linux-kernel - Re: "cpufreq: fix serialization issues with freq change notifiers" breaks cpufreq too

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.1309120938240.4632@axis700.grange>
Date:	Thu, 12 Sep 2013 09:47:08 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Guennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@....de>
To:	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
cc:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"linux-pm@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
	"cpufreq@...r.kernel.org" <cpufreq@...r.kernel.org>,
	SH-Linux <linux-sh@...r.kernel.org>,
	Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@...il.com>
Subject: Re: "cpufreq: fix serialization issues with freq change notifiers"
 breaks cpufreq too

Hi Viresh

On Wed, 11 Sep 2013, Viresh Kumar wrote:

> On 10 September 2013 22:37, Guennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@....de> wrote:
> > On Tue, 10 Sep 2013, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> >> Quite straight forward actually..
> >
> > Apparently, not quite.
> 
> I overlooked the situation where we return early from ->target() routines.. :(
> 
> Please try attached patches, I will repost them later (once I am able to
> convince Rafael that these are really important :) )

Yes, they seem to fix my issues. You probably aren't going to submit them 
in this form, instead, merge them with the original serialisation fix 
patch, right? So, you don't need my tested-by here. But feel free to cc me 
when you submit a fixed version.

Thanks
Guennadi
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Guennadi Liakhovetski, Ph.D.
Freelance Open-Source Software Developer
http://www.open-technology.de/
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