linux-kernel - Re: [RESEND PATCH v2 2/3] cpufreq: brcmstb-avs-cpufreq: AVS CPUfreq driver for Broadcom STB SoCs

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Message-ID: <20161007033346.GA3954@vireshk-i7>
Date:   Fri, 7 Oct 2016 09:03:46 +0530
From:   Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:     Markus Mayer <markus.mayer@...adcom.com>
Cc:     Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Broadcom Kernel List <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com>,
        Device Tree List <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        Power Management List <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH v2 2/3] cpufreq: brcmstb-avs-cpufreq: AVS CPUfreq
 driver for Broadcom STB SoCs

On 06-10-16, 07:51, Markus Mayer wrote:
> During early development, when the driver couldn't fully register, I
> would see the init() function called four times, i.e. once for each
> core. If the first call succeeded, that was it. It would only get
> called once. But if it failed, all cores would try to register. And I
> wanted to avoid spilling the same error message four times.

This is the current behavior of the cpufreq core.

> I'll look at that again. It may have had something to do with how the
> driver worked back then. If it doesn't happen anymore, I'll just get
> rid of this code.

I don't think so, but again, we don't need to have special code to save few
lines which get printed only in the rare case of errors.

-- 
viresh