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From: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>
Cc: Rafael Wysocki <rjw@rjwysocki.net>,
	Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@arm.com>,
	Lists linaro-kernel <linaro-kernel@lists.linaro.org>,
	"linux-pm@vger.kernel.org" <linux-pm@vger.kernel.org>,
	Shilpasri G Bhat <shilpa.bhat@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 2/7] cpufreq: Call __cpufreq_governor() with policy->rwsem held
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 17:22:54 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160211115254.GC28558@vireshk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJZ5v0hVhVyDvk1Vj5NAh1w1nXEZ6eF0v9x+8CfZ6pyKSu=k9g@mail.gmail.com>

On 11-02-16, 10:48, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 4:46 AM, Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org> wrote:
> > Also note that cpufreq_driver->stop_cpu() and ->exit() can get called
> > while policy->rwsem is held. That shouldn't have any side effects
> > though.
> 
> The last paragraph is unclear.
> 
> Is it supposed to mean that the change will cause
> cpufreq_driver->stop_cpu() and ->exit() to be called under
> policy->rwsem sometimes?

Yeah, reworded it a bit ..

Also note that, after this patch cpufreq_driver->stop_cpu() and ->exit()
will get called while policy->rwsem is held, which wasn't the case
earlier. That shouldn't have any side effects though.

-- 
viresh

  reply	other threads:[~2016-02-11 11:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-02-09  3:46 [PATCH V4 0/7] cpufreq: Locking fixes and cleanups Viresh Kumar
2016-02-09  3:46 ` [PATCH V4 1/7] cpufreq: Merge cpufreq_offline_prepare/finish routines Viresh Kumar
2016-02-11  0:59   ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-11  1:15     ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-11 11:46       ` Viresh Kumar
2016-02-09  3:46 ` [PATCH V4 2/7] cpufreq: Call __cpufreq_governor() with policy->rwsem held Viresh Kumar
2016-02-11  9:48   ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-11 11:52     ` Viresh Kumar [this message]
2016-02-09  3:46 ` [PATCH V4 3/7] cpufreq: Remove cpufreq_governor_lock Viresh Kumar
2016-02-11  9:53   ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-09  3:46 ` [PATCH V4 4/7] cpufreq: governor: Move common sysfs tunables to cpufreq_governor.c Viresh Kumar
2016-02-10  0:26   ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-10  7:00     ` [PATCH V5 1/3] cpufreq: governor: No need to manage state machine now Viresh Kumar
2016-02-10  7:00       ` [PATCH V5 2/3] cpufreq: conservative: Update sample_delay_ns immediately Viresh Kumar
2016-02-10  7:00       ` [PATCH V5 3/3] cpufreq: ondemand: Rearrange od_dbs_timer() to avoid updating delay Viresh Kumar
2016-02-11  9:58       ` [PATCH V5 1/3] cpufreq: governor: No need to manage state machine now Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-09  3:46 ` [PATCH V4 5/7] " Viresh Kumar
2016-02-10  0:36   ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-10  5:36     ` Viresh Kumar
2016-02-09  3:46 ` [PATCH V4 6/7] cpufreq: conservative: Update sample_delay_ns immediately Viresh Kumar
2016-02-09  3:46 ` [PATCH V4 7/7] cpufreq: ondemand: Rearrange od_dbs_timer() to void updating delay Viresh Kumar
2016-02-10  0:28   ` Rafael J. Wysocki

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