linux-kernel - [PATCH] cpufreq: Detect spurious invocations of update_policy

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Date:	Thu, 12 Sep 2013 17:29:09 +0530
From:	"Srivatsa S. Bhat" <srivatsa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	rjw@...k.pl, viresh.kumar@...aro.org, swarren@...dotorg.org
Cc:	cpufreq@...r.kernel.org, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Srivatsa S. Bhat" <srivatsa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH] cpufreq: Detect spurious invocations of update_policy_cpu()

The function update_policy_cpu() is expected to be called when the policy->cpu
of a cpufreq policy is to be changed: ie., the new CPU nominated to become the
policy->cpu is different from the old one.

Print a warning if it is invoked with new_cpu == old_cpu, since such an
invocation might hint at a faulty logic in the caller.

Suggested-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
Signed-off-by: Srivatsa S. Bhat <srivatsa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---

 drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 43c24aa..2084132 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -949,7 +949,7 @@ static void cpufreq_policy_free(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 
 static void update_policy_cpu(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, unsigned int cpu)
 {
-	if (cpu == policy->cpu)
+	if (WARN_ON(cpu == policy->cpu))
 		return;
 
 	policy->last_cpu = policy->cpu;

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