linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 1/3] cpuidle: split cpuidle_idle

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Date:	Thu, 30 Jan 2014 14:39:49 -0500 (EST)
From:	Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@...aro.org>
To:	Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
cc:	peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...hat.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
	rjw@...ysocki.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/3] cpuidle: split cpuidle_idle_call main function
 into functions

On Thu, 30 Jan 2014, Daniel Lezcano wrote:

>  /**
> + * cpuidle_select - ask the cpuidle framework to choose an idle state
> + *
> + * @drv: the cpuidle driver
> + * @dev: the cpuidle device
> + *
> + * Returns the index of the idle state. On error it returns:
> + * -NODEV : the cpuidle framework is available

s/available/not available/

> + * -EBUSY : the cpuidle framework is not initialized
> + */
> +int cpuidle_select(struct cpuidle_driver *drv, struct cpuidle_device *dev)
> +{
> +	if (off || !initialized)
> +		return -ENODEV;
> +
> +	if (!drv || !dev || !dev->enabled)
> +		return -EBUSY;
> +
> +	return cpuidle_curr_governor->select(drv, dev);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpuidle_select);

Peterz comment notwithstanding, is there actually a need to export those 
symbols? No modules should ever need to use this given this is going to 
be called by the scheduler code.

Ditto for the other symbols.


Nicolas
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