linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/5] powercap/drivers/dtpm: Encapsulate even more the code

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Message-ID: <a6374a41-1e4b-e1f0-4c68-17dcae105f8b@linaro.org>
Date:   Mon, 8 Mar 2021 22:20:42 +0100
From:   Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
To:     Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@....com>, rafael@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] powercap/drivers/dtpm: Encapsulate even more the code

On 08/03/2021 20:55, Lukasz Luba wrote:
> Hi Daniel,
> 
> On 3/8/21 7:31 PM, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
>>
>> On 01/03/2021 22:21, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
>>> In order to increase the self-encapsulation of the dtpm generic code,
>>> the following changes are adding a power update ops to the dtpm
>>> ops. That allows the generic code to call directly the dtpm backend
>>> function to update the power values.
>>>
>>> The power update function does compute the power characteristics when
>>> the function is invoked. In the case of the CPUs, the power
>>> consumption depends on the number of online CPUs. The online CPUs mask
>>> is not up to date at CPUHP_AP_ONLINE_DYN state in the tear down
>>> callback. That is the reason why the online / offline are at separate
>>> state. As there is already an existing state for DTPM, this one is
>>> only moved to the DEAD state, so there is no addition of new state
>>> with these changes.
>>>
>>> That simplifies the code for the next changes and results in a more
>>> self-encapsulated code.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
>>
>> Is there any comment on this series ?
> 
> If you can wait 1 day, I will review it tomorrow...

Sure, thanks

  -- Daniel


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