linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/6 v6] cpufreq, highbank: add support for highbank cpufreq

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Date:	Wed, 28 Nov 2012 20:34:36 -0800
From:	Mike Turquette <mturquette@...com>
To:	Shawn Guo <shawn.guo@...aro.org>
CC:	Mark Langsdorf <mark.langsdorf@...xeda.com>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org" 
	<devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"cpufreq@...r.kernel.org" <cpufreq@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-pm@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6 v6] cpufreq, highbank: add support for highbank cpufreq

Quoting Shawn Guo (2012-11-28 17:51:36)
> > The notifiers in the clk framework might be a better place for this than
> > just simply hacking the logic into the .set_rate callback.
> 
> Ah, right.  How did I forget about that nice piece?
> 
> > I haven't looked at the definition of hb_voltage_change but does the
> > call graph make any clk api calls?  Are you talking over i2c to a
> > regulator?  If so then you'll probably hit the same reentrancy problem I
> > hit when trying to make a general solution.
> 
> So, how is your "reentrancy in the common clk framework" series[1]
> going on?  Haven't seen any update since August.
> 

I've begun to look at a dvfs api that builds on top of the clock
framework, as opposed to using clk_set_rate as the dvfs api itself.
This eliminates the need for reentrancy, at least for the dvfs case.

I'll post more when I have it.  Honestly the reentrancy stuff was just
too ugly.  I might try again some day but for now I'm thinking a less
radical approach deserves consideration.

Thanks,
Mike

> Shawn
> 
> [1] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ports.arm.kernel/182198
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