linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 6/6] cpufreq: powernv: Add sysfs attributes to show throttle stats

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Message-ID: <20160204015103.GM3469@vireshk>
Date:	Thu, 4 Feb 2016 07:21:03 +0530
From:	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:	Shilpasri G Bhat <shilpa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	rjw@...ysocki.net, Gautham R Shenoy <ego@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, pc@...ibm.com, anton@...ba.org,
	shreyas@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, bsingharora@...il.com,
	mpe@...erman.id.au, linux-api@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 6/6] cpufreq: powernv: Add sysfs attributes to show
 throttle stats

On 03-02-16, 21:54, Shilpasri G Bhat wrote:
> 
> > 
> > And now that you have mentioned that to me, why shouldn't this stats
> > directory be moved to debugfs ? :)
> > 
> > We are never going to perform a store here, isn't it ? And is just for
> > information, nothing more.
> > 
> 
> I would very much like to keep the throttle stats either in cpuX/cpufreq or
> global cpufreq directory as these are populated by the platform cpufreq driver.
> 
> Today we don't have a requirement to a perform a store operation on these files
> but we can have it in the future.

No issues.

-- 
viresh