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From: daniel.lezcano@linaro.org (Daniel Lezcano)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [RFC][PATCH 1/7] ARM: OMAP4: cpuidle - Remove unused valid field
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 10:46:34 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F69A37A.7020606@linaro.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMQu2gw+GGnpG_s6TCk2fH094Lfmj1zgAZqQ4zdQmpj3ZZhu3w@mail.gmail.com>

On 03/21/2012 10:41 AM, Shilimkar, Santosh wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 2:57 PM, Daniel Lezcano
> <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>  wrote:
>> The 'valid' field is never used in the code, let's remove it.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano<daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>
>> ---
> It is used during the registration. This field has been very useful for
> debug when need to disable a C-state etc.
> So unless and until there is a strong reason, i would like to retain it.

IMO if it used for debug purpose, it should be moved to the debug code 
and if the debug code is not upstream, then that 'valid' should not be 
here but in the out-of-tree code.

By the way, this may be a debate for nothing because a patchset is on 
the way to disable C-states from sysfs.

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  reply	other threads:[~2012-03-21  9:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-03-21  9:27 [RFC][PATCH 0/7] OMAP4 cpuidle cleanup Daniel Lezcano
2012-03-21  9:27 ` [RFC][PATCH 1/7] ARM: OMAP4: cpuidle - Remove unused valid field Daniel Lezcano
2012-03-21  9:41   ` Shilimkar, Santosh
2012-03-21  9:46     ` Daniel Lezcano [this message]
2012-03-21 10:03       ` Santosh Shilimkar
2012-03-21 13:28         ` Jean Pihet
2012-03-21  9:27 ` [RFC][PATCH 2/7] ARM: OMAP4: cpuidle - Declare the states with the driver declaration Daniel Lezcano
2012-03-21  9:50   ` Santosh Shilimkar
2012-03-21 13:31   ` Jean Pihet
2012-03-21 14:12     ` Daniel Lezcano
2012-03-21  9:27 ` [RFC][PATCH 3/7] ARM: OMAP4: cpuidle - Remove the cpuidle_params_table table Daniel Lezcano
2012-03-21  9:27 ` [RFC][PATCH 4/7] ARM: OMAP4: cpuidle - fix static omap4_idle_data declaration Daniel Lezcano
2012-03-21  9:51   ` Santosh Shilimkar
2012-03-21  9:27 ` [RFC][PATCH 5/7] ARM: OMAP4: cpuidle - Initialize omap4_idle_data at compile time Daniel Lezcano
2012-03-21  9:27 ` [RFC][PATCH 6/7] ARM: OMAP4: cpuidle - use the omap4_idle_data variable directly Daniel Lezcano
2012-03-21  9:27 ` [RFC][PATCH 7/7] ARM: OMAP4: cpuidle - remove omap4_idle_data initialization at boot time Daniel Lezcano
2012-03-21  9:36 ` [RFC][PATCH 0/7] OMAP4 cpuidle cleanup Shilimkar, Santosh
2012-03-21  9:51   ` Daniel Lezcano
2012-03-21  9:56     ` Santosh Shilimkar
2012-03-21 10:43       ` Daniel Lezcano
2012-03-21 10:49         ` Shilimkar, Santosh
2012-03-21 10:59           ` Daniel Lezcano
2012-03-21 10:07 ` Santosh Shilimkar
2012-03-21 10:49   ` Daniel Lezcano
2012-03-21 13:19   ` Jean Pihet
2012-03-21 14:13     ` Daniel Lezcano
2012-03-21 14:23     ` Shilimkar, Santosh
2012-03-21 13:43   ` Jean Pihet
2012-03-21 14:19     ` Daniel Lezcano
2012-03-21 16:42     ` Daniel Lezcano
2012-03-21 21:54       ` Kevin Hilman
2012-03-21 22:20         ` Daniel Lezcano
2012-03-22 18:36           ` Kevin Hilman
2012-03-22 21:45             ` Daniel Lezcano

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