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Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 23:31:31 +0100 From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net> To: dirk.brandewie@...il.com Cc: linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, patrick.marlier@...il.com, viresh.kumar@...aro.org, srivatsa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, Dirk Brandewie <dirk.j.brandewie@...el.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] cpufreq: Add stop callback to cpufreq_driver interface On Wednesday, March 19, 2014 08:45:53 AM dirk.brandewie@...il.com wrote: > From: Dirk Brandewie <dirk.j.brandewie@...el.com> > > This callback allows the driver to do clean up before the CPU is > completely down and its state cannot be modified. This is used > by the intel_pstate driver to reduce the requested P state prior to > the core going away. This is required because the requested P state > of the offline core is used to select the package P state. This > effectively sets the floor package P state to the requested P state on > the offline core. > > Signed-off-by: Dirk Brandewie <dirk.j.brandewie@...el.com> > --- > Documentation/cpu-freq/cpu-drivers.txt | 8 +++++++- > drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c | 3 ++- > include/linux/cpufreq.h | 1 + > 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-freq/cpu-drivers.txt b/Documentation/cpu-freq/cpu-drivers.txt > index 8b1a445..79def80 100644 > --- a/Documentation/cpu-freq/cpu-drivers.txt > +++ b/Documentation/cpu-freq/cpu-drivers.txt > @@ -61,7 +61,13 @@ target_index - See below on the differences. > > And optionally > > -cpufreq_driver.exit - A pointer to a per-CPU cleanup function. > +cpufreq_driver.exit - A pointer to a per-CPU cleanup > + function called during CPU_POST_DEAD > + phase of cpu hotplug process. > + > +cpufreq_driver.stop - A pointer to a per-CPU stop function > + called during CPU_DOWN_PREPARE phase of > + cpu hotplug process. > > cpufreq_driver.resume - A pointer to a per-CPU resume function > which is called with interrupts disabled > diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c > index cf485d9..bb20292 100644 > --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c > +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c > @@ -1336,7 +1336,8 @@ static int __cpufreq_remove_dev_prepare(struct device *dev, > __func__, new_cpu, cpu); > } > } > - } > + } else if (cpufreq_driver->stop && cpufreq_driver->setpolicy) > + cpufreq_driver->stop(policy); Nit: Why is it an int function if the only caller doesn't check the return value? It should be void. > > return 0; > } > diff --git a/include/linux/cpufreq.h b/include/linux/cpufreq.h > index 4d89e0e..ff8db19 100644 > --- a/include/linux/cpufreq.h > +++ b/include/linux/cpufreq.h > @@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ struct cpufreq_driver { > int (*bios_limit) (int cpu, unsigned int *limit); > > int (*exit) (struct cpufreq_policy *policy); > + int (*stop) (struct cpufreq_policy *policy); > int (*suspend) (struct cpufreq_policy *policy); > int (*resume) (struct cpufreq_policy *policy); > struct freq_attr **attr; > -- I speak only for myself. Rafael J. Wysocki, Intel Open Source Technology Center. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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