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cpufreq: Clarify the comment in cpufreq_set_policy()

Message ID ec3e8e001b35c9244f6406932335d7156b611373.1571739473.git.viresh.kumar@linaro.org
State Accepted
Commit 737ffb27f2f1a8fe6644cac535486f7f25bbf6cb
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Series cpufreq: Clarify the comment in cpufreq_set_policy() | expand

Commit Message

Viresh Kumar Oct. 22, 2019, 10:17 a.m. UTC
One of the responsibility of the ->verify() callback is to make sure
that the policy's min frequency is <= max frequency as this isn't
guaranteed by the QoS framework which gave us those values.

Update the comment in cpufreq_set_policy() to clarify that.

Suggested-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>

---
 drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

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2.21.0.rc0.269.g1a574e7a288b

Comments

Rafael J. Wysocki Oct. 28, 2019, 3:23 p.m. UTC | #1
On Tuesday, October 22, 2019 12:17:57 PM CET Viresh Kumar wrote:
> One of the responsibility of the ->verify() callback is to make sure

> that the policy's min frequency is <= max frequency as this isn't

> guaranteed by the QoS framework which gave us those values.

> 

> Update the comment in cpufreq_set_policy() to clarify that.

> 

> Suggested-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>

> Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>

> ---

>  drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c | 5 ++++-

>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

> 

> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c

> index 2e698b5f0f80..b4b5f11c2f1e 100644

> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c

> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c

> @@ -2384,7 +2384,10 @@ int cpufreq_set_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,

>  	new_policy->min = freq_qos_read_value(&policy->constraints, FREQ_QOS_MIN);

>  	new_policy->max = freq_qos_read_value(&policy->constraints, FREQ_QOS_MAX);

>  

> -	/* verify the cpu speed can be set within this limit */

> +	/*

> +	 * Verify that the cpu speed can be set within this limit and make sure

> +	 * min <= max.

> +	 */

>  	ret = cpufreq_driver->verify(new_policy);

>  	if (ret)

>  		return ret;

> 


Applying for 5.5, thanks!
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diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 2e698b5f0f80..b4b5f11c2f1e 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -2384,7 +2384,10 @@  int cpufreq_set_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 	new_policy->min = freq_qos_read_value(&policy->constraints, FREQ_QOS_MIN);
 	new_policy->max = freq_qos_read_value(&policy->constraints, FREQ_QOS_MAX);
 
-	/* verify the cpu speed can be set within this limit */
+	/*
+	 * Verify that the cpu speed can be set within this limit and make sure
+	 * min <= max.
+	 */
 	ret = cpufreq_driver->verify(new_policy);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;