linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 13/17] PM: EM: Refactor struct em_perf_domain and add default

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Message-ID: <6fc603da-b874-0e38-2402-a112e5c3914d@arm.com>
Date:   Tue, 30 May 2023 12:23:14 +0200
From:   Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>
To:     Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@....com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, rafael@...nel.org
Cc:     rui.zhang@...el.com, amit.kucheria@...durent.com,
        amit.kachhap@...il.com, daniel.lezcano@...aro.org,
        viresh.kumar@...aro.org, len.brown@...el.com, pavel@....cz,
        Pierre.Gondois@....com, ionela.voinescu@....com,
        rostedt@...dmis.org, mhiramat@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 13/17] PM: EM: Refactor struct em_perf_domain and add
 default_table

On 12/05/2023 11:57, Lukasz Luba wrote:
> The Energy Model support runtime modifications. Refactor old
> implementation which accessed struct em_perf_state and introduce
> em_perf_domain::default_table to clean up the design. This new field
> is better aligned with em_perf_domain::runtime_table and helps to
> distinguish them better.
> 
> Update all drivers or frameworks which used the old field:
> em_perf_domain::table and now should use em_perf_domain::default_table.

I still believe that doing this refactoring before the introducation o
the new feature `runtime modifiable EM` would do wonders on the
tangibility of the other patches in this set.

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