--- zzzz-none-000/linux-4.4.60/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c	2017-04-08 07:53:53.000000000 +0000
+++ scorpion-7490-727/linux-4.4.60/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c	2021-02-04 17:41:59.000000000 +0000
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #define MAX_SAMPLING_DOWN_FACTOR		(10)
 
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct cs_cpu_dbs_info_s, cs_cpu_dbs_info);
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, cpufreq_stat_stepdown);
 
 static int cs_cpufreq_governor_dbs(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 				   unsigned int event);
@@ -64,6 +65,21 @@
 	struct dbs_data *dbs_data = policy->governor_data;
 	struct cs_dbs_tuners *cs_tuners = dbs_data->tuners;
 
+	//notify of no change so cpufreq stats can continuously measure
+	//statistics even when frequency does not change
+	struct cpufreq_freqs freqs;
+	freqs.cpu=cpu;
+	freqs.old=policy->cur;
+	freqs.new=policy->cur;
+
+	//however only do this every tenth time
+	if( per_cpu(cpufreq_stat_stepdown, cpu) < 9 ) {
+		per_cpu(cpufreq_stat_stepdown, cpu)++;
+	} else {
+		per_cpu(cpufreq_stat_stepdown, cpu)=0;
+		cpufreq_notify_transition(policy, &freqs, CPUFREQ_NOCHANGE);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * break out if we 'cannot' reduce the speed as the user might
 	 * want freq_step to be zero
@@ -85,7 +101,7 @@
 			dbs_info->requested_freq = policy->max;
 
 		__cpufreq_driver_target(policy, dbs_info->requested_freq,
-			CPUFREQ_RELATION_H);
+				CPUFREQ_RELATION_H);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -384,6 +400,11 @@
 
 static int __init cpufreq_gov_dbs_init(void)
 {
+	unsigned int cpu;
+
+	for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
+		per_cpu(cpufreq_stat_stepdown, cpu) = 0;
+	}
 	return cpufreq_register_governor(&cpufreq_gov_conservative);
 }