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Date:	Tue, 5 Oct 2010 00:45:27 +0200
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
To:	Nishanth Menon <nm@...com>
Cc:	"linux-pm" <linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm" <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"linux-omap" <linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>,
	Paul <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Kevin H <khilman@...prootsystems.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5] power: introduce library for device-specific OPPs

On Tuesday, October 05, 2010, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Friday, October 01, 2010, Nishanth Menon wrote:
...
> > +int opp_init_cpufreq_table(struct device *dev,
> > +			    struct cpufreq_frequency_table **table)
> > +{
> > +	struct device_opp *dev_opp;
> > +	struct opp *opp;
> > +	struct cpufreq_frequency_table *freq_table;
> > +	int i = 0;
> > +
> > +	rcu_read_lock();
> 
> I would pretend I'm an updater here and acquire dev_opp_list_lock instead.
> 
> > +	dev_opp = find_device_opp(dev);
> > +	if (IS_ERR(dev_opp)) {
> > +		rcu_read_unlock();
> 
> So that won't be necessary.

Or rather the lock will have to be dropped here instead.

> > +		pr_warning("Unable to find device\n");
> > +		return PTR_ERR(dev_opp);
> > +	}
> > +

Thanks,
Rafael
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