From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Lina Iyer Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] irq: Allow multiple clients to register for irq affinity notification Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 18:17:24 -0600 Message-ID: <20140819001724.GA52513@ilina-mac.local> References: <1407945689-18494-1-git-send-email-lina.iyer@linaro.org> <1407945689-18494-4-git-send-email-lina.iyer@linaro.org> <7hzjf1uyyh.fsf@paris.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Return-path: Received: from mail-ig0-f173.google.com ([209.85.213.173]:39002 "EHLO mail-ig0-f173.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752182AbaHSAR3 (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Aug 2014 20:17:29 -0400 Received: by mail-ig0-f173.google.com with SMTP id h18so9233572igc.0 for ; Mon, 18 Aug 2014 17:17:29 -0700 (PDT) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <7hzjf1uyyh.fsf@paris.lan> Sender: linux-pm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org To: Kevin Hilman Cc: daniel.lezcano@linaro.org, ulf.hansson@linaro.org, linux-pm@vger.kernel.org, tglx@linutronix.de, rjw@rjwysocki.net On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 05:04:22PM -0700, Kevin Hilman wrote: >Lina Iyer writes: > >> The current implementation allows only a single notification callback >> whenever the IRQ's SMP affinity is changed. Adding a second notification >> punts the existing notifier function out of registration. >> >> Add a list of notifiers, allowing multiple clients to register for irq >> affinity notifications. > >nit: the changelog describes "what", but doesn't answer "why?" You >address it a bit in the cover letter, but it should probably be spelled out >here since this patch will likely need to be separated from this series >and taken via the IRQ core maintiners. Good point. I will amend it. > >Kevin