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From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] PM: Introduce Intel PowerClamp Driver
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 22:33:36 -0800
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On Mon, 2012-11-12 at 14:03 -0800, Jacob Pan wrote:
> Intel PowerClamp driver performs synchronized idle injection across
> all online CPUs. The goal is to maintain a given package level C-state
> ratio.

style trivia:

[]

> diff --git a/drivers/thermal/intel_powerclamp.c b/drivers/thermal/intel_powerclamp.c
[]
> +
> +/* #define DEBUG */
> +

Adding this #define before any #include

#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt

> +#include <linux/module.h>
> +#include <linux/kernel.h>

[]

> +static int window_size_set(const char *arg, const struct kernel_param *kp)
> +{
[]
> +	if (new_window_size >= 10 || new_window_size < 2) {
> +		pr_err("PowerClamp: invalid window size %lu, between 2-10\n",
> +			new_window_size);

Means there's no need for "PowerClamp: " prefixes with pr_fmt

		pr_err("invalid window size %lu...

and all the other pr_<level> uses get prefixed too.

> +static u64 pkg_state_counter(void)
> +{
> +	u64 val;
> +	u64 count = 0;
> +
> +	static int skip_c2;
> +	static int skip_c3;
> +	static int skip_c6;
> +	static int skip_c7;

bool?