Re: [PATCH] cpufreq: ARM big LITTLE: Add generic cpufreq driver andits DT glue

From: Viresh Kumar
Date: Tue Mar 05 2013 - 11:38:55 EST


On 5 March 2013 18:52, Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 05, 2013 at 12:52:41PM +0800, Viresh Kumar wrote:
>> +static void put_cluster_clk_and_freq_table(u32 cluster)
>> +{
>> + if (!atomic_dec_return(&cluster_usage[cluster])) {
>> + clk_put(clk[cluster]);
>> + clk[cluster] = NULL;
>
> What's the point in setting the clk to NULL?

I couldn't find one and the same is true for freq_table[] too.

>> +static int get_cluster_clk_and_freq_table(u32 cluster)
>> +{
>> + char name[9] = "cluster";
>> + int count;
>> +
>> + if (atomic_inc_return(&cluster_usage[cluster]) != 1)
>> + return 0;
>> +
>> + freq_table[cluster] = arm_bL_ops->get_freq_tbl(cluster, &count);
>> + if (!freq_table[cluster])
>> + goto atomic_dec;
>> +
>> + name[7] = cluster + '0';
>> + clk[cluster] = clk_get(NULL, name);
>> + if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(clk[cluster])) {
>
> NAK. Two reasons.
>
> 1. IS_ERR_OR_NULL. You know about this, it's been on the list several
> times.

AAHHHHHH .. How can i mess up with this concept.. I am really feeling bad now.

> 2. Maybe clk_get_sys() rather than clk_get() and use a sensible device
> name ("cpu-cluster.%u" maybe) rather than a connection name with a
> NULL device?

That's a good comment (rather than pointing at some stupid mistake), I will
probably keep the same name for the device as well.

So how does below fix look to you?

----------x-----------------x-----------------
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/arm_big_little.c b/drivers/cpufreq/arm_big_little.c
index 0d6de0e..2486b9a 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/arm_big_little.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/arm_big_little.c
@@ -140,9 +140,7 @@ static void put_cluster_clk_and_freq_table(u32 cluster)
{
if (!atomic_dec_return(&cluster_usage[cluster])) {
clk_put(clk[cluster]);
- clk[cluster] = NULL;
arm_bL_ops->put_freq_tbl(cluster);
- freq_table[cluster] = NULL;
pr_debug("%s: cluster: %d\n", __func__, cluster);
}
}
@@ -160,8 +158,8 @@ static int get_cluster_clk_and_freq_table(u32 cluster)
goto atomic_dec;

name[7] = cluster + '0';
- clk[cluster] = clk_get(NULL, name);
- if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(clk[cluster])) {
+ clk[cluster] = clk_get_sys(name, NULL);
+ if (!IS_ERR(clk[cluster])) {
pr_debug("%s: clk: %p & freq table: %p, cluster: %d\n",
__func__, clk[cluster], freq_table[cluster],
cluster);
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