linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2 4/4] cpufreq: schedutil: irq-work and mutex are only used in slow path

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Date:   Thu, 24 Nov 2016 11:42:03 +0530
From:   Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:     Rafael Wysocki <rjw@...ysocki.net>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
        Juri Lelli <Juri.Lelli@....com>,
        Robin Randhawa <robin.randhawa@....com>,
        Steve Muckle <smuckle.linux@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 4/4] cpufreq: schedutil: irq-work and mutex are only
 used in slow path

On 24-11-16, 05:53, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> Firstly, please start changes to scheduler code with a verb. This title:
> 
>   Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 4/4] cpufreq: schedutil: irq-work and mutex are only used in slow path
> 
> is totally inadequate as it's a statement that says nothing about the _change_.
> 
> What does the patch do? Does it add, remove, modify, fix or clean up?

Thanks for the tip. I have sometimes seen similar subjects-line in patches from
core developers and so thought it might be right. But yes I understand what you
are saying and will take care of this in future across all subsystems.

> * Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org> wrote:
> 
> > Execute the irq-work specific initialization/exit code only when the
> > fast path isn't available.
> 
> Is this an optimization? A correctness fix?

Its an optimization but yeah I will try to explain a bit more next time.

-- 
viresh