Re: [PATCH 0/2] Properly fix sysfs_get_idlestate_count()

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Sun Dec 14 2014 - 16:08:49 EST


On Sunday, December 14, 2014 09:06:36 AM Prarit Bhargava wrote:
> My previous commit 16b7c275c055 ("tools: cpupower: fix return checks for
> sysfs_get_idlestate_count()") was not correct. After looking
> at the changelog for cpupower I noticed that Thomas had changed the return of
> sysfs_get_idlestate_count() to an unsigned int to simplify the code. The
> problem is really that both he (in his original change) and I (in my new
> change) missed the obvious that sysfs_get_idlestate_count()
> can't return -ENODEV. It should just return 0 for "no c-states".
>
> Patch 1 reverts my recent change and patch 2 fixes the problem correctly.
>
> Sorry 'bout that Thomas. I should have caught that the the first time.
>
> Cc: Thomas Renninger <trenn@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Prarit Bhargava (2):
> Revert "tools: cpupower: fix return checks for
> sysfs_get_idlestate_count()"
> Fix no idle state information return value
>
> tools/power/cpupower/utils/cpuidle-info.c | 8 ++++----
> tools/power/cpupower/utils/helpers/sysfs.c | 2 +-
> 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

I'll queue up the revert, but I need an ACK from Thomas for the second patch.


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Rafael J. Wysocki, Intel Open Source Technology Center.
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