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Date:	Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:50:16 -0800
From:	Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	mark gross <markgross@...gnar.org>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...e.de>,
	David Alan Gilbert <linux@...blig.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Len <len.brown@...el.com>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>,
	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	Linux PM mailing list <linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [Patch] idle governor: Avoid lock acquisition to read pm_qos
 before entering idle

On Fri, 2011-02-11 at 00:17 +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:

> > +static inline int pm_qos_set_value(struct pm_qos_object *o, s32 value)
> > +{
> > +	o->value = value;
> > +}
> 
> This requires a fixup, the above function is supposed to return an int.
> 
> Also, please add a comment about the requisite 32-bitness as suggested by James.
> 
> Thanks,
> Rafael

I've fixed the above function, and also included a comment warning
people not to change target value to 64 bit.  

Thanks.

Tim

Signed-off-by: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>
diff --git a/include/linux/pm_qos_params.h b/include/linux/pm_qos_params.h
index 77cbddb..a7d87f9 100644
--- a/include/linux/pm_qos_params.h
+++ b/include/linux/pm_qos_params.h
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
 #define PM_QOS_NUM_CLASSES 4
 #define PM_QOS_DEFAULT_VALUE -1
 
+#define PM_QOS_CPU_DMA_LAT_DEFAULT_VALUE	(2000 * USEC_PER_SEC)
+#define PM_QOS_NETWORK_LAT_DEFAULT_VALUE	(2000 * USEC_PER_SEC)
+#define PM_QOS_NETWORK_THROUGHPUT_DEFAULT_VALUE	0
+
 struct pm_qos_request_list {
 	struct plist_node list;
 	int pm_qos_class;
diff --git a/kernel/pm_qos_params.c b/kernel/pm_qos_params.c
index aeaa7f8..7b6333b 100644
--- a/kernel/pm_qos_params.c
+++ b/kernel/pm_qos_params.c
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ struct pm_qos_object {
 	struct blocking_notifier_head *notifiers;
 	struct miscdevice pm_qos_power_miscdev;
 	char *name;
+	s32 target_value;	/* Do not change this to 64 bit */
 	s32 default_value;
 	enum pm_qos_type type;
 };
@@ -70,7 +71,8 @@ static struct pm_qos_object cpu_dma_pm_qos = {
 	.requests = PLIST_HEAD_INIT(cpu_dma_pm_qos.requests, pm_qos_lock),
 	.notifiers = &cpu_dma_lat_notifier,
 	.name = "cpu_dma_latency",
-	.default_value = 2000 * USEC_PER_SEC,
+	.target_value = PM_QOS_CPU_DMA_LAT_DEFAULT_VALUE,
+	.default_value = PM_QOS_CPU_DMA_LAT_DEFAULT_VALUE,
 	.type = PM_QOS_MIN,
 };
 
@@ -79,7 +81,8 @@ static struct pm_qos_object network_lat_pm_qos = {
 	.requests = PLIST_HEAD_INIT(network_lat_pm_qos.requests, pm_qos_lock),
 	.notifiers = &network_lat_notifier,
 	.name = "network_latency",
-	.default_value = 2000 * USEC_PER_SEC,
+	.target_value = PM_QOS_NETWORK_LAT_DEFAULT_VALUE,
+	.default_value = PM_QOS_NETWORK_LAT_DEFAULT_VALUE,
 	.type = PM_QOS_MIN
 };
 
@@ -89,7 +92,8 @@ static struct pm_qos_object network_throughput_pm_qos = {
 	.requests = PLIST_HEAD_INIT(network_throughput_pm_qos.requests, pm_qos_lock),
 	.notifiers = &network_throughput_notifier,
 	.name = "network_throughput",
-	.default_value = 0,
+	.target_value = PM_QOS_NETWORK_THROUGHPUT_DEFAULT_VALUE,
+	.default_value = PM_QOS_NETWORK_THROUGHPUT_DEFAULT_VALUE,
 	.type = PM_QOS_MAX,
 };
 
@@ -132,6 +136,16 @@ static inline int pm_qos_get_value(struct pm_qos_object *o)
 	}
 }
 
+static inline s32 pm_qos_read_value(struct pm_qos_object *o)
+{
+	return o->target_value;
+}
+
+static inline void pm_qos_set_value(struct pm_qos_object *o, s32 value)
+{
+	o->value = target_value;
+}
+
 static void update_target(struct pm_qos_object *o, struct plist_node *node,
 			  int del, int value)
 {
@@ -156,6 +170,7 @@ static void update_target(struct pm_qos_object *o, struct plist_node *node,
 		plist_add(node, &o->requests);
 	}
 	curr_value = pm_qos_get_value(o);
+	pm_qos_set_value(o, curr_value);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pm_qos_lock, flags);
 
 	if (prev_value != curr_value)
@@ -190,18 +205,11 @@ static int find_pm_qos_object_by_minor(int minor)
  * pm_qos_request - returns current system wide qos expectation
  * @pm_qos_class: identification of which qos value is requested
  *
- * This function returns the current target value in an atomic manner.
+ * This function returns the current target value.
  */
 int pm_qos_request(int pm_qos_class)
 {
-	unsigned long flags;
-	int value;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&pm_qos_lock, flags);
-	value = pm_qos_get_value(pm_qos_array[pm_qos_class]);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pm_qos_lock, flags);
-
-	return value;
+	return pm_qos_read_value(pm_qos_array[pm_qos_class]);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pm_qos_request);
 


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