linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] cpufreq: Avoid attempts to create duplicate symbolic links

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Message-ID: <20150729054538.GE21493@linux>
Date:	Wed, 29 Jul 2015 11:15:38 +0530
From:	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
Cc:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
	Linux PM list <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] cpufreq: Avoid attempts to create duplicate symbolic
 links

On 29-07-15, 03:38, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> The rule is supposed to be "all of the present CPUs which do not own
> a policy should point to one, unless it doesn't exist".  The right
> approach is then to create links from them to a policy object as soon
> as we create one for them.  Waiting for something else to happen is just
> pointless and this approach covers both the offline and online CPUs, so
> I don't think that changing it would improve things really.

Ack.

-- 
viresh
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