linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 07/34] cpufreq: cris: remove calls to cpufreq_notify

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Date:   Tue, 10 Oct 2017 14:43:01 +0530
From:   Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:     Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@...s.com>
Cc:     "rjw@...k.pl" <rjw@...k.pl>,
        "linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org" <linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org>,
        "patches@...aro.org" <patches@...aro.org>,
        "cpufreq@...r.kernel.org" <cpufreq@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-pm@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Jesper Nilsson <jespern@...s.com>,
        Mikael Starvik <starvik@...s.com>,
        linux-cris-kernel <linux-cris-kernel@...s.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/34] cpufreq: cris: remove calls to
 cpufreq_notify_transition()

On 10-10-17, 09:57, Jesper Nilsson wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 04:25:04AM +0200, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> > Most of the drivers do following in their ->target_index() routines:
> > 
> > 	struct cpufreq_freqs freqs;
> > 	freqs.old = old freq...
> > 	freqs.new = new freq...
> > 
> > 	cpufreq_notify_transition(policy, &freqs, CPUFREQ_PRECHANGE);
> > 
> > 	/* Change rate here */
> > 
> > 	cpufreq_notify_transition(policy, &freqs, CPUFREQ_POSTCHANGE);
> > 
> > This is replicated over all cpufreq drivers today and there doesn't exists a
> > good enough reason why this shouldn't be moved to cpufreq core instead.
> > 
> > Earlier patches have added support in cpufreq core to do cpufreq notification on
> > frequency change, this one removes it from this driver.
> > 
> > Some related minor cleanups are also done along with it.
> > 
> 
> Acked-by: Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@...s.com>

Wow..

You just Acked a 4 years old patch :)

-- 
viresh