linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V6 1/2] cpufreq: Handle sorted frequency tables more efficiently

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Date:	Thu, 07 Jul 2016 15:29:27 +0200
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
To:	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
Cc:	linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, steve.muckle@...aro.org,
	francescolavra.fl@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V6 1/2] cpufreq: Handle sorted frequency tables more efficiently

On Monday, June 27, 2016 04:04:07 PM Viresh Kumar wrote:
> cpufreq drivers aren't required to provide a sorted frequency table
> today, and even the ones which provide a sorted table aren't handled
> efficiently by cpufreq core.
> 
> This patch adds infrastructure to verify if the freq-table provided by
> the drivers is sorted or not, and use efficient helpers if they are
> sorted.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>

Applied, thanks!