy) or replace the governor for @policy with the new one stored in
- * @new_policy.
+ * Invoke the cpufreq driver's ->verify() callback to sanity-check the frequency
+ * limits to be set for the policy, update @policy with the verified limits
+ * values and either invoke the driver's ->setpolicy() callback (if present) or
+ * carry out a governor update for @policy.  That is, run the current governor's
+ * ->limits() callback (if @new_gov points to the same object as the one in
+ * @policy) or replace the governor for @policy with @new_gov.
  *
  * The cpuinfo part of @policy is not updated by this function.
  */
-int cpufreq_set_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
-		       struct cpufreq_policy *new_policy)
+static int cpufreq_set_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
+			      struct cpufreq_governor *new_gov,
+			      unsigned int new_pol)
 {
+	struct cpufreq_policy_data new_data;
 	struct cpufreq_governor *old_gov;
 	int ret;
 
-	pr_debug("setting new policy for CPU %u: %u - %u kHz\n",
-		 new_policy->cpu, new_policy->min, new_policy->max);
-
-	memcpy(&new_policy->cpuinfo, &policy->cpuinfo, sizeof(policy->cpuinfo));
-
+	memcpy(&new_data.cpuinfo, &policy->cpuinfo, sizeof(policy->cpuinfo));
+	new_data.freq_table = policy->freq_table;
+	new_data.cpu = policy->cpu;
 	/*
 	 * PM QoS framework collects all the requests from users and provide us
 	 * the final aggregated value here.
 	 */
-	new_policy->min = freq_qos_read_value(&policy->constraints, FREQ_QOS_MIN);
-	new_policy->max = freq_qos_read_value(&policy->constraints, FREQ_QOS_MAX);
+	new_data.min = freq_qos_read_value(&policy->constraints, FREQ_QOS_MIN);
+	new_data.max = freq_qos_read_value(&policy->constraints, FREQ_QOS_MAX);
+
+	pr_debug("setting new policy for CPU %u: %u - %u kHz\n",
+		 new_data.cpu, new_data.min, new_data.max);
 
 	/*
 	 * Verify that the CPU speed can be set within these limits and make sure
 	 * that min <= max.
 	 */
-	ret = cpufreq_driver->verify(new_policy);
+	ret = cpufreq_driver->verify(&new_data);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	policy->min = new_policy->min;
-	policy->max = new_policy->max;
+	policy->min = new_data.min;
+	policy->max = new_data.max;
 	trace_cpu_frequency_limits(policy);
 
 	policy->cached_target_freq = UINT_MAX;
@@ -2412,12 +2405,12 @@ int cpufreq_set_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 		 policy->min, policy->max);
 
 	if (cpufreq_driver->setpolicy) {
-		policy->policy = new_policy->policy;
+		policy->policy = new_pol;
 		pr_debug("setting range\n");
 		return cpufreq_driver->setpolicy(policy);
 	}
 
-	if (new_policy->governor == policy->governor) {
+	if (new_gov == policy->governor) {
 		pr_debug("governor limits update\n");
 		cpufreq_governor_limits(policy);
 		return 0;
@@ -2434,7 +2427,7 @@ int cpufreq_set_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 	}
 
 	/* start new governor */
-	policy->governor = new_policy->governor;
+	policy->governor = new_gov;
 	ret = cpufreq_init_governor(policy);
 	if (!ret) {
 		ret = cpufreq_start_governor(policy);
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/freq_table.c b/drivers/cpufreq/freq_table.c
index ded427e0a488..e117b0059123 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/freq_table.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/freq_table.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ int cpufreq_frequency_table_cpuinfo(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 		return 0;
 }
 
-int cpufreq_frequency_table_verify(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
+int cpufreq_frequency_table_verify(struct cpufreq_policy_data *policy,
 				   struct cpufreq_frequency_table *table)
 {
 	struct cpufreq_frequency_table *pos;
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpufreq_frequency_table_verify);
  * Generic routine to verify policy & frequency table, requires driver to set
  * policy->freq_table prior to it.
  */
-int cpufreq_generic_frequency_table_verify(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
+int cpufreq_generic_frequency_table_verify(struct cpufreq_policy_data *policy)
 {
 	if (!policy->freq_table)
 		return -ENODEV;
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/gx-suspmod.c b/drivers/cpufreq/gx-suspmod.c
index e97b5733aa24..75b3ef7ec679 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/gx-suspmod.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/gx-suspmod.c
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ static void gx_set_cpuspeed(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, unsigned int khz)
  *      for the hardware supported by the driver.
  */
 
-static int cpufreq_gx_verify(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
+static int cpufreq_gx_verify(struct cpufreq_policy_data *policy)
 {
 	unsigned int tmp_freq = 0;
 	u8 tmp1, tmp2;
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
index ad6a17cf0011..c81e1ff29069 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
@@ -2036,8 +2036,9 @@ static int intel_pstate_get_max_freq(struct cpudata *cpu)
 			cpu->pstate.max_freq : cpu->pstate.turbo_freq;
 }
 
-static void intel_pstate_update_perf_limits(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
-					    struct cpudata *cpu)
+static void intel_pstate_update_perf_limits(struct cpudata *cpu,
+					    unsigned int policy_min,
+					    unsigned int policy_max)
 {
 	int max_freq = intel_pstate_get_max_freq(cpu);
 	int32_t max_policy_perf, min_policy_perf;
@@ -2056,18 +2057,17 @@ static void intel_pstate_update_perf_limits(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 		turbo_max = cpu->pstate.turbo_pstate;
 	}
 
-	max_policy_perf = max_state * policy->max / max_freq;
-	if (policy->max == policy->min) {
+	max_policy_perf = max_state * policy_max / max_freq;
+	if (policy_max == policy_min) {
 		min_policy_perf = max_policy_perf;
 	} else {
-		min_policy_perf = max_state * policy->min / max_freq;
+		min_policy_perf = max_state * policy_min / max_freq;
 		min_policy_perf = clamp_t(int32_t, min_policy_perf,
 					  0, max_policy_perf);
 	}
 
 	pr_debug("cpu:%d max_state %d min_policy_perf:%d max_policy_perf:%d\n",
-		 policy->cpu, max_state,
-		 min_policy_perf, max_policy_perf);
+		 cpu->cpu, max_state, min_policy_perf, max_policy_perf);
 
 	/* Normalize user input to [min_perf, max_perf] */
 	if (per_cpu_limits) {
@@ -2081,7 +2081,7 @@ static void intel_pstate_update_perf_limits(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 		global_min = DIV_ROUND_UP(turbo_max * global.min_perf_pct, 100);
 		global_min = clamp_t(int32_t, global_min, 0, global_max);
 
-		pr_debug("cpu:%d global_min:%d global_max:%d\n", policy->cpu,
+		pr_debug("cpu:%d global_min:%d global_max:%d\n", cpu->cpu,
 			 global_min, global_max);
 
 		cpu->min_perf_ratio = max(min_policy_perf, global_min);
@@ -2094,7 +2094,7 @@ static void intel_pstate_update_perf_limits(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 					  cpu->max_perf_ratio);
 
 	}
-	pr_debug("cpu:%d max_perf_ratio:%d min_perf_ratio:%d\n", policy->cpu,
+	pr_debug("cpu:%d max_perf_ratio:%d min_perf_ratio:%d\n", cpu->cpu,
 		 cpu->max_perf_ratio,
 		 cpu->min_perf_ratio);
 }
@@ -2114,7 +2114,7 @@ static int intel_pstate_set_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 
 	mutex_lock(&intel_pstate_limits_lock);
 
-	intel_pstate_update_perf_limits(policy, cpu);
+	intel_pstate_update_perf_limits(cpu, policy->min, policy->max);
 
 	if (cpu->policy == CPUFREQ_POLICY_PERFORMANCE) {
 		/*
@@ -2143,8 +2143,8 @@ static int intel_pstate_set_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void intel_pstate_adjust_policy_max(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
-					 struct cpudata *cpu)
+static void intel_pstate_adjust_policy_max(struct cpudata *cpu,
+					   struct cpufreq_policy_data *policy)
 {
 	if (!hwp_active &&
 	    cpu->pstate.max_pstate_physical > cpu->pstate.max_pstate &&
@@ -2155,7 +2155,7 @@ static void intel_pstate_adjust_policy_max(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 	}
 }
 
-static int intel_pstate_verify_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
+static int intel_pstate_verify_policy(struct cpufreq_policy_data *policy)
 {
 	struct cpudata *cpu = all_cpu_data[policy->cpu];
 
@@ -2163,11 +2163,7 @@ static int intel_pstate_verify_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 	cpufreq_verify_within_limits(policy, policy->cpuinfo.min_freq,
 				     intel_pstate_get_max_freq(cpu));
 
-	if (policy->policy != CPUFREQ_POLICY_POWERSAVE &&
-	    policy->policy != CPUFREQ_POLICY_PERFORMANCE)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	intel_pstate_adjust_policy_max(policy, cpu);
+	intel_pstate_adjust_policy_max(cpu, policy);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -2268,7 +2264,7 @@ static struct cpufreq_driver intel_pstate = {
 	.name		= "intel_pstate",
 };
 
-static int intel_cpufreq_verify_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
+static int intel_cpufreq_verify_policy(struct cpufreq_policy_data *policy)
 {
 	struct cpudata *cpu = all_cpu_data[policy->cpu];
 
@@ -2276,9 +2272,9 @@ static int intel_cpufreq_verify_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 	cpufreq_verify_within_limits(policy, policy->cpuinfo.min_freq,
 				     intel_pstate_get_max_freq(cpu));
 
-	intel_pstate_adjust_policy_max(policy, cpu);
+	intel_pstate_adjust_policy_max(cpu, policy);
 
-	intel_pstate_update_perf_limits(policy, cpu);
+	intel_pstate_update_perf_limits(cpu, policy->min, policy->max);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/longrun.c b/drivers/cpufreq/longrun.c
index 64b8689f7a4a..0b08be8bff76 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/longrun.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/longrun.c
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ static int longrun_set_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
  * Validates a new CPUFreq policy. This function has to be called with
  * cpufreq_driver locked.
  */
-static int longrun_verify_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
+static int longrun_verify_policy(struct cpufreq_policy_data *policy)
 {
 	if (!policy)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -130,10 +130,6 @@ static int longrun_verify_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 	policy->cpu = 0;
 	cpufreq_verify_within_cpu_limits(policy);
 
-	if ((policy->policy != CPUFREQ_POLICY_POWERSAVE) &&
-	    (policy->policy != CPUFREQ_POLICY_PERFORMANCE))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/pcc-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/pcc-cpufreq.c
index fdc767fdbe6a..f90273006553 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/pcc-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/pcc-cpufreq.c
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ struct pcc_cpu {
 
 static struct pcc_cpu __percpu *pcc_cpu_info;
 
-static int pcc_cpufreq_verify(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
+static int pcc_cpufreq_verify(struct cpufreq_policy_data *policy)
 {
 	cpufreq_verify_within_cpu_limits(policy);
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/sh-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/sh-cpufreq.c
index 5096c0ab781b..0ac265d47ef0 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/sh-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/sh-cpufreq.c
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ static int sh_cpufreq_target(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 	return work_on_cpu(policy->cpu, __sh_cpufreq_target, &data);
 }
 
-static int sh_cpufreq_verify(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
+static int sh_cpufreq_verify(struct cpufreq_policy_data *policy)
 {
 	struct clk *cpuclk = &per_cpu(sh_cpuclk, policy->cpu);
 	struct cpufreq_frequency_table *freq_table;
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/unicore2-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/unicore2-cpufreq.c
index 707dbc1b7ac8..98d392196df2 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/unicore2-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/unicore2-cpufreq.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ static struct cpufreq_driver ucv2_driver;
 /* make sure that only the "userspace" governor is run
  * -- anything else wouldn't make sense on this platform, anyway.
  */
-static int ucv2_verify_speed(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
+static int ucv2_verify_speed(struct cpufreq_policy_data *policy)
 {
 	if (policy->cpu)
 		return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/include/linux/cpufreq.h b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
index 31b1b0e03df8..018dce868de6 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpufreq.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
@@ -148,6 +148,20 @@ struct cpufreq_policy {
 	struct notifier_block nb_max;
 };
 
+/*
+ * Used for passing new cpufreq policy data to the cpufreq driver's ->verify()
+ * callback for sanitization.  That callback is only expected to modify the min
+ * and max values, if necessary, and specifically it must not update the
+ * frequency table.
+ */
+struct cpufreq_policy_data {
+	struct cpufreq_cpuinfo		cpuinfo;
+	struct cpufreq_frequency_table	*freq_table;
+	unsigned int			cpu;
+	unsigned int			min;    /* in kHz */
+	unsigned int			max;    /* in kHz */
+};
+
 struct cpufreq_freqs {
 	struct cpufreq_policy *policy;
 	unsigned int old;
@@ -201,8 +215,6 @@ u64 get_cpu_idle_time(unsigned int cpu, u64 *wall, int io_busy);
 struct cpufreq_policy *cpufreq_cpu_acquire(unsigned int cpu);
 void cpufreq_cpu_release(struct cpufreq_policy *policy);
 int cpufreq_get_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, unsigned int cpu);
-int cpufreq_set_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
-		       struct cpufreq_policy *new_policy);
 void refresh_frequency_limits(struct cpufreq_policy *policy);
 void cpufreq_update_policy(unsigned int cpu);
 void cpufreq_update_limits(unsigned int cpu);
@@ -284,7 +296,7 @@ struct cpufreq_driver {
 
 	/* needed by all drivers */
 	int		(*init)(struct cpufreq_policy *policy);
-	int		(*verify)(struct cpufreq_policy *policy);
+	int		(*verify)(struct cpufreq_policy_data *policy);
 
 	/* define one out of two */
 	int		(*setpolicy)(struct cpufreq_policy *policy);
@@ -415,8 +427,9 @@ static inline int cpufreq_thermal_control_enabled(struct cpufreq_driver *drv)
 		(drv->flags & CPUFREQ_IS_COOLING_DEV);
 }
 
-static inline void cpufreq_verify_within_limits(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
-		unsigned int min, unsigned int max)
+static inline void cpufreq_verify_within_limits(struct cpufreq_policy_data *policy,
+						unsigned int min,
+						unsigned int max)
 {
 	if (policy->min < min)
 		policy->min = min;
@@ -432,10 +445,10 @@ static inline void cpufreq_verify_within_limits(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 }
 
 static inline void
-cpufreq_verify_within_cpu_limits(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
+cpufreq_verify_within_cpu_limits(struct cpufreq_policy_data *policy)
 {
 	cpufreq_verify_within_limits(policy, policy->cpuinfo.min_freq,
-			policy->cpuinfo.max_freq);
+				     policy->cpuinfo.max_freq);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CPU_FREQ
@@ -513,6 +526,7 @@ static inline unsigned long cpufreq_scale(unsigned long old, u_int div,
  *                          CPUFREQ GOVERNORS                        *
  *********************************************************************/
 
+#define CPUFREQ_POLICY_UNKNOWN		(0)
 /*
  * If (cpufreq_driver->target) exists, the ->governor decides what frequency
  * within the limits is used. If (cpufreq_driver->setpolicy> exists, these
@@ -684,9 +698,9 @@ static inline void dev_pm_opp_free_cpufreq_table(struct device *dev,
 int cpufreq_frequency_table_cpuinfo(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 				    struct cpufreq_frequency_table *table);
 
-int cpufreq_frequency_table_verify(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
+int cpufreq_frequency_table_verify(struct cpufreq_policy_data *policy,
 				   struct cpufreq_frequency_table *table);
-int cpufreq_generic_frequency_table_verify(struct cpufreq_policy *policy);
+int cpufreq_generic_frequency_table_verify(struct cpufreq_policy_data *policy);
 
 int cpufreq_table_index_unsorted(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 				 unsigned int target_freq,