Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] devfreq: Register devfreq as a cooling device on demand

From: Daniel Lezcano
Date: Sun Mar 07 2021 - 09:29:44 EST


On 07/03/2021 15:16, Chanwoo Choi wrote:
> On 21. 3. 7. 오후 6:45, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
>> Currently the default behavior is to manually having the devfreq
>> backend to register themselves as a devfreq cooling device.
>>
>> Instead of adding the code in the drivers for the thermal cooling
>> device registering, let's provide a flag in the devfreq's profile to
>> tell the common devfreq code to register the newly created devfreq as
>> a cooling device.
>>
>> Suggested-by: Chanwoo Choi <cwchoi00@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> V3:
>> - Rebased on linux-pm branch without units.h
>> - Set the cdev to NULL in case of error
>> - Added description for the cdev field in the devfreq structure
>> V2:
>> - Added is_cooling_device boolean in profile structure
>> - Register cooling device when the is_cooling_device boolean is set
>> - Remove devfreq cooling device registration in the backend drivers
>> V1:
>> - Register devfreq as a cooling device unconditionnally
>> ---


[ ... ]

>> return devfreq;
>>
>> err_init:
>> @@ -960,6 +971,8 @@ int devfreq_remove_device(struct devfreq *devfreq)
>> if (!devfreq)
>> return -EINVAL;
>>
>> + thermal_cooling_device_unregister(devfreq->cdev);
>
> I have a question. Why don't you use devfreq_cooling_unregister()?
> When thermal_cooling_device_unregister(), how can we remove
> the pm_qos_request of devfreq device?

You are perfectly right. I failed to call the right function :/

Will fix it with a v4.

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