linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] PM / devfreq: Fix incorrect type issue.

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Message-ID: <63aa1dfb9ac548f3806b9d8d00508e7f@SC-EXCH04.marvell.com>
Date:	Fri, 11 Sep 2015 07:06:56 +0000
From:	Xiaolong Ye <yexl@...vell.com>
To:	"myungjoo.ham@...sung.com" <myungjoo.ham@...sung.com>,
	박경민 <kyungmin.park@...sung.com>,
	"linux-pm@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Yi(apse) Zhang" <yizhang@...vell.com>,
	Kevin Liu <kliu5@...vell.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] PM / devfreq: Fix incorrect type issue.

> 
> 
> > time_in_state in struct devfreq is defined as unsigned long, so
> > devm_kzalloc should use sizeof(unsigned long) as argument instead of
> > sizeof(unsigned int), otherwise it will cause unexpected result in
> > 64bit system.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Xiaolong Ye <yexl@...vell.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Kevin Liu <kliu5@...vell.com>
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Signed-off-by: MyungJoo Ham <myungjoo.ham@...sung.com>
> 
> 
> Which SoC are you working with?

I am working on MARVELL PXA1928 SoC platform(with 4 ARM CA53 cores), and we are using devfreq framework to implement our 
ddr frequency change design, I found this issue when adapting our driver to 64bit system.

> Are you going to upstream your 64bit devfreq driver soon?

Currently, we don’t have a plan to upstream our ddr devfreq driver.

> 
> 
> Cheers,
> MyungJoo
> 
> > ---
> >  drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c |    2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
> > index ca1b362..ac9845a 100644
> > --- a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
> > +++ b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
> > @@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ struct devfreq *devfreq_add_device(struct device
> *dev,
> >  						devfreq->profile->max_state *
> >  						devfreq->profile->max_state,
> >  						GFP_KERNEL);
> > -	devfreq->time_in_state = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(unsigned int) *
> > +	devfreq->time_in_state = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(unsigned long) *
> >  						devfreq->profile->max_state,
> >  						GFP_KERNEL);
> >  	devfreq->last_stat_updated = jiffies;
> > --
> > 1.7.9.5