linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/6] thermal/drivers/cpu_cooling: Unregister with the policy

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Date:   Mon, 24 Jun 2019 11:33:34 +0530
From:   Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:     Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
Cc:     edubezval@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Amit Daniel Kachhap <amit.kachhap@...il.com>,
        Javi Merino <javi.merino@...nel.org>,
        Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>,
        Shawn Guo <shawnguo@...nel.org>,
        Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>,
        Pengutronix Kernel Team <kernel@...gutronix.de>,
        Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>,
        NXP Linux Team <linux-imx@....com>,
        Keerthy <j-keerthy@...com>,
        "open list:CPU FREQUENCY DRIVERS - ARM BIG LITTLE" 
        <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        "moderated list:ARM/FREESCALE IMX / MXC ARM ARCHITECTURE" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "open list:TI BANDGAP AND THERMAL DRIVER" 
        <linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] thermal/drivers/cpu_cooling: Unregister with the
 policy

On 21-06-19, 15:22, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
> Currently the function cpufreq_cooling_register() returns a cooling
> device pointer which is used back as a pointer to call the function
> cpufreq_cooling_unregister(). Even if it is correct, it would make
> sense to not leak the structure inside a cpufreq driver and keep the
> code thermal code self-encapsulate. Moreover, that forces to add an
> extra variable in each driver using this function.
> 
> Instead of passing the cooling device to unregister, pass the policy.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
> ---
>  drivers/cpufreq/arm_big_little.c               |  2 +-
>  drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c                      |  2 +-
>  drivers/thermal/cpu_cooling.c                  | 18 ++++++++++--------
>  drivers/thermal/imx_thermal.c                  |  4 ++--
>  .../thermal/ti-soc-thermal/ti-thermal-common.c |  2 +-
>  include/linux/cpu_cooling.h                    |  6 +++---
>  6 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>

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viresh