linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 13/13] cpufreq: make sure frequency transitions are serialized

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Date:	Mon, 24 Jun 2013 19:01:59 +0530
From:	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org, patches@...aro.org,
	cpufreq@...r.kernel.org, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, robin.randhawa@....com,
	Steve.Bannister@....com, Liviu.Dudau@....com,
	charles.garcia-tobin@....com, arvind.chauhan@....com,
	dave.martin@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 13/13] cpufreq: make sure frequency transitions are serialized

On 24 June 2013 19:03, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@...k.pl> wrote:
> Looks OK, but since transition_ongoing is either 0 or 1 now, as far as I can
> say, it would be better to make it a bool and use = true/false instead of
> ++/-- I suppose.

Another fixup:

diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 6ca7eac..49d942a 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ static BLOCKING_NOTIFIER_HEAD(cpufreq_policy_notifier_list);
 static struct srcu_notifier_head cpufreq_transition_notifier_list;

 /* Tracks status of transition */
-static int transition_ongoing;
+static bool transition_ongoing;

 static bool init_cpufreq_transition_notifier_list_called;
 static int __init init_cpufreq_transition_notifier_list(void)
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ void __cpufreq_notify_transition(struct
cpufreq_policy *policy,
                                "In middle of another frequency transition\n"))
                        return;

-               transition_ongoing++;
+               transition_ongoing = true;

                /* detect if the driver reported a value as "old frequency"
                 * which is not equal to what the cpufreq core thinks is
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ void __cpufreq_notify_transition(struct
cpufreq_policy *policy,
                                "No frequency transition in progress\n"))
                        return;

-               transition_ongoing--;
+               transition_ongoing = false;

                adjust_jiffies(CPUFREQ_POSTCHANGE, freqs);
                pr_debug("FREQ: %lu - CPU: %lu", (unsigned long)freqs->new,

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