linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] PM / devfreq: Add devfreq driver for interconnect bandwidth voting

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Thu, 2 Aug 2018 16:15:09 +0300
From:   Georgi Djakov <georgi.djakov@...aro.org>
To:     myungjoo.ham@...sung.com
Cc:     Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@...sung.com>,
        Chanwoo Choi <cw00.choi@...sung.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Saravana Kannan <skannan@...eaurora.org>,
        "vincent.guittot@...aro.org" <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
        "daidavid1@...eaurora.org" <daidavid1@...eaurora.org>,
        "bjorn.andersson@...aro.org" <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>,
        "linux-pm@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        "devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] PM / devfreq: Add devfreq driver for interconnect
 bandwidth voting

Hi MyungJoo,

On 08/02/2018 01:13 PM, MyungJoo Ham wrote:
>> This driver registers itself as a devfreq device that allows devfreq
>> governors to make bandwidth votes for an interconnect path. This allows
>> applying various policies for different interconnect paths using devfreq
>> governors.
>>
> 
> First of all, the name, "devfreq_icbw", is not appropriate for a
> devfreq device driver. It confuses; it looks like a part of the
> framework itself.
> 
>> diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq_icbw.c b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq_icbw.c
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000..231fb21
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq_icbw.c
>> @@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
>> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>> +/*
>> + * Copyright (c) 2013-2014, 2018, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
>> + */
>> +
>> +#define pr_fmt(fmt) "icbw: " fmt
>> +
>> +#include <linux/kernel.h>
>> +#include <linux/module.h>
>> +#include <linux/init.h>
>> +#include <linux/err.h>
>> +#include <linux/errno.h>
>> +#include <linux/mutex.h>
>> +#include <linux/devfreq.h>
>> +#include <linux/platform_device.h>
>> +#include <linux/of.h>
>> +#include <linux/interconnect.h>
> 
> Where can I find this file?

It is part of the On-chip interconnect API, which is currently under
review and is available here: https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/7/31/647

Thanks,
Georgi