linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] [RFC] CPUFreq: Add support for cpu-perf-dependencies

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Date:   Thu, 19 Nov 2020 12:13:06 +0530
From:   Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:     Nicola Mazzucato <nicola.mazzucato@....com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        sudeep.holla@....com, rjw@...ysocki.net, vireshk@...nel.org,
        robh+dt@...nel.org, sboyd@...nel.org, nm@...com,
        daniel.lezcano@...aro.org, morten.rasmussen@....com,
        chris.redpath@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] [RFC] CPUFreq: Add support for
 cpu-perf-dependencies

On 02-11-20, 12:01, Nicola Mazzucato wrote:
> Second proposal:
> 
> Another option could be for each driver to store internally the performance
> dependencies and let the driver directly provide the correct cpumask for
> any consumer.

>From the discussion that happened in this thread, looks like we are
going to do it.

> Whilst this works fine for energy model (see above), it is not the case

Good.

> (currently) for cpufreq_cooling, thus we would need to add a new interface for

And this is not required for now as we discussed.

-- 
viresh