linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 11/26] of: base: Add of_get_cpu_state

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Message-ID: <CAL_JsqL=i1mXSW-x2CRAHoyAxG+QtGL1YLGwpJdpQbizrqzv-w@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 13 Apr 2018 10:05:17 -0500
From:   Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>
To:     Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>
Cc:     "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>,
        Lorenzo Pieralisi <Lorenzo.Pieralisi@....com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
        Kevin Hilman <khilman@...nel.org>,
        Lina Iyer <ilina@...eaurora.org>,
        Lina Iyer <lina.iyer@...aro.org>,
        Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
        Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>,
        Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@....com>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
        "moderated list:ARM/FREESCALE IMX / MXC ARM ARCHITECTURE" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        linux-arm-msm <linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 11/26] of: base: Add of_get_cpu_state_node() to get
 idle states for a CPU node

On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 6:14 AM, Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org> wrote:
> The CPU's idle state nodes are currently parsed at the common cpuidle DT
> library, but also when initializing back-end data for the arch specific CPU
> operations, as in the PSCI driver case.
>
> To avoid open-coding, let's introduce of_get_cpu_state_node(), which takes
> the device node for the CPU and the index to the requested idle state node,
> as in-parameters. In case a corresponding idle state node is found, it
> returns the node with the refcount incremented for it, else it returns
> NULL.
>
> Moreover, for ARM, there are two generic methods, to describe the CPU's
> idle states, either via the flattened description through the
> "cpu-idle-states" binding [1] or via the hierarchical layout, using the
> "power-domains" and the "domain-idle-states" bindings [2]. Hence, let's
> take both options into account.
>
> [1]
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/idle-states.txt
> [2]
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/psci.txt
>
> Cc: Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>
> Cc: devicetree@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: Lina Iyer <ilina@...eaurora.org>
> Suggested-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
> Co-developed-by: Lina Iyer <lina.iyer@...aro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>
> ---
>  drivers/of/base.c  | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/of.h |  8 ++++++++
>  2 files changed, 43 insertions(+)

Some reason you didn't add my Reviewed-by from v6?

Rob