Re: [PATCH V1 resend] cpufreq: Raname index as data in cpufreq_frequency_table

From: Stephen Warren
Date: Mon May 13 2013 - 12:28:11 EST


On 05/13/2013 06:57 AM, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> "Index" field of struct cpufreq_frequency_table was never index and isn't used
> at all by cpufreq core. And is only useful for cpufreq drivers for their
> personal use.
>
> Many people now a days blindly set it in ascending order with the assumption
> that core is using it for some work.
>
> This patch renames it to "data" as that's what its purpose it. All users of the
> same are fixed too.

> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/tegra-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/tegra-cpufreq.c

> -/* Frequency table index must be sequential starting at 0 */
> +/* Frequency table data must be sequential starting at 0 */

I assume that comment is due to the assumption you're trying to remove.
Should the comment be removed/corrected now? Perhaps the .data field
isn't even needed any more in this driver?

> static struct cpufreq_frequency_table freq_table[] = {
> { 0, 216000 },
> { 1, 312000 },

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