linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cpufreq: Fix latency for cpufreq

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Date:	Fri, 25 Jul 2014 19:06:54 -0400
From:	Nick Krause <xerofoify@...il.com>
To:	pramod gurav <pramod.gurav.etc@...il.com>
Cc:	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	"linux-pm@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cpufreq: Fix latency for cpufreq_info

On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 1:36 AM, pramod gurav
<pramod.gurav.etc@...il.com> wrote:
> Viresh,
> Be careful when you ACK Nick's patches. He has confessed he has no
> idea how to build test a kernel. His patches are NOT AT ALL build
> tested. And some of his patches are being reverted for causing
> problems in build and all. He looks for FIXME and removes/edits the
> code as per the comments. Just be careful.
>
> On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 12:00 PM, Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org> wrote:
>> On 14 July 2014 11:58, Nicholas Krause <xerofoify@...il.com> wrote:
>>> This fixes the latency for the cpufreq policy to 1 million nanoseconds
>>> that calls the function pxa_cpu_init for the member of the structure
>>> called cpuinfo.transition_latency.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Krause <xerofoify@...il.com>
>>> ---
>>>  drivers/cpufreq/pxa2xx-cpufreq.c | 2 +-
>>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/pxa2xx-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/pxa2xx-cpufreq.c
>>> index e24269a..e08bb98 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/pxa2xx-cpufreq.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/pxa2xx-cpufreq.c
>>> @@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ static int pxa_cpufreq_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
>>>         init_sdram_rows();
>>>
>>>         /* set default policy and cpuinfo */
>>> -       policy->cpuinfo.transition_latency = 1000; /* FIXME: 1 ms, assumed */
>>> +       policy->cpuinfo.transition_latency = 1000000;
>>>
>>>         /* Generate pxa25x the run cpufreq_frequency_table struct */
>>>         for (i = 0; i < NUM_PXA25x_RUN_FREQS; i++) {
>>
>> Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
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>
>
> --
> Thanks and Regards
> Pramod


Pramod,
I learned how to do it today and Viresh checked this and it didn't build
so I sent him another fixed patch :). I am learning fast now and known
how to properly test my patches now.
Nick
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