linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2] cpufreq: Make sure CPU is running on a freq from freq-table

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Date:	Wed, 27 Nov 2013 08:31:02 +0530
From:	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
Cc:	Dirk Brandewie <dirk.brandewie@...il.com>,
	Lists linaro-kernel <linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org>,
	Patch Tracking <patches@...aro.org>,
	"cpufreq@...r.kernel.org" <cpufreq@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-pm@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Nishanth Menon <nm@...com>, Carlos Hernandez <ceh@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] cpufreq: Make sure CPU is running on a freq from freq-table

On 27 November 2013 01:51, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@...ysocki.net> wrote:
> I was talking about the case when your
>
> __cpufreq_driver_target(policy, policy->cur - 1, CPUFREQ_RELATION_L);
>
> fails.  The other case is not really interesting.

Okay.. I actually thought the context of this chat is about "not fixing the
frequency silently". That's what Dirk pointed out, if I am not wrong.

And hence I also support the new pr_warn I have added in those cases.
But yes a WARN_ON() can be printed out in case
__cpufreq_driver_target() fails.
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