linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 2/2] cpufreq: make interface functions and lock holding state clear

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Date:   Mon, 16 May 2022 11:25:15 +0100
From:   Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:     Schspa Shi <schspa@...il.com>
Cc:     rafael@...nel.org, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 2/2] cpufreq: make interface functions and lock holding
 state clear

On Mon, 16 May 2022 at 04:12, Schspa Shi <schspa@...il.com> wrote:
>
> cpufreq_offline() calls offline() and exit() under the policy rwsem
> But they are called outside the rwsem in cpufreq_online().
>
> This patch move the offline(), exit(), online(), init() to be inside
> of policy rwsem to achieve a clear lock relationship.
>
> All the init() online() implement only initialize policy object without
> holding this lock and won't call cpufreq APIs need to hold this lock.
>
> Signed-off-by: Schspa Shi <schspa@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

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