From: khilman@kernel.org (Kevin Hilman)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH RFC 1/3] PM / Domains: Allocate memory outside domain locks
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 10:33:37 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7hpp53o4cu.fsf@deeprootsystems.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1433456946-53296-2-git-send-email-lina.iyer@linaro.org> (Lina Iyer's message of "Thu, 4 Jun 2015 16:29:04 -0600")
Lina Iyer <lina.iyer@linaro.org> writes:
> In order for domains to be powered on/off in irq locked context, the
> domain locks could either be a spinlock or a mutex, depending on the
> domain.
I'd drop that sentence.
> In preparation for atomic support, allocate domain data outside
In preparation for supporting IRQ-safe domainss, ...
> the domain locks, so the allocation calls dont have to be context
> sensitive.
OK, but *why* don't these allocations need to be protected by the
locks. Presumably they were put inside the locks for a reason, so you
should make the case for why the lock protection isn't needed.
Kevin
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-06-10 17:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-06-04 22:29 [PATCH RFC 0/3] PM / Domains: Generic PM domains for cpus Lina Iyer
2015-06-04 22:29 ` [PATCH RFC 1/3] PM / Domains: Allocate memory outside domain locks Lina Iyer
2015-06-07 8:35 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2015-06-09 22:45 ` Lina Iyer
2015-06-10 17:33 ` Kevin Hilman [this message]
2015-06-04 22:29 ` [PATCH RFC 2/3] PM / Domains: Support atomic PM domains Lina Iyer
2015-06-07 9:21 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2015-06-10 16:13 ` Lina Iyer
2015-06-11 0:13 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2015-06-11 14:33 ` Lina Iyer
2015-06-10 18:04 ` Kevin Hilman
2015-06-10 20:35 ` Lina Iyer
2015-06-11 9:41 ` Ulf Hansson
2015-06-11 19:47 ` Lina Iyer
2015-06-11 21:13 ` Ulf Hansson
2015-06-04 22:29 ` [PATCH RFC 3/3] PM / Domains: Introduce generic PM domain for cpu domain Lina Iyer
2015-06-07 9:42 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2015-06-10 16:57 ` Lina Iyer
2015-06-11 0:27 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2015-06-11 14:42 ` Lina Iyer
2015-06-10 17:01 ` Kevin Hilman
2015-06-11 0:35 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2015-06-10 21:37 ` Kevin Hilman
2015-06-11 14:56 ` Lina Iyer
2015-06-15 18:43 ` Kevin Hilman
2015-06-15 19:14 ` Lina Iyer
2015-06-16 15:50 ` Kevin Hilman
2015-06-10 17:24 ` [PATCH RFC 0/3] PM / Domains: Generic PM domains for cpus Kevin Hilman
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