linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/7] cpufreq: make cpufreq_generic_init transition_latency default to CPUFREQ

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Date:   Tue, 19 Sep 2017 16:10:07 -0700
From:   Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:     Dong Aisheng <aisheng.dong@....com>
Cc:     linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, sboyd@...eaurora.org,
        vireshk@...nel.org, nm@...com, rjw@...ysocki.net,
        shawnguo@...nel.org, Anson.Huang@....com, ping.bai@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/7] cpufreq: make cpufreq_generic_init
 transition_latency default to CPUFREQ_ETERNAL

On 24-08-17, 00:10, Dong Aisheng wrote:
> If no valid transition_latency specified, let's make it default to
> CPUFREQ_ETERNAL which is consistent with its definition.
> 
> This can save some of the same checkings like this:
>         transition_latency = dev_pm_opp_get_max_transition_latency(cpu_dev);
> -       if (!transition_latency)
> -               transition_latency = CPUFREQ_ETERNAL;
>         ret = cpufreq_generic_init(policy, freq_table, transition_latency);
> 
> Cc: Viresh Kumar <vireshk@...nel.org>
> Cc: Nishanth Menon <nm@...com>
> Cc: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>
> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
> Signed-off-by: Dong Aisheng <aisheng.dong@....com>
> ---
>  drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
> index 9bf97a3..da07de6 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
> @@ -180,6 +180,8 @@ int cpufreq_generic_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
>  		return ret;
>  	}
>  
> +	if (!transition_latency)
> +		transition_latency = CPUFREQ_ETERNAL;
>  	policy->cpuinfo.transition_latency = transition_latency;
>  
>  	/*

Can you update all the existing drivers as well (in the same patch)
who can benefit from it?

-- 
viresh