Re: [PATCH] cpufreq: stats: do cpufreq_cpu_put() corresponding to cpufreq_cpu_get

From: Viresh Kumar
Date: Fri Mar 22 2013 - 07:17:34 EST


On 22 March 2013 16:42, Amit Kucheria <amit.kucheria@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> In cpufreq_stats_free_sysfs() we aren't balancing calls to cpufreq_cpu_get()
>> with cpufreq_cpu_put(). This will never let us have ref count to policy->kobj as
>> zero.
>
> Rafael,
>
> Since this prevents booting on our hardware (we unregister and
> re-register the cpufreq driver to account for virtual cores), will
> this be considered as a hotfix for 3.9?
>
>> Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Acked-by: Amit Kucheria <amit.kucheria@xxxxxxxxxx>

Sorry i forgot to mention, this should be pushed for next rc.
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