linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V5 0/6] cpufreq: Locking fixes and cleanups

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Date:	Thu, 11 Feb 2016 23:17:40 +0100
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
To:	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
Cc:	juri.lelli@....com, linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org,
	linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, shilpa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V5 0/6] cpufreq: Locking fixes and cleanups

On Thursday, February 11, 2016 05:31:10 PM Viresh Kumar wrote:
> Hi Rafael,
> 
> These are rest of the patches that fix some more locking issues with
> policy->rwsem and do some minor optimization/cleanups.
> 
> V4->V5:
> - Changelog updated for 1-2 as suggested by Rafael
> - 4th patch is dropped, which moved common tunable callbacks to
>   cpufreq_governor.c
> - 5-7 are resend on the V5 sent earlier, as reply to V4 of the series.
> 
> Viresh Kumar (6):
>   cpufreq: Merge cpufreq_offline_prepare/finish routines
>   cpufreq: Call __cpufreq_governor() with policy->rwsem held
>   cpufreq: Remove cpufreq_governor_lock
>   cpufreq: governor: No need to manage state machine now
>   cpufreq: conservative: Update sample_delay_ns immediately
>   cpufreq: ondemand: Rearrange od_dbs_timer() to avoid updating delay
> 
>  drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c              | 93 ++++++++++++++++------------------
>  drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c | 14 -----
>  drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c     | 90 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
>  drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.h     |  3 +-
>  drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c     | 78 ++--------------------------
>  5 files changed, 117 insertions(+), 161 deletions(-)

OK, queued up for 0-day testing with some rebase and changelog (sigh) fixups.

Thanks,
Rafael