Re: [Eas-dev] [PATCH V3 1/3] sched: cpufreq: Allow remote cpufreq callbacks

From: Viresh Kumar
Date: Sun Jul 30 2017 - 23:58:13 EST


On 28-07-17, 14:05, Saravana Kannan wrote:
> 1. I'm not saying that. I'm saying assuming CPUs can change the freq only on
> behalf of all the CPUs in the same policy is wrong. Again, the scheduler or
> governor shouldn't even be making any of that assumption. That's a CPUfreq
> driver problem.
>
> 2. No, that is not the basis of the entire cpufreq core design. None of the
> existing CPUfreq code has any assumptions that only CPUs in a policy can
> change their frequency. It doesn't break in any way in system where any CPU
> can change any other CPU's frequency -- all Qualcomm chips are like that.
> It's only the recent scheduler notifier changes that are adding this
> additional limitation and breaking stuff for systems where any CPU can
> change any other CPU's frequency.

Can you please have a look at V5 and see f the solution proposed there would be
fine ?

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viresh