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

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Date:   Sun, 15 Apr 2018 13:59:55 +0200
From:   Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>
To:     Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.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 <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 13 April 2018 at 17:05, Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org> wrote:
> 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?

No, I was just sloppy. My apologies!

Kind regards
Uffe