linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 8/8] cpufreq: intel_pstate: Use CPPC to get max performance

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Date:   Fri, 9 Dec 2016 15:45:51 +0100
From:   Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
To:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
Cc:     Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>, tglx@...utronix.de,
        mingo@...hat.com, bp@...e.de,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, peterz@...radead.org, jolsa@...hat.com,
        Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 8/8] cpufreq: intel_pstate: Use CPPC to get max
 performance

On 2016-12-08 00:29:29 [+0100], Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> Agreed, but the bug fixed by the first hunk is real too.  I'd fix it a bit
> differently, though:
> 
> Tentatively-signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>

Is there anything you want me to do here? The hunk in
acpi_cppc_processor_exit() is unchanged and is the one that led to the
crash. The other hunk I made (the one you changed) was something I
noticed while looking at the code - nothing that hit me directly.

Sebastian