linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 5/5] cpufreq: remove no longer needed CPU_FREQ_BOOST

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Date:	Sat, 1 Aug 2015 16:45:37 +0530
From:	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
Cc:	Thomas Abraham <thomas.ab@...sung.com>,
	Sylwester Nawrocki <s.nawrocki@...sung.com>,
	Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>,
	Kukjin Kim <kgene.kim@...sung.com>,
	Kukjin Kim <kgene@...nel.org>,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@...sung.com>,
	Tomasz Figa <tomasz.figa@...il.com>,
	Lukasz Majewski <l.majewski@...sung.com>,
	Heiko Stuebner <heiko@...ech.de>,
	Chanwoo Choi <cw00.choi@...sung.com>,
	Kevin Hilman <khilman@...aro.org>,
	Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@...hile0.org>,
	Tobias Jakobi <tjakobi@...h.uni-bielefeld.de>,
	Anand Moon <linux.amoon@...il.com>,
	linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org, linux-clk@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 5/5] cpufreq: remove no longer needed
 CPU_FREQ_BOOST_SW config option

On 31-07-15, 20:49, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> Remove no longer needed CPU_FREQ_BOOST_SW config option.
> 
> As a result scaling_boost_freqs sysfs attribute is available
> when cpufreq-dt driver is used and boost support is enabled.
> 
> Cc: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
> Cc: Thomas Abraham <thomas.ab@...sung.com>
> Cc: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>
> Cc: Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@...sung.com>
> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>
> ---
>  drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig      | 4 ----
>  drivers/cpufreq/freq_table.c | 2 --
>  2 files changed, 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig b/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig
> index bf6d596..de00a52 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig
> @@ -21,10 +21,6 @@ if CPU_FREQ
>  config CPU_FREQ_GOV_COMMON
>  	bool
>  
> -config CPU_FREQ_BOOST_SW
> -	bool
> -	depends on THERMAL
> -
>  config CPU_FREQ_STAT
>  	tristate "CPU frequency translation statistics"
>  	default y
> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/freq_table.c b/drivers/cpufreq/freq_table.c
> index a8f1daf..4c5de5b 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/freq_table.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/freq_table.c
> @@ -293,9 +293,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpufreq_freq_attr_scaling_boost_freqs);
>  
>  struct freq_attr *cpufreq_generic_attr[] = {
>  	&cpufreq_freq_attr_scaling_available_freqs,
> -#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_BOOST_SW
>  	&cpufreq_freq_attr_scaling_boost_freqs,
> -#endif
>  	NULL,
>  };
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpufreq_generic_attr);

So, this will start appearing for all platforms that use cpufreq_generic_attr
and that may not be the right thing. We may only want to show boost frequencies
only if the driver supports it.

@Rafael: What do you say?

-- 
viresh
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