Re: Regression on cpufreq in v3.12-rc1

[Viresh Kumar]

On 20 September 2013 21:09, Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
>> @@ -1460,6 +1460,9 @@ unsigned int cpufreq_get(unsigned int cpu)
>>  {
>>         unsigned int ret_freq = 0;
>>
>> +       if (cpufreq_disabled() || !cpufreq_driver)
>> +               return -ENOENT;
>> +
>
> But given that a cpufreq driver is just like any other driver, isn't the
> proper thing to do to return -EPROBE_DEFER?

Its not a probe and so that error type doesn't look correct to me..
Also, its only taking care of things when this routine is called without
a cpufreq driver and so it should be fine..
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