linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cpufreq: governor: Change confusing struct field and variable names

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Date:	Thu, 28 Apr 2016 07:46:31 +0530
From:	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
Cc:	Linux PM list <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cpufreq: governor: Change confusing struct field and
 variable names

On 28-04-16, 01:19, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
> 
> The name of the prev_cpu_wall field in struct cpu_dbs_info is
> confusing, because it doesn't represent wall time, but the previous
> update time as returned by get_cpu_idle_time() (that may be the
> current value of jiffies_64 in some cases, for example).
> 
> Moreover, the names of some related variables in dbs_update() take
> that confusion further.
> 
> Rename all of those things to make their names reflect the purpose
> more accurately.  While at it, drop unnecessary parens from one of
> the updated expressions.
> 
> No functional changes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
> ---
>  drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c |   22 +++++++++++-----------
>  drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.h |    2 +-
>  2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>

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viresh