Re: [PATCH v6 1/2] cpufreq: Abort show/store for half initialized policy

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Tue May 17 2022 - 15:41:34 EST


On Mon, May 16, 2022 at 12:25 PM Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 16 May 2022 at 04:03, Schspa Shi <schspa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > If policy initialization fails after the sysfs files are created,
> > there is a possibility that we may end up running show()/store()
> > callbacks for half initialized policies, which may have unpredictable
> > outcomes.
> >
> > Abort show/store in such a case by making sure the policy is active.
> > Also inactivate the policy on such failures.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Schspa Shi <schspa@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>

Applied along with the [2/2], with some adjustments in the subject and
changelog, as 5.19 material.

Thanks!