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Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2018 14:57:29 +0200
From: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
Eduardo Valentin <edubezval@...il.com>,
Javi Merino <javi.merino@...nel.org>,
Leo Yan <leo.yan@...aro.org>,
Kevin Wangtao <kevin.wangtao@...aro.org>,
Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
Rui Zhang <rui.zhang@...el.com>,
Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@...aro.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
Andrea Parri <andrea.parri@...rulasolutions.com>,
"open list:POWER MANAGEMENT CORE" <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V10] powercap/drivers/idle_inject: Add an idle injection
framework
On 04/07/2018 12:49, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Tuesday, June 26, 2018 1:01:05 PM CEST Viresh Kumar wrote:
>> On 26-06-18, 12:53, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
>>> Initially, the cpu_cooling device for ARM was changed by adding a new
>>> policy inserting idle cycles. The intel_powerclamp driver does a
>>> similar action.
>>>
>>> Instead of implementing idle injections privately in the cpu_cooling
>>> device, move the idle injection code in a dedicated framework and give
>>> the opportunity to other frameworks to make use of it.
>>>
>>> The framework relies on the smpboot kthreads which handles via its
>>> main loop the common code for hotplugging and [un]parking.
>>>
>>> This code was previously tested with the cpu cooling device and went
>>> through several iterations. It results now in split code and API
>>> exported in the header file. It was tested with the cpu cooling device
>>> with success.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
>>> Cc: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
>>> Cc: Eduardo Valentin <edubezval@...il.com>
>>> Cc: Javi Merino <javi.merino@...nel.org>
>>> Cc: Leo Yan <leo.yan@...aro.org>
>>> Cc: Kevin Wangtao <kevin.wangtao@...aro.org>
>>> Cc: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>
>>> Cc: Rui Zhang <rui.zhang@...el.com>
>>> Cc: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@...aro.org>
>>> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
>>> Cc: Andrea Parri <andrea.parri@...rulasolutions.com>
>>> ---
>>>
>>> V10:
>>> - Remove set_freezable (Rafael J. Wysocki)
>>> - Reduce the prefixed names 'injection' by 'inject" (Rafael J. Wysocki)
>>> - Rename 'idle_injection_wakeup_fn()' to 'idle_inject_timer_fn()' (Rafael J. Wysocki)
>>> - Shorten label 'out_rollback_per_cpu' to 'out_rollback' (Rafael J. Wysocki)
>>
>> Reviewed-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
>
> I've applied the patch, but I've rewrittent all of the comments in it.
>
> Daniel, please check the result in linux-next and let me know if you see any
> problems.
I went through the comments and I don't see any problems. Thanks for
taking care of making them more clear.
-- Daniel
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