From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
To: ego@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>,
Linux PM list <linux-pm@vger.kernel.org>,
linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 5/5] powernv:cpufreq: Implement the driver->get() method
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 09:56:30 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1395442590.3460.85.camel@pasglop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140321110445.GB2493@in.ibm.com>
On Fri, 2014-03-21 at 16:34 +0530, Gautham R Shenoy wrote:
> > >
> > > +/*
> > > + * Computes the current frequency on this cpu
> > > + * and stores the result in *ret_freq.
> > > + */
> > > +static void powernv_read_cpu_freq(void *ret_freq)
> > > +{
> > > + unsigned long pmspr_val;
> > > + s8 local_pstate_id;
> > > + int *cur_freq, freq, pstate_id;
> > > +
> > > + cur_freq = (int *)ret_freq;
> >
> > You don't need cur_freq variable at all..
>
> I don't like it either. But the compiler complains without this hack
> :-(
Casting integers into void * is a recipe for disaster... what is that
supposed to be about ? We lose all type checking and get exposed
to endian issues etc... the day somebody uses a different type on both
sides.
Also is "freq" a frequency ? In this case an int isn't big enough.
Cheers,
Ben.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-03-21 22:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-03-20 12:10 [PATCH v3 0/5] powernv: Enable Dynamic Frequency Gautham R. Shenoy
2014-03-20 12:10 ` [PATCH v3 1/5] powernv: cpufreq driver for powernv platform Gautham R. Shenoy
2014-03-21 8:41 ` Viresh Kumar
2014-03-21 10:43 ` Gautham R Shenoy
2014-03-21 10:54 ` Viresh Kumar
2014-03-21 11:40 ` Srivatsa S. Bhat
2014-03-21 13:23 ` Gautham R Shenoy
2014-03-21 13:34 ` Viresh Kumar
2014-03-21 14:54 ` Gautham R Shenoy
2014-03-22 3:43 ` Viresh Kumar
2014-03-21 14:48 ` Vaidyanathan Srinivasan
2014-03-22 3:43 ` Viresh Kumar
2014-03-21 11:45 ` Srivatsa S. Bhat
2014-03-21 11:47 ` Viresh Kumar
2014-03-20 12:10 ` [PATCH v3 2/5] powernv, cpufreq:Add per-core locking to serialize frequency transitions Gautham R. Shenoy
2014-03-21 6:24 ` Gautham R Shenoy
2014-03-21 8:42 ` Viresh Kumar
2014-03-21 9:56 ` Srivatsa S. Bhat
2014-03-20 12:10 ` [PATCH v3 3/5] powernv:cpufreq: Create pstate_id_to_freq() helper Gautham R. Shenoy
2014-03-21 6:24 ` Gautham R Shenoy
2014-03-20 12:10 ` [PATCH v3 4/5] powernv:cpufreq: Export nominal frequency via sysfs Gautham R. Shenoy
2014-03-21 8:47 ` Viresh Kumar
2014-03-21 9:55 ` Gautham R Shenoy
2014-03-21 9:57 ` Viresh Kumar
2014-03-20 12:11 ` [PATCH v3 5/5] powernv:cpufreq: Implement the driver->get() method Gautham R. Shenoy
2014-03-21 6:25 ` Gautham R Shenoy
2014-03-21 9:31 ` Viresh Kumar
2014-03-21 11:04 ` Gautham R Shenoy
2014-03-21 11:45 ` Viresh Kumar
2014-03-21 12:01 ` David Laight
2014-03-21 12:31 ` Gautham R Shenoy
2014-03-21 12:34 ` Viresh Kumar
2014-03-21 15:01 ` David Laight
2014-03-21 13:04 ` Gautham R Shenoy
2014-03-21 13:12 ` Viresh Kumar
2014-03-21 14:25 ` Gautham R Shenoy
2014-03-21 22:56 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt [this message]
2014-03-22 7:53 ` Gautham R Shenoy
2014-03-21 7:46 ` [PATCH v3 0/5] powernv: Enable Dynamic Frequency Viresh Kumar
2014-03-21 8:19 ` Gautham R Shenoy
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