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

From: Viresh Kumar
Date: Mon May 13 2013 - 12:45:31 EST


On 13 May 2013 21:57, Stephen Warren <swarren@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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?

Probably removed and that too in a separate patch.
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