RE: [PATCH 1/8] ACPI: processor: export necessary interfaces

From: Tian, Kevin
Date: Mon Dec 19 2011 - 00:47:11 EST


> From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk [mailto:konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2011 5:34 AM
>
> On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 12:20:57PM -0500, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> > From: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > This patch export some necessary functions which parse processor
> > power management information. The Xen ACPI processor driver uses them.
>
> I was wondering if it could be done by moving a bunch of these
> functions in the processor_perflib.c, but there is a lot of code
> that would have to be moved. Way too much.
>
> Perhaps another, and a nicer way would be to:
>
> 1). Create a processor_driver_lib.c which would have the "generic" code
> 2). In the processor_driver just keep the essential notifications, andk
> the hotplug code
> 3). The introduce the other user of the acpi_processor_[add|remove|notify]
> calls as a seperate library?
>
> Thoughts?

that's a cleaner approach in the long term view IMO, though it incurs more changes
into current code base.

Thanks
Kevin

> >
> > Signed-off-by: Yu Ke <ke.yu@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Tian Kevin <kevin.tian@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Tang Liang <liang.tang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c | 11 +++--------
> > drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c | 4 ++--
> > include/acpi/processor.h | 10 +++++++++-
> > 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c
> > index 9d7bc9f..211c078 100644
> > --- a/drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c
> > +++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c
> > @@ -79,9 +79,6 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Paul Diefenbaugh");
> > MODULE_DESCRIPTION("ACPI Processor Driver");
> > MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> >
> > -static int acpi_processor_add(struct acpi_device *device);
> > -static int acpi_processor_remove(struct acpi_device *device, int type);
> > -static void acpi_processor_notify(struct acpi_device *device, u32 event);
> > static acpi_status acpi_processor_hotadd_init(acpi_handle handle, int
> *p_cpu);
> > static int acpi_processor_handle_eject(struct acpi_processor *pr);
> >
> > @@ -378,7 +375,7 @@ static int acpi_processor_get_info(struct acpi_device
> *device)
> >
> > static DEFINE_PER_CPU(void *, processor_device_array);
> >
> > -static void acpi_processor_notify(struct acpi_device *device, u32 event)
> > +void acpi_processor_notify(struct acpi_device *device, u32 event)
> > {
> > struct acpi_processor *pr = acpi_driver_data(device);
> > int saved;
> > @@ -442,7 +439,7 @@ static struct notifier_block acpi_cpu_notifier =
> > .notifier_call = acpi_cpu_soft_notify,
> > };
> >
> > -static int __cpuinit acpi_processor_add(struct acpi_device *device)
> > +int __cpuinit acpi_processor_add(struct acpi_device *device)
> > {
> > struct acpi_processor *pr = NULL;
> > int result = 0;
> > @@ -545,7 +542,7 @@ err_free_cpumask:
> > return result;
> > }
> >
> > -static int acpi_processor_remove(struct acpi_device *device, int type)
> > +int acpi_processor_remove(struct acpi_device *device, int type)
> > {
> > struct acpi_processor *pr = NULL;
> >
> > @@ -758,7 +755,6 @@ static int acpi_processor_handle_eject(struct
> acpi_processor *pr)
> > }
> > #endif
> >
> > -static
> > void acpi_processor_install_hotplug_notify(void)
> > {
> > #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_HOTPLUG_CPU
> > @@ -771,7 +767,6 @@ void acpi_processor_install_hotplug_notify(void)
> > register_hotcpu_notifier(&acpi_cpu_notifier);
> > }
> >
> > -static
> > void acpi_processor_uninstall_hotplug_notify(void)
> > {
> > #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_HOTPLUG_CPU
> > diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c
> > index 85b3237..22c6195 100644
> > --- a/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c
> > +++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c
> > @@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ static int
> acpi_processor_get_performance_states(struct acpi_processor *pr)
> > return result;
> > }
> >
> > -static int acpi_processor_get_performance_info(struct acpi_processor *pr)
> > +int acpi_processor_get_performance_info(struct acpi_processor *pr)
> > {
> > int result = 0;
> > acpi_status status = AE_OK;
> > @@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ int acpi_processor_notify_smm(struct module
> *calling_module)
> >
> > EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_processor_notify_smm);
> >
> > -static int acpi_processor_get_psd(struct acpi_processor *pr)
> > +int acpi_processor_get_psd(struct acpi_processor *pr)
> > {
> > int result = 0;
> > acpi_status status = AE_OK;
> > diff --git a/include/acpi/processor.h b/include/acpi/processor.h
> > index 610f6fb..12657bb 100644
> > --- a/include/acpi/processor.h
> > +++ b/include/acpi/processor.h
> > @@ -239,6 +239,12 @@ extern void
> acpi_processor_unregister_performance(struct
> > if a _PPC object exists, rmmod is disallowed then */
> > int acpi_processor_notify_smm(struct module *calling_module);
> >
> > +void acpi_processor_install_hotplug_notify(void);
> > +void acpi_processor_uninstall_hotplug_notify(void);
> > +
> > +int acpi_processor_add(struct acpi_device *device);
> > +int acpi_processor_remove(struct acpi_device *device, int type);
> > +void acpi_processor_notify(struct acpi_device *device, u32 event);
> > /* for communication between multiple parts of the processor kernel
> module */
> > DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct acpi_processor *, processors);
> > extern struct acpi_processor_errata errata;
> > @@ -278,7 +284,9 @@ static inline void
> acpi_processor_ffh_cstate_enter(struct acpi_processor_cx
> > void acpi_processor_ppc_init(void);
> > void acpi_processor_ppc_exit(void);
> > int acpi_processor_ppc_has_changed(struct acpi_processor *pr, int
> event_flag);
> > -extern int acpi_processor_get_bios_limit(int cpu, unsigned int *limit);
> > +int acpi_processor_get_performance_info(struct acpi_processor *pr);
> > +int acpi_processor_get_psd(struct acpi_processor *pr);
> > +int acpi_processor_get_bios_limit(int cpu, unsigned int *limit);
> > #else
> > static inline void acpi_processor_ppc_init(void)
> > {
> > --
> > 1.7.7.3
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