linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 1/2] PM / Domains: Add support for 'required-opps' to set default perf state

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Message-ID: <20210810024308.gurvzpbe2bc2bhky@vireshk-i7>
Date:   Tue, 10 Aug 2021 08:13:08 +0530
From:   Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:     Rajendra Nayak <rnayak@...eaurora.org>
Cc:     Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>,
        Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>,
        Linux PM <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        DTML <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-arm-msm <linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org>,
        Stephen Boyd <swboyd@...omium.org>,
        Roja Rani Yarubandi <rojay@...eaurora.org>,
        Stephan Gerhold <stephan@...hold.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 1/2] PM / Domains: Add support for 'required-opps' to
 set default perf state

On 09-08-21, 16:38, Rajendra Nayak wrote:
> Sure, I can do that, apart from the error print, the function currently also
> returns a -EINVAL in case of the missing 'required-opps', are we suggesting
> we change that to not return an error also?

No.

> Since this is completely optional in the device node, we would want the function to
> ideally not return error and only do so in case 'required-opps' exists and the
> translation to performance state fails.

Not really. The function should return failure if the property isn't
there, but it shouldn't be EINVAL but ENODEV.

-- 
viresh