Re: [PATCH] cpufreq: intel_pstate: Clean up aperf_mperf_shift description

[Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>]

On Wed, 15 Jul 2020, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:

> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
> 
> The kerneldoc description of the aperf_mperf_shift field in
> struct global_params is unclear and there is a typo in it, so
> simplify it and clean it up.
> 
> Reported-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c |    4 +---
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> Index: linux-pm/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-pm.orig/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
> +++ linux-pm/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
> @@ -202,9 +202,7 @@ struct global_params {
>   * @pstate:		Stores P state limits for this CPU
>   * @vid:		Stores VID limits for this CPU
>   * @last_sample_time:	Last Sample time
> - * @aperf_mperf_shift:	Number of clock cycles after aperf, merf is incremented
> - *			This shift is a multiplier to mperf delta to
> - *			calculate CPU busy.
> + * @aperf_mperf_shift:	APERF vs MPERF counting frequency difference
>   * @prev_aperf:		Last APERF value read from APERF MSR
>   * @prev_mperf:		Last MPERF value read from MPERF MSR
>   * @prev_tsc:		Last timestamp counter (TSC) value

Definitely clearer.

Reviewed-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>

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