linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/6] cpufreq: governor: replace per-cpu delayed work with timers

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Message-ID: <20151130133526.GD4899@ubuntu>
Date:	Mon, 30 Nov 2015 19:05:26 +0530
From:	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:	Lucas Stach <l.stach@...gutronix.de>
Cc:	Rafael Wysocki <rjw@...ysocki.net>, linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org,
	linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
	open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/6] cpufreq: governor: replace per-cpu delayed work with
 timers

On 30-11-15, 13:05, Lucas Stach wrote:
> I don't want to block this patch on that, but maybe as a thought for
> further consideration: Wouldn't it make sense to use a single unbound
> deferrable work item for this? There was some work to make this possible
> already: "timer: make deferrable cpu unbound timers really not bound to
> a cpu"

Yes, it would be sensible but that work has gone nowhere since April.
Once that is merged, we can think about it.

-- 
viresh
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