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From: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>
To: Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@arm.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-pm@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org, sudeep.holla@arm.com,
	will@kernel.org, catalin.marinas@arm.com, linux@armlinux.org.uk,
	gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, rafael@kernel.org,
	viresh.kumar@linaro.org, amitk@kernel.org,
	daniel.lezcano@linaro.org, amit.kachhap@gmail.com,
	thara.gopinath@linaro.org, bjorn.andersson@linaro.org,
	agross@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] arch_topology: Introduce thermal pressure update function
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2021 15:35:14 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <018a888d-ed39-09a1-9828-cedef23c7701@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e38d2b22-0579-90ac-11fe-3c3163bef685@arm.com>

On 27/10/2021 10:56, Lukasz Luba wrote:
> Hi Dietmar,
> 
> Thank you for having a look at this.
> 
> On 10/26/21 5:51 PM, Dietmar Eggemann wrote:
>> On 15/10/2021 16:45, Lukasz Luba wrote:

[...]

>>> +void topology_thermal_pressure_update(const struct cpumask *cpus,
>>> +                      unsigned long capped_freq)
>>> +{
>>
>> ... why not just s/unsigned long th_pressure/unsigned long capped_freq
>> in existing topology_set_thermal_pressure() and move code the
>> frequency/capacity conversion in there? The patch set will become
>> considerably smaller.
> 
> I've been trying to avoid confusion when changing actually behavior
> of the API function. Thus, introducing new would IMO opinion
> make sure the old 'set' function was expecting proper pressure
> value, while the new 'update' expects frequency.
> 
> I agree that the patch set would be smaller in that case, but I'm
> not sure if that would not hide some issues. This one would
> definitely break compilation of some vendor modules (or drivers
> queuing or under review), not silently passing them through (with wrong
> argument).

I see, since the parameter type list would stay the same, this could
potentially happen.

[...]

  reply	other threads:[~2021-10-27 13:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-10-15 14:45 [PATCH v2 0/5] Refactor thermal pressure update to avoid code duplication Lukasz Luba
2021-10-15 14:45 ` [PATCH v2 1/5] arch_topology: Introduce thermal pressure update function Lukasz Luba
2021-10-26 16:51   ` Dietmar Eggemann
2021-10-27  8:56     ` Lukasz Luba
2021-10-27 13:35       ` Dietmar Eggemann [this message]
2021-10-27 18:43   ` Bjorn Andersson
2021-10-28  7:16     ` Lukasz Luba
2021-10-28 23:12       ` Bjorn Andersson
2021-10-28  5:44   ` Viresh Kumar
2021-10-28  7:19     ` Lukasz Luba
2021-10-15 14:45 ` [PATCH v2 2/5] thermal: cpufreq_cooling: Use new " Lukasz Luba
2021-10-26 16:51   ` Dietmar Eggemann
2021-10-27  9:00     ` Lukasz Luba
2021-10-15 14:45 ` [PATCH v2 3/5] cpufreq: qcom-cpufreq-hw: Update offline CPUs per-cpu thermal pressure Lukasz Luba
2021-10-15 14:45 ` [PATCH v2 4/5] cpufreq: qcom-cpufreq-hw: Use new thermal pressure update function Lukasz Luba
2021-10-15 14:45 ` [PATCH v2 5/5] arch_topology: Remove unused topology_set_thermal_pressure() and related Lukasz Luba
2021-10-25 16:43 ` [PATCH v2 0/5] Refactor thermal pressure update to avoid code duplication Lukasz Luba

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