linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ACPI: idle: rename lapic timer workaround routines

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Date:	Fri, 15 May 2009 10:28:28 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
cc:	Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@...el.com>,
	Janne Kulmala <janne.t.kulmala@....fi>,
	Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, johnstul@...ibm.com,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPI: idle: rename lapic timer workaround routines

On Fri, 15 May 2009, Len Brown wrote:

> From: Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>
> 
> cosmetic only.  The lapic_timer workaround routines
> are specific to the lapic_timer, and are not acpi-generic.
> 
> old:
> 
> acpi_timer_check_state()
> acpi_propagate_timer_broadcast()
> acpi_state_timer_broadcast()
> 
> new:
> 
> lapic_timer_check_state()
> lapic_timer_propagate_broadcast()
> lapic_timer_state_broadcast()
> 
> also, simplify the code in acpi_processor_power_verify()
> so that lapic_timer_check_state() is simply called
> from one place for all valid C-states, including C1.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>

Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>

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