linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 18/19] cpufreq: remove transition

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Date:	Thu, 14 Jan 2016 16:02:21 +0530
From:	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:	Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>
Cc:	Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@....com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, peterz@...radead.org, rjw@...ysocki.net,
	steve.muckle@...aro.org, vincent.guittot@...aro.org,
	morten.rasmussen@....com, dietmar.eggemann@....com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 18/19] cpufreq: remove transition_lock

On 13-01-16, 10:21, Michael Turquette wrote:
> Quoting Viresh Kumar (2016-01-12 22:31:48)
> > On 12-01-16, 16:54, Michael Turquette wrote:
> > > __cpufreq_driver_target should be using a per-policy lock.
> > 
> > It doesn't :)
> 
> It should.

I thought we wanted the routine doing DVFS to not sleep as it will be
called from scheduler ?

Looks fine otherwise. But yeah, the series is still incomplete in the
sense that there is no lock today around __cpufreq_driver_target().

-- 
viresh