Re: [PATCH 0/4] OPP usage fixes for RCU locking

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Mon Jan 21 2013 - 07:34:22 EST


On Monday, January 21, 2013 02:45:32 PM MyungJoo Ham wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 7:28 AM, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Friday, January 18, 2013 01:52:31 PM Nishanth Menon wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >> Despite being documented in function documentation and in
> >> Documentation/power/opp.txt, many of the users of OPP APIs
> >> dont honor RCU lock usage appropriately.
> >>
> >> This recently appeared in IRC discussion earlier today [1].
> >> I did an audit of current usage and the following series
> >> is a result of this.
> >>
> >> NOTE:
> >> 1. The patch "PM / devfreq: exynos4_bus: honor RCU lock usage" has only
> >> been build tested as I dont have an exynos platform to try it on. I have
> >> tried to make it as least intrusive as possible and at least reviewed
> >> to ensure I haven't screwed anything up.
> >>
> >> Other than this, I have added appropriate tested by information in requisite
> >> patches.
> >
> > Thanks for the fixes.
> >
> > MyungJoo, do you want me to take the devfreq ones too?
> >
> > Rafael
>
> Yes, please take RCU-OPP patches. Having those patches splitted
> doesn't seem beneficial.

OK, I will take them.

> I'll let other devfreq patches be based on this after you get them applied.

OK

Thanks,
Rafael


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