Re: [PATCH 1/2] cpufreq: Return error if ->get() failed in cpufreq_update_policy()

[Viresh Kumar]

On 26 February 2014 03:59, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yes, what exactly do we need it for in the core?

Its probably there to make things faster. We cache the value so that we
don't go to the hardware to read/calculate that again. Isn't it?

And we need to know current freq on many occasions. One of that is that
many drivers need to know the relation between current and new freq before
they can make the change. As they might need to play with volt regulators
before or after the freq change. Also it is used mainly in our loops_per_jiffiy
calculations.
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