linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7] Cpufreq: Fix governor start/stop race condition

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Date:	Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:48:00 +0530
From:	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:	Xiaoguang Chen <chenxg@...vell.com>
Cc:	rjw@...k.pl, cpufreq@...r.kernel.org, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, njiang1@...vell.com,
	zjwu@...vell.com, ylmao@...vell.com, chenxg.marvell@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7] Cpufreq: Fix governor start/stop race condition

On 19 June 2013 10:54, Xiaoguang Chen <chenxg@...vell.com> wrote:
> Cpufreq governor's stop and start operation should be kept in sequence.
> If not, there will be unexpected behavior, for example:
>
> There are 4 CPUs and policy->cpu=CPU0, CPU1/2/3 are linked to CPU0.
> The normal sequence is as below:
>
> 1) Current governor is userspace, One application tries to set
> governor to ondemand. It will call __cpufreq_set_policy in which it
> will stop userspace governor and then start ondemand governor.
>
> 2) Current governor is userspace, Now CPU0 hotplugs in CPU3(put CPU3 online),

You need a space before (
:(

Otherwise looks good. Add my
Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
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