linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/3] intel_pstate: Declare pid_params/pstate_funcs/hwp_active __read

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Date:	Mon, 27 Jun 2016 17:26:15 +0800
From:	Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@...vell.com>
To:	<srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>, <lenb@...nel.org>,
	<rjw@...ysocki.net>, <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
CC:	<linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@...vell.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] intel_pstate: Declare pid_params/pstate_funcs/hwp_active __read_mostly

pid_params is written once by copy_pid_params() during initialization,
and thereafter is mostly read by hot path intel_pstate_update_util().
The read of pid_params gets more after commit a4675fbc4a7a ("cpufreq:
intel_pstate: Replace timers with utilization update callbacks")

pstate_funcs is written once by copy_cpu_funcs() during initialization,
and thereafter is mostly read by hot path intel_pstate_update_util()

hwp_active is written to once and thereafter is read by the driver
during initialization and thereafter is mostly read by hot path
intel_pstate_update_util().

The fact that they are mostly read and not written to makes them
candidates for __read_mostly declarations.

Signed-off-by: Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@...vell.com>
---
 drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
index 861bcba..2eda50d 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
@@ -281,9 +281,9 @@ struct cpu_defaults {
 static inline int32_t get_target_pstate_use_performance(struct cpudata *cpu);
 static inline int32_t get_target_pstate_use_cpu_load(struct cpudata *cpu);
 
-static struct pstate_adjust_policy pid_params;
-static struct pstate_funcs pstate_funcs;
-static int hwp_active;
+static struct pstate_adjust_policy pid_params __read_mostly;
+static struct pstate_funcs pstate_funcs __read_mostly;
+static int hwp_active __read_mostly;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
 static bool acpi_ppc;
-- 
2.8.1