From: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
To: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@arm.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-pm@vger.kernel.org,
peterz@infradead.org, rjw@rjwysocki.net, mturquette@baylibre.com,
steve.muckle@linaro.org, vincent.guittot@linaro.org,
morten.rasmussen@arm.com, dietmar.eggemann@arm.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 18/19] cpufreq: remove transition_lock
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2016 16:54:09 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160112112409.GJ1084@ubuntu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1452533760-13787-19-git-send-email-juri.lelli@arm.com>
On 11-01-16, 17:35, Juri Lelli wrote:
> From: Michael Turquette <mturquette@baylibre.com>
>
> transition_lock was introduced to serialize cpufreq transition
> notifiers. Instead of using a different lock for protecting concurrent
> modifications of policy, it is better to require that callers of
> transition notifiers implement appropriate locking (this is already the
> case AFAICS). Removing transition_lock also simplifies current locking
> scheme.
So, are you saying that the reasoning mentioned in this patch are all
wrong?
commit 12478cf0c55e ("cpufreq: Make sure frequency transitions are
serialized")
--
viresh
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-01-12 11:24 UTC|newest]
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2016-01-11 17:35 [RFC PATCH 00/19] cpufreq locking cleanups and documentation Juri Lelli
2016-01-11 17:35 ` [RFC PATCH 01/19] cpufreq: do not expose cpufreq_governor_lock Juri Lelli
2016-01-12 8:56 ` Viresh Kumar
2016-01-11 17:35 ` [RFC PATCH 02/19] cpufreq: merge governor lock and mutex Juri Lelli
2016-01-12 9:00 ` Viresh Kumar
2016-01-11 17:35 ` [RFC PATCH 03/19] cpufreq: kill for_each_policy Juri Lelli
2016-01-12 9:01 ` Viresh Kumar
2016-01-11 17:35 ` [RFC PATCH 04/19] cpufreq: bring data structures close to their locks Juri Lelli
2016-01-11 22:05 ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-01-11 23:03 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-01-12 8:27 ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-01-12 10:43 ` Juri Lelli
2016-01-12 16:47 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-01-11 22:07 ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-01-12 9:27 ` Viresh Kumar
2016-01-12 11:21 ` Juri Lelli
2016-01-12 11:58 ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-01-12 12:36 ` Juri Lelli
2016-01-12 15:26 ` Juri Lelli
2016-01-12 15:58 ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-01-12 9:10 ` Viresh Kumar
2016-01-11 17:35 ` [RFC PATCH 05/19] cpufreq: assert locking when accessing cpufreq_policy_list Juri Lelli
2016-01-12 9:34 ` Viresh Kumar
2016-01-12 11:44 ` Juri Lelli
2016-01-13 5:59 ` Viresh Kumar
2016-01-11 17:35 ` [RFC PATCH 06/19] cpufreq: always access cpufreq_policy_list while holding cpufreq_driver_lock Juri Lelli
2016-01-12 9:57 ` Viresh Kumar
2016-01-12 12:08 ` Juri Lelli
2016-01-13 6:01 ` Viresh Kumar
2016-01-11 17:35 ` [RFC PATCH 07/19] cpufreq: assert locking when accessing cpufreq_governor_list Juri Lelli
2016-01-12 10:01 ` Viresh Kumar
2016-01-12 15:33 ` Juri Lelli
2016-01-11 17:35 ` [RFC PATCH 08/19] cpufreq: fix warning for cpufreq_init_policy unlocked access to cpufreq_governor_list Juri Lelli
2016-01-12 10:09 ` Viresh Kumar
2016-01-12 15:52 ` Juri Lelli
2016-01-13 6:07 ` Viresh Kumar
2016-01-14 16:35 ` Juri Lelli
2016-01-18 5:23 ` Viresh Kumar
2016-01-18 15:19 ` Juri Lelli
2016-01-11 17:35 ` [RFC PATCH 09/19] cpufreq: fix warning for show_scaling_available_governors " Juri Lelli
2016-01-12 10:13 ` Viresh Kumar
2016-01-13 10:25 ` Juri Lelli
2016-01-13 10:32 ` Viresh Kumar
2016-01-11 17:35 ` [RFC PATCH 10/19] cpufreq: assert policy->rwsem is held in cpufreq_set_policy Juri Lelli
2016-01-12 10:15 ` Viresh Kumar
2016-01-11 17:35 ` [RFC PATCH 11/19] cpufreq: assert policy->rwsem is held in __cpufreq_governor Juri Lelli
2016-01-12 10:20 ` Viresh Kumar
2016-01-30 0:33 ` Saravana Kannan
2016-01-30 11:49 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-01 6:09 ` Viresh Kumar
2016-02-01 10:22 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-01 20:24 ` Saravana Kannan
2016-02-01 21:00 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-02 6:36 ` Viresh Kumar
2016-02-02 21:38 ` Saravana Kannan
2016-02-02 6:34 ` Viresh Kumar
2016-02-02 21:37 ` Saravana Kannan
2016-02-03 2:13 ` Viresh Kumar
2016-02-03 4:04 ` Saravana Kannan
2016-02-03 5:02 ` Viresh Kumar
2016-02-03 5:06 ` Saravana Kannan
2016-02-03 6:59 ` Viresh Kumar
2016-01-11 17:35 ` [RFC PATCH 12/19] cpufreq: fix locking of policy->rwsem in cpufreq_init_policy Juri Lelli
2016-01-12 10:39 ` Viresh Kumar
2016-01-14 17:58 ` Juri Lelli
2016-01-11 17:35 ` [RFC PATCH 13/19] cpufreq: fix locking of policy->rwsem in cpufreq_offline_prepare Juri Lelli
2016-01-12 10:54 ` Viresh Kumar
2016-01-15 12:37 ` Juri Lelli
2016-01-11 17:35 ` [RFC PATCH 14/19] cpufreq: fix locking of policy->rwsem in cpufreq_offline_finish Juri Lelli
2016-01-12 11:02 ` Viresh Kumar
2016-01-11 17:35 ` [RFC PATCH 15/19] cpufreq: remove useless usage of cpufreq_governor_mutex in __cpufreq_governor Juri Lelli
2016-01-12 11:06 ` Viresh Kumar
2016-01-15 16:30 ` Juri Lelli
2016-01-18 5:50 ` Viresh Kumar
2016-01-19 16:49 ` Juri Lelli
2016-01-20 7:29 ` Viresh Kumar
2016-01-20 10:17 ` Juri Lelli
2016-01-20 10:18 ` Viresh Kumar
2016-01-20 10:27 ` Juri Lelli
2016-01-20 10:30 ` Viresh Kumar
2016-01-11 17:35 ` [RFC PATCH 16/19] cpufreq: hold policy->rwsem across CPUFREQ_GOV_POLICY_EXIT Juri Lelli
2016-01-12 11:09 ` Viresh Kumar
2016-01-11 17:35 ` [RFC PATCH 17/19] cpufreq: stop checking for cpufreq_driver being present in cpufreq_cpu_get Juri Lelli
2016-01-12 11:17 ` Viresh Kumar
2016-01-11 17:35 ` [RFC PATCH 18/19] cpufreq: remove transition_lock Juri Lelli
2016-01-12 11:24 ` Viresh Kumar [this message]
2016-01-13 0:54 ` Michael Turquette
2016-01-13 6:31 ` Viresh Kumar
[not found] ` <20160113182131.1168.45753@quark.deferred.io>
2016-01-14 9:44 ` Juri Lelli
2016-01-14 10:32 ` Viresh Kumar
2016-01-14 13:52 ` Juri Lelli
2016-01-18 5:09 ` Viresh Kumar
2016-01-19 14:00 ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-01-19 14:42 ` Juri Lelli
2016-01-19 15:30 ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-01-19 16:01 ` Juri Lelli
2016-01-19 19:17 ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-01-19 19:21 ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-01-19 21:52 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-01-20 17:04 ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-01-20 22:12 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-01-20 22:38 ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-01-20 23:33 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-01-20 12:59 ` Juri Lelli
2016-01-11 17:36 ` [RFC PATCH 19/19] cpufreq: documentation: document locking scheme Juri Lelli
2016-01-11 22:45 ` [RFC PATCH 00/19] cpufreq locking cleanups and documentation Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-01-12 10:46 ` Juri Lelli
2016-01-30 0:57 ` Saravana Kannan
2016-02-01 6:02 ` Viresh Kumar
2016-02-01 12:06 ` Juri Lelli
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