Re: [PATCH] cpufreq: governors: implement generic policy_is_shared

From: Fabio Baltieri
Date: Thu Jan 31 2013 - 03:56:14 EST


On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 02:01:27PM +0530, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> On 31 January 2013 13:44, Fabio Baltieri <fabio.baltieri@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Implement a generic helper function policy_is_shared() to replace the
> > current dbs_sw_coordinated_cpus() at cpufreq level, so that it can be
> > used by code other than cpufreq governors.
> >
> > Suggested-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Fabio Baltieri <fabio.baltieri@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c | 2 +-
> > drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c | 8 --------
> > drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.h | 1 -
> > drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c | 2 +-
> > include/linux/cpufreq.h | 5 +++++
>
> Great,
>
> But, you missed few places:
>
> drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c: if (bios_with_sw_any_bug &&
> cpumask_weight(policy->cpus) == 1) {
> drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c: if (policy &&
> (cpumask_weight(policy->cpus) == 1)) {

This doesn't look like the same thing to me! Isn't this check here just
to trigger during init (exit) on the first (last) cpu? How would you
replace it?

Fabio

> get these fixed too and add my
>
> Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Fabio Baltieri
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