linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] cpufreq: Return error if ->get() failed in cpufreq_update

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Message-ID: <1456811.7asrQYHEt1@vostro.rjw.lan>
Date:	Tue, 25 Feb 2014 23:29:28 +0100
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
To:	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
Cc:	"Srivatsa S. Bhat" <srivatsa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Lists linaro-kernel <linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.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>,
	Pierre Ossman <pierre-list@...man.eu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] cpufreq: Return error if ->get() failed in cpufreq_update_policy()

On Tuesday, February 25, 2014 08:12:52 PM Viresh Kumar wrote:
> On 25 February 2014 18:40, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@...ysocki.net> wrote:
> > Well, why exactly does the core need to operate "current frequency" at all?
> 
> I don't think I understood what you meant here. Do you mean why should
> we maintain policy->cur?

Yes, what exactly do we need it for in the core?

-- 
I speak only for myself.
Rafael J. Wysocki, Intel Open Source Technology Center.
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