linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/7] cpufreq: Do not update related

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Date:	Mon, 27 Jul 2015 20:26:50 +0530
From:	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
Cc:	Linux PM list <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/7] cpufreq: Do not update related_cpus on every policy
 activation

On 27-07-15, 16:06, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
> 
> The related_cpus mask includes CPUs whose cpufreq_cpu_data per-CPU
> pointers have been set to the given policy.  Since those pointers
> are only set at the policy creation time and unset when the policy
> is deleted, the related_cpus should not be updated between those
> two operations.
> 
> For this reason, avoid updating it whenever the first of the
> "related" CPUs goes online.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
> ---
>  drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c |   10 +++++-----
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>

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viresh
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