diff --git a/lib/power/meson.build b/lib/power/meson.build
index c1097d32f1..74c5f3a294 100644
--- a/lib/power/meson.build
+++ b/lib/power/meson.build
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ if not is_linux
     build = false
     reason = 'only supported on Linux'
 endif
+
+# we do some snprintf magic so silence format-nonliteral
+flag_nonliteral = '-Wno-format-nonliteral'
+if cc.has_argument(flag_nonliteral)
+	cflags += flag_nonliteral
+endif
+
 sources = files(
         'guest_channel.c',
         'power_acpi_cpufreq.c',
diff --git a/lib/power/power_acpi_cpufreq.c b/lib/power/power_acpi_cpufreq.c
index 1b8c69cc8b..9ca8d8a8f2 100644
--- a/lib/power/power_acpi_cpufreq.c
+++ b/lib/power/power_acpi_cpufreq.c
@@ -19,41 +19,10 @@
 #include "power_acpi_cpufreq.h"
 #include "power_common.h"
 
-#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_POWER_DEBUG
-#define POWER_DEBUG_TRACE(fmt, args...) do { \
-		RTE_LOG(ERR, POWER, "%s: " fmt, __func__, ## args); \
-} while (0)
-#else
-#define POWER_DEBUG_TRACE(fmt, args...)
-#endif
-
-#define FOPEN_OR_ERR_RET(f, retval) do { \
-		if ((f) == NULL) { \
-			RTE_LOG(ERR, POWER, "File not opened\n"); \
-			return retval; \
-		} \
-} while (0)
-
-#define FOPS_OR_NULL_GOTO(ret, label) do { \
-		if ((ret) == NULL) { \
-			RTE_LOG(ERR, POWER, "fgets returns nothing\n"); \
-			goto label; \
-		} \
-} while (0)
-
-#define FOPS_OR_ERR_GOTO(ret, label) do { \
-		if ((ret) < 0) { \
-			RTE_LOG(ERR, POWER, "File operations failed\n"); \
-			goto label; \
-		} \
-} while (0)
-
 #define STR_SIZE     1024
 #define POWER_CONVERT_TO_DECIMAL 10
 
 #define POWER_GOVERNOR_USERSPACE "userspace"
-#define POWER_SYSFILE_GOVERNOR   \
-		"/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu%u/cpufreq/scaling_governor"
 #define POWER_SYSFILE_AVAIL_FREQ \
 		"/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu%u/cpufreq/scaling_available_frequencies"
 #define POWER_SYSFILE_SETSPEED   \
@@ -135,53 +104,18 @@ set_freq_internal(struct acpi_power_info *pi, uint32_t idx)
 static int
 power_set_governor_userspace(struct acpi_power_info *pi)
 {
-	FILE *f;
-	int ret = -1;
-	char buf[BUFSIZ];
-	char fullpath[PATH_MAX];
-	char *s;
-	int val;
-
-	snprintf(fullpath, sizeof(fullpath), POWER_SYSFILE_GOVERNOR,
-			pi->lcore_id);
-	f = fopen(fullpath, "rw+");
-	FOPEN_OR_ERR_RET(f, ret);
-
-	s = fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), f);
-	FOPS_OR_NULL_GOTO(s, out);
-	/* Strip off terminating '\n' */
-	strtok(buf, "\n");
-
-	/* Save the original governor */
-	rte_strscpy(pi->governor_ori, buf, sizeof(pi->governor_ori));
-
-	/* Check if current governor is userspace */
-	if (strncmp(buf, POWER_GOVERNOR_USERSPACE,
-			sizeof(POWER_GOVERNOR_USERSPACE)) == 0) {
-		ret = 0;
-		POWER_DEBUG_TRACE("Power management governor of lcore %u is "
-				"already userspace\n", pi->lcore_id);
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	/* Write 'userspace' to the governor */
-	val = fseek(f, 0, SEEK_SET);
-	FOPS_OR_ERR_GOTO(val, out);
-
-	val = fputs(POWER_GOVERNOR_USERSPACE, f);
-	FOPS_OR_ERR_GOTO(val, out);
-
-	/* We need to flush to see if the fputs succeeds */
-	val = fflush(f);
-	FOPS_OR_ERR_GOTO(val, out);
-
-	ret = 0;
-	RTE_LOG(INFO, POWER, "Power management governor of lcore %u has been "
-			"set to user space successfully\n", pi->lcore_id);
-out:
-	fclose(f);
+	return power_set_governor(pi->lcore_id, POWER_GOVERNOR_USERSPACE,
+			pi->governor_ori, sizeof(pi->governor_ori));
+}
 
-	return ret;
+/**
+ * It is to check the governor and then set the original governor back if
+ * needed by writing the sys file.
+ */
+static int
+power_set_governor_original(struct acpi_power_info *pi)
+{
+	return power_set_governor(pi->lcore_id, pi->governor_ori, NULL, 0);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -195,22 +129,22 @@ power_get_available_freqs(struct acpi_power_info *pi)
 	int ret = -1, i, count;
 	char *p;
 	char buf[BUFSIZ];
-	char fullpath[PATH_MAX];
 	char *freqs[RTE_MAX_LCORE_FREQS];
-	char *s;
-
-	snprintf(fullpath, sizeof(fullpath), POWER_SYSFILE_AVAIL_FREQ,
-			pi->lcore_id);
-	f = fopen(fullpath, "r");
-	FOPEN_OR_ERR_RET(f, ret);
 
-	s = fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), f);
-	FOPS_OR_NULL_GOTO(s, out);
+	open_core_sysfs_file(POWER_SYSFILE_AVAIL_FREQ, pi->lcore_id, "r",
+			&f);
+	if (f == NULL) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, POWER, "failed to open %s\n",
+				POWER_SYSFILE_AVAIL_FREQ);
+		goto out;
+	}
 
-	/* Strip the line break if there is */
-	p = strchr(buf, '\n');
-	if (p != NULL)
-		*p = 0;
+	ret = read_core_sysfs_s(f, buf, sizeof(buf));
+	if ((ret) < 0) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, POWER, "Failed to read %s\n",
+				POWER_SYSFILE_AVAIL_FREQ);
+		goto out;
+	}
 
 	/* Split string into at most RTE_MAX_LCORE_FREQS frequencies */
 	count = rte_strsplit(buf, sizeof(buf), freqs,
@@ -250,7 +184,8 @@ power_get_available_freqs(struct acpi_power_info *pi)
 	POWER_DEBUG_TRACE("%d frequency(s) of lcore %u are available\n",
 			count, pi->lcore_id);
 out:
-	fclose(f);
+	if (f != NULL)
+		fclose(f);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -262,18 +197,24 @@ static int
 power_init_for_setting_freq(struct acpi_power_info *pi)
 {
 	FILE *f;
-	char fullpath[PATH_MAX];
 	char buf[BUFSIZ];
 	uint32_t i, freq;
-	char *s;
+	int ret;
 
-	snprintf(fullpath, sizeof(fullpath), POWER_SYSFILE_SETSPEED,
-			pi->lcore_id);
-	f = fopen(fullpath, "rw+");
-	FOPEN_OR_ERR_RET(f, -1);
+	open_core_sysfs_file(POWER_SYSFILE_SETSPEED, pi->lcore_id, "rw+",
+			&f);
+	if (f == NULL) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, POWER, "Failed to open %s\n",
+				POWER_SYSFILE_SETSPEED);
+		goto err;
+	}
 
-	s = fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), f);
-	FOPS_OR_NULL_GOTO(s, out);
+	ret = read_core_sysfs_s(f, buf, sizeof(buf));
+	if ((ret) < 0) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, POWER, "Failed to read %s\n",
+				POWER_SYSFILE_SETSPEED);
+		goto err;
+	}
 
 	freq = strtoul(buf, NULL, POWER_CONVERT_TO_DECIMAL);
 	for (i = 0; i < pi->nb_freqs; i++) {
@@ -284,8 +225,9 @@ power_init_for_setting_freq(struct acpi_power_info *pi)
 		}
 	}
 
-out:
-	fclose(f);
+err:
+	if (f != NULL)
+		fclose(f);
 
 	return -1;
 }
@@ -369,54 +311,6 @@ power_acpi_cpufreq_init(unsigned int lcore_id)
 	return -1;
 }
 
-/**
- * It is to check the governor and then set the original governor back if
- * needed by writing the sys file.
- */
-static int
-power_set_governor_original(struct acpi_power_info *pi)
-{
-	FILE *f;
-	int ret = -1;
-	char buf[BUFSIZ];
-	char fullpath[PATH_MAX];
-	char *s;
-	int val;
-
-	snprintf(fullpath, sizeof(fullpath), POWER_SYSFILE_GOVERNOR,
-			pi->lcore_id);
-	f = fopen(fullpath, "rw+");
-	FOPEN_OR_ERR_RET(f, ret);
-
-	s = fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), f);
-	FOPS_OR_NULL_GOTO(s, out);
-
-	/* Check if the governor to be set is the same as current */
-	if (strncmp(buf, pi->governor_ori, sizeof(pi->governor_ori)) == 0) {
-		ret = 0;
-		POWER_DEBUG_TRACE("Power management governor of lcore %u "
-				"has already been set to %s\n",
-				pi->lcore_id, pi->governor_ori);
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	/* Write back the original governor */
-	val = fseek(f, 0, SEEK_SET);
-	FOPS_OR_ERR_GOTO(val, out);
-
-	val = fputs(pi->governor_ori, f);
-	FOPS_OR_ERR_GOTO(val, out);
-
-	ret = 0;
-	RTE_LOG(INFO, POWER, "Power management governor of lcore %u "
-			"has been set back to %s successfully\n",
-			pi->lcore_id, pi->governor_ori);
-out:
-	fclose(f);
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
 int
 power_acpi_cpufreq_exit(unsigned int lcore_id)
 {
diff --git a/lib/power/power_common.c b/lib/power/power_common.c
index 67e3318ec7..4deb343dae 100644
--- a/lib/power/power_common.c
+++ b/lib/power/power_common.c
@@ -3,13 +3,20 @@
  */
 
 #include <limits.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
+#include <rte_log.h>
+#include <rte_string_fns.h>
+
 #include "power_common.h"
 
 #define POWER_SYSFILE_SCALING_DRIVER   \
 		"/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu%u/cpufreq/scaling_driver"
+#define POWER_SYSFILE_GOVERNOR  \
+		"/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu%u/cpufreq/scaling_governor"
+#define POWER_CONVERT_TO_DECIMAL 10
 
 int
 cpufreq_check_scaling_driver(const char *driver_name)
@@ -58,3 +65,142 @@ cpufreq_check_scaling_driver(const char *driver_name)
 	 */
 	return 1;
 }
+
+int
+open_core_sysfs_file(const char *template, unsigned int core, const char *mode,
+		FILE **f)
+{
+	char fullpath[PATH_MAX];
+	FILE *tmpf;
+
+	/* silenced -Wformat-nonliteral here */
+	snprintf(fullpath, sizeof(fullpath), template, core);
+	tmpf = fopen(fullpath, mode);
+	*f = tmpf;
+	if (tmpf == NULL)
+		return -1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int
+read_core_sysfs_u32(FILE *f, uint32_t *val)
+{
+	char buf[BUFSIZ];
+	uint32_t fval;
+	char *s;
+
+	s = fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), f);
+	if (s == NULL)
+		return -1;
+
+	/* fgets puts null terminator in, but do this just in case */
+	buf[BUFSIZ - 1] = '\0';
+
+	/* strip off any terminating newlines */
+	*strchrnul(buf, '\n') = '\0';
+
+	fval = strtoul(buf, NULL, POWER_CONVERT_TO_DECIMAL);
+
+	/* write the value */
+	*val = fval;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int
+read_core_sysfs_s(FILE *f, char *buf, unsigned int len)
+{
+	char *s;
+
+	s = fgets(buf, len, f);
+	if (s == NULL)
+		return -1;
+
+	/* fgets puts null terminator in, but do this just in case */
+	buf[len - 1] = '\0';
+
+	/* strip off any terminating newlines */
+	*strchrnul(buf, '\n') = '\0';
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int
+write_core_sysfs_s(FILE *f, const char *str)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = fseek(f, 0, SEEK_SET);
+	if (ret != 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	ret = fputs(str, f);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	/* flush the output */
+	ret = fflush(f);
+	if (ret != 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * It is to check the current scaling governor by reading sys file, and then
+ * set it into 'performance' if it is not by writing the sys file. The original
+ * governor will be saved for rolling back.
+ */
+int
+power_set_governor(unsigned int lcore_id, const char *new_governor,
+		char *orig_governor, size_t orig_governor_len)
+{
+	FILE *f_governor = NULL;
+	int ret = -1;
+	char buf[BUFSIZ];
+
+	open_core_sysfs_file(POWER_SYSFILE_GOVERNOR, lcore_id, "rw+",
+			&f_governor);
+	if (f_governor == NULL) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, POWER, "failed to open %s\n",
+				POWER_SYSFILE_GOVERNOR);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = read_core_sysfs_s(f_governor, buf, sizeof(buf));
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, POWER, "Failed to read %s\n",
+				POWER_SYSFILE_GOVERNOR);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	/* Save the original governor, if it was provided */
+	if (orig_governor)
+		rte_strscpy(orig_governor, buf, orig_governor_len);
+
+	/* Check if current governor is already what we want */
+	if (strcmp(buf, new_governor) == 0) {
+		ret = 0;
+		POWER_DEBUG_TRACE("Power management governor of lcore %u is "
+				"already %s\n", lcore_id, new_governor);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	/* Write the new governor */
+	ret = write_core_sysfs_s(f_governor, new_governor);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, POWER, "Failed to write %s\n",
+				POWER_SYSFILE_GOVERNOR);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = 0;
+	RTE_LOG(INFO, POWER, "Power management governor of lcore %u has been "
+			"set to '%s' successfully\n", lcore_id, new_governor);
+out:
+	if (f_governor != NULL)
+		fclose(f_governor);
+
+	return ret;
+}
diff --git a/lib/power/power_common.h b/lib/power/power_common.h
index fab3ca995a..ef9f5fa855 100644
--- a/lib/power/power_common.h
+++ b/lib/power/power_common.h
@@ -5,9 +5,26 @@
 #ifndef _POWER_COMMON_H_
 #define _POWER_COMMON_H_
 
+#include <inttypes.h>
+
 #define RTE_POWER_INVALID_FREQ_INDEX (~0)
 
+
+#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_POWER_DEBUG
+#define POWER_DEBUG_TRACE(fmt, args...) \
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, POWER, "%s: " fmt, __func__, ## args)
+#else
+#define POWER_DEBUG_TRACE(fmt, args...)
+#endif
+
 /* check if scaling driver matches one we want */
 int cpufreq_check_scaling_driver(const char *driver);
+int power_set_governor(unsigned int lcore_id, const char *new_governor,
+		char *orig_governor, size_t orig_governor_len);
+int open_core_sysfs_file(const char *template, unsigned int core,
+			 const char *mode, FILE **f);
+int read_core_sysfs_u32(FILE *f, uint32_t *val);
+int read_core_sysfs_s(FILE *f, char *buf, unsigned int len);
+int write_core_sysfs_s(FILE *f, const char *str);
 
 #endif /* _POWER_COMMON_H_ */
diff --git a/lib/power/power_pstate_cpufreq.c b/lib/power/power_pstate_cpufreq.c
index 2cfc54acf3..ed10bd193b 100644
--- a/lib/power/power_pstate_cpufreq.c
+++ b/lib/power/power_pstate_cpufreq.c
@@ -21,46 +21,13 @@
 #include "power_pstate_cpufreq.h"
 #include "power_common.h"
 
-
-#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_POWER_DEBUG
-#define POWER_DEBUG_TRACE(fmt, args...) do { \
-		RTE_LOG(ERR, POWER, "%s: " fmt, __func__, ## args); \
-} while (0)
-#else
-#define POWER_DEBUG_TRACE(fmt, args...)
-#endif
-
-#define FOPEN_OR_ERR_RET(f, retval) do { \
-		if ((f) == NULL) { \
-			RTE_LOG(ERR, POWER, "File not opened\n"); \
-			return retval; \
-		} \
-} while (0)
-
-#define FOPS_OR_NULL_GOTO(ret, label) do { \
-		if ((ret) == NULL) { \
-			RTE_LOG(ERR, POWER, "fgets returns nothing\n"); \
-			goto label; \
-		} \
-} while (0)
-
-#define FOPS_OR_ERR_GOTO(ret, label) do { \
-		if ((ret) < 0) { \
-			RTE_LOG(ERR, POWER, "File operations failed\n"); \
-			goto label; \
-		} \
-} while (0)
-
 /* macros used for rounding frequency to nearest 100000 */
 #define FREQ_ROUNDING_DELTA 50000
 #define ROUND_FREQ_TO_N_100000 100000
 
-#define POWER_CONVERT_TO_DECIMAL 10
 #define BUS_FREQ     100000
 
 #define POWER_GOVERNOR_PERF "performance"
-#define POWER_SYSFILE_GOVERNOR  \
-		"/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu%u/cpufreq/scaling_governor"
 #define POWER_SYSFILE_MAX_FREQ \
 		"/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu%u/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq"
 #define POWER_SYSFILE_MIN_FREQ  \
@@ -154,91 +121,78 @@ out:	close(fd);
 static int
 power_init_for_setting_freq(struct pstate_power_info *pi)
 {
-	FILE *f_min, *f_max, *f_base = NULL, *f_base_max;
-	char fullpath_min[PATH_MAX];
-	char fullpath_max[PATH_MAX];
-	char fullpath_base[PATH_MAX];
-	char fullpath_base_max[PATH_MAX];
-	char buf_base[BUFSIZ];
-	char *s_base;
-	char *s_base_max;
-	uint32_t base_ratio = 0;
-	uint32_t base_max_ratio = 0;
-	uint64_t max_non_turbo = 0;
-	int  ret_val = 0;
-
-	snprintf(fullpath_base_max,
-			sizeof(fullpath_base_max),
-			POWER_SYSFILE_BASE_MAX_FREQ,
-			pi->lcore_id);
-	f_base_max = fopen(fullpath_base_max, "r");
-	FOPEN_OR_ERR_RET(f_base_max, -1);
-	if (f_base_max != NULL) {
-		s_base_max = fgets(buf_base, sizeof(buf_base), f_base_max);
-
-		/* close the file unconditionally */
-		fclose(f_base_max);
-		f_base_max = NULL;
-
-		FOPS_OR_NULL_GOTO(s_base_max, out);
-
-		buf_base[BUFSIZ-1] = '\0';
-		if (strlen(buf_base))
-			/* Strip off terminating '\n' */
-			strtok(buf_base, "\n");
-
-		base_max_ratio =
-			strtoul(buf_base, NULL, POWER_CONVERT_TO_DECIMAL)
-				/ BUS_FREQ;
+	FILE *f_base = NULL, *f_base_max = NULL, *f_min = NULL, *f_max = NULL;
+	uint32_t base_ratio, base_max_ratio;
+	uint64_t max_non_turbo;
+	int ret;
+
+	/* open all files we expect to have open */
+	open_core_sysfs_file(POWER_SYSFILE_BASE_MAX_FREQ, pi->lcore_id, "r",
+			&f_base_max);
+	if (f_base_max == NULL) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, POWER, "failed to open %s\n",
+				POWER_SYSFILE_BASE_MAX_FREQ);
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	open_core_sysfs_file(POWER_SYSFILE_MIN_FREQ, pi->lcore_id, "rw+",
+			&f_min);
+	if (f_min == NULL) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, POWER, "failed to open %s\n",
+				POWER_SYSFILE_MIN_FREQ);
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	open_core_sysfs_file(POWER_SYSFILE_MAX_FREQ, pi->lcore_id, "rw+",
+			&f_max);
+	if (f_max == NULL) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, POWER, "failed to open %s\n",
+				POWER_SYSFILE_MAX_FREQ);
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	open_core_sysfs_file(POWER_SYSFILE_BASE_FREQ, pi->lcore_id, "r",
+			&f_base);
+	/* base ratio file may not exist in some kernels, so no error check */
+
+	/* read base max ratio */
+	ret = read_core_sysfs_u32(f_base_max, &base_max_ratio);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, POWER, "Failed to read %s\n",
+				POWER_SYSFILE_BASE_MAX_FREQ);
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	/* base ratio may not exist */
+	if (f_base != NULL) {
+		ret = read_core_sysfs_u32(f_base, &base_ratio);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			RTE_LOG(ERR, POWER, "Failed to read %s\n",
+					POWER_SYSFILE_BASE_FREQ);
+			goto err;
+		}
+	} else {
+		base_ratio = 0;
 	}
 
-	snprintf(fullpath_min, sizeof(fullpath_min), POWER_SYSFILE_MIN_FREQ,
-			pi->lcore_id);
-	f_min = fopen(fullpath_min, "rw+");
-	FOPEN_OR_ERR_RET(f_min, -1);
+	/* Add MSR read to detect turbo status */
+	if (power_rdmsr(PLATFORM_INFO, &max_non_turbo, pi->lcore_id) < 0)
+		goto err;
+	/* no errors after this point */
 
-	snprintf(fullpath_max, sizeof(fullpath_max), POWER_SYSFILE_MAX_FREQ,
-			pi->lcore_id);
-	f_max = fopen(fullpath_max, "rw+");
-	if (f_max == NULL)
-		fclose(f_min);
-	FOPEN_OR_ERR_RET(f_max, -1);
+	/* convert ratios to bins */
+	base_max_ratio /= BUS_FREQ;
+	base_ratio /= BUS_FREQ;
 
+	/* assign file handles */
 	pi->f_cur_min = f_min;
 	pi->f_cur_max = f_max;
 
-	snprintf(fullpath_base, sizeof(fullpath_base), POWER_SYSFILE_BASE_FREQ,
-			pi->lcore_id);
-
-	f_base = fopen(fullpath_base, "r");
-	if (f_base == NULL) {
-		/* No sysfs base_frequency, that's OK, continue without */
-		base_ratio = 0;
-	} else {
-		s_base = fgets(buf_base, sizeof(buf_base), f_base);
-		FOPS_OR_NULL_GOTO(s_base, out);
-
-		buf_base[BUFSIZ-1] = '\0';
-		if (strlen(buf_base))
-			/* Strip off terminating '\n' */
-			strtok(buf_base, "\n");
-
-		base_ratio = strtoul(buf_base, NULL, POWER_CONVERT_TO_DECIMAL)
-				/ BUS_FREQ;
-	}
-
-	/* Add MSR read to detect turbo status */
-
-	if (power_rdmsr(PLATFORM_INFO, &max_non_turbo, pi->lcore_id) < 0) {
-		ret_val = -1;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
 	max_non_turbo = (max_non_turbo&NON_TURBO_MASK)>>NON_TURBO_OFFSET;
 
 	POWER_DEBUG_TRACE("no turbo perf %"PRIu64"\n", max_non_turbo);
 
-	pi->non_turbo_max_ratio = max_non_turbo;
+	pi->non_turbo_max_ratio = (uint32_t)max_non_turbo;
 
 	/*
 	 * If base_frequency is reported as greater than the maximum
@@ -264,7 +218,20 @@ power_init_for_setting_freq(struct pstate_power_info *pi)
 out:
 	if (f_base != NULL)
 		fclose(f_base);
-	return ret_val;
+	fclose(f_base_max);
+	/* f_min and f_max are stored, no need to close */
+	return 0;
+
+err:
+	if (f_base != NULL)
+		fclose(f_base);
+	if (f_base_max != NULL)
+		fclose(f_base_max);
+	if (f_min != NULL)
+		fclose(f_min);
+	if (f_max != NULL)
+		fclose(f_max);
+	return -1;
 }
 
 static int
@@ -369,53 +336,8 @@ set_freq_internal(struct pstate_power_info *pi, uint32_t idx)
 static int
 power_set_governor_performance(struct pstate_power_info *pi)
 {
-	FILE *f;
-	int ret = -1;
-	char buf[BUFSIZ];
-	char fullpath[PATH_MAX];
-	char *s;
-	int val;
-
-	snprintf(fullpath, sizeof(fullpath), POWER_SYSFILE_GOVERNOR,
-			pi->lcore_id);
-	f = fopen(fullpath, "rw+");
-	FOPEN_OR_ERR_RET(f, ret);
-
-	s = fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), f);
-	FOPS_OR_NULL_GOTO(s, out);
-	/* Strip off terminating '\n' */
-	strtok(buf, "\n");
-
-	/* Save the original governor */
-	rte_strscpy(pi->governor_ori, buf, sizeof(pi->governor_ori));
-
-	/* Check if current governor is performance */
-	if (strncmp(buf, POWER_GOVERNOR_PERF,
-			sizeof(POWER_GOVERNOR_PERF)) == 0) {
-		ret = 0;
-		POWER_DEBUG_TRACE("Power management governor of lcore %u is "
-				"already performance\n", pi->lcore_id);
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	/* Write 'performance' to the governor */
-	val = fseek(f, 0, SEEK_SET);
-	FOPS_OR_ERR_GOTO(val, out);
-
-	val = fputs(POWER_GOVERNOR_PERF, f);
-	FOPS_OR_ERR_GOTO(val, out);
-
-	/* We need to flush to see if the fputs succeeds */
-	val = fflush(f);
-	FOPS_OR_ERR_GOTO(val, out);
-
-	ret = 0;
-	RTE_LOG(INFO, POWER, "Power management governor of lcore %u has been "
-			"set to performance successfully\n", pi->lcore_id);
-out:
-	fclose(f);
-
-	return ret;
+	return power_set_governor(pi->lcore_id, POWER_GOVERNOR_PERF,
+			pi->governor_ori, sizeof(pi->governor_ori));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -425,45 +347,7 @@ power_set_governor_performance(struct pstate_power_info *pi)
 static int
 power_set_governor_original(struct pstate_power_info *pi)
 {
-	FILE *f;
-	int ret = -1;
-	char buf[BUFSIZ];
-	char fullpath[PATH_MAX];
-	char *s;
-	int val;
-
-	snprintf(fullpath, sizeof(fullpath), POWER_SYSFILE_GOVERNOR,
-			pi->lcore_id);
-	f = fopen(fullpath, "rw+");
-	FOPEN_OR_ERR_RET(f, ret);
-
-	s = fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), f);
-	FOPS_OR_NULL_GOTO(s, out);
-
-	/* Check if the governor to be set is the same as current */
-	if (strncmp(buf, pi->governor_ori, sizeof(pi->governor_ori)) == 0) {
-		ret = 0;
-		POWER_DEBUG_TRACE("Power management governor of lcore %u "
-				"has already been set to %s\n",
-				pi->lcore_id, pi->governor_ori);
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	/* Write back the original governor */
-	val = fseek(f, 0, SEEK_SET);
-	FOPS_OR_ERR_GOTO(val, out);
-
-	val = fputs(pi->governor_ori, f);
-	FOPS_OR_ERR_GOTO(val, out);
-
-	ret = 0;
-	RTE_LOG(INFO, POWER, "Power management governor of lcore %u "
-			"has been set back to %s successfully\n",
-			pi->lcore_id, pi->governor_ori);
-out:
-	fclose(f);
-
-	return ret;
+	return power_set_governor(pi->lcore_id, pi->governor_ori, NULL, 0);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -473,51 +357,42 @@ power_set_governor_original(struct pstate_power_info *pi)
 static int
 power_get_available_freqs(struct pstate_power_info *pi)
 {
-	FILE *f_min, *f_max;
+	FILE *f_min = NULL, *f_max = NULL;
 	int ret = -1;
-	char *p_min, *p_max;
-	char buf_min[BUFSIZ];
-	char buf_max[BUFSIZ];
-	char fullpath_min[PATH_MAX];
-	char fullpath_max[PATH_MAX];
-	char *s_min, *s_max;
 	uint32_t sys_min_freq = 0, sys_max_freq = 0, base_max_freq = 0;
 	uint32_t i, num_freqs = 0;
 
-	snprintf(fullpath_max, sizeof(fullpath_max),
-			POWER_SYSFILE_BASE_MAX_FREQ,
-			pi->lcore_id);
-	snprintf(fullpath_min, sizeof(fullpath_min),
-			POWER_SYSFILE_BASE_MIN_FREQ,
-			pi->lcore_id);
-
-	f_min = fopen(fullpath_min, "r");
-	FOPEN_OR_ERR_RET(f_min, ret);
-
-	f_max = fopen(fullpath_max, "r");
-	if (f_max == NULL)
-		fclose(f_min);
-
-	FOPEN_OR_ERR_RET(f_max, ret);
-
-	s_min = fgets(buf_min, sizeof(buf_min), f_min);
-	FOPS_OR_NULL_GOTO(s_min, out);
-
-	s_max = fgets(buf_max, sizeof(buf_max), f_max);
-	FOPS_OR_NULL_GOTO(s_max, out);
-
+	/* open all files */
+	open_core_sysfs_file(POWER_SYSFILE_BASE_MAX_FREQ, pi->lcore_id, "r",
+			&f_max);
+	if (f_max == NULL) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, POWER, "failed to open %s\n",
+				POWER_SYSFILE_BASE_MAX_FREQ);
+		goto out;
+	}
 
-	/* Strip the line break if there is */
-	p_min = strchr(buf_min, '\n');
-	if (p_min != NULL)
-		*p_min = 0;
+	open_core_sysfs_file(POWER_SYSFILE_BASE_MIN_FREQ, pi->lcore_id, "r",
+			     &f_min);
+	if (f_min == NULL) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, POWER, "failed to open %s\n",
+				POWER_SYSFILE_BASE_MIN_FREQ);
+		goto out;
+	}
 
-	p_max = strchr(buf_max, '\n');
-	if (p_max != NULL)
-		*p_max = 0;
+	/* read base ratios */
+	ret = read_core_sysfs_u32(f_max, &sys_max_freq);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, POWER, "Failed to read %s\n",
+				POWER_SYSFILE_BASE_MAX_FREQ);
+		goto out;
+	}
 
-	sys_min_freq = strtoul(buf_min, &p_min, POWER_CONVERT_TO_DECIMAL);
-	sys_max_freq = strtoul(buf_max, &p_max, POWER_CONVERT_TO_DECIMAL);
+	ret = read_core_sysfs_u32(f_min, &sys_min_freq);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, POWER, "Failed to read %s\n",
+				POWER_SYSFILE_BASE_MIN_FREQ);
+		goto out;
+	}
 
 	if (sys_max_freq < sys_min_freq)
 		goto out;
@@ -576,27 +451,22 @@ power_get_cur_idx(struct pstate_power_info *pi)
 {
 	FILE *f_cur;
 	int ret = -1;
-	char *p_cur;
-	char buf_cur[BUFSIZ];
-	char fullpath_cur[PATH_MAX];
-	char *s_cur;
 	uint32_t sys_cur_freq = 0;
 	unsigned int i;
 
-	snprintf(fullpath_cur, sizeof(fullpath_cur),
-			POWER_SYSFILE_CUR_FREQ,
-			pi->lcore_id);
-	f_cur = fopen(fullpath_cur, "r");
-	FOPEN_OR_ERR_RET(f_cur, ret);
-
-	/* initialize the cur_idx to matching current frequency freq index */
-	s_cur = fgets(buf_cur, sizeof(buf_cur), f_cur);
-	FOPS_OR_NULL_GOTO(s_cur, fail);
+	open_core_sysfs_file(POWER_SYSFILE_CUR_FREQ, pi->lcore_id, "r", &f_cur);
+	if (f_cur == NULL) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, POWER, "failed to open %s\n",
+				POWER_SYSFILE_CUR_FREQ);
+		goto fail;
+	}
 
-	p_cur = strchr(buf_cur, '\n');
-	if (p_cur != NULL)
-		*p_cur = 0;
-	sys_cur_freq = strtoul(buf_cur, &p_cur, POWER_CONVERT_TO_DECIMAL);
+	ret = read_core_sysfs_u32(f_cur, &sys_cur_freq);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, POWER, "Failed to read %s\n",
+				POWER_SYSFILE_CUR_FREQ);
+		goto fail;
+	}
 
 	/* convert the frequency to nearest 100000 value
 	 * Ex: if sys_cur_freq=1396789 then freq_conv=1400000
@@ -615,10 +485,10 @@ power_get_cur_idx(struct pstate_power_info *pi)
 		}
 	}
 
-	fclose(f_cur);
-	return 0;
+	ret = 0;
 fail:
-	fclose(f_cur);
+	if (f_cur != NULL)
+		fclose(f_cur);
 	return ret;
 }
 
