Re: [PATCH] cpufreq: set value of CPUFREQ_BOOST_FREQ to 0xABABABAB

[Viresh Kumar]

On 24 March 2014 12:18, Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ideally, .driver_data field of struct cpufreq_frequency_table must not be used
> by core at all. But during a recent change if its value is same as
> CPUFREQ_BOOST_FREQ macro, then it is treated specially by core.
>
> The value of this macro was set to ~2 earlier, i.e. 0xFFFFFFFD. In case some
> driver is using this field for its own data and sets this field to -3, then with
> two's complement that value will also become 0xFFFFFFFD.
>
> To fix this issue, lets change value of this flag to a very uncommon value which
> shouldn't be used by any driver unless they want to use BOOST feature.
>
> Along with this update comments to make this more clear.
>
> Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Please discard this patch now as I have sent a replacement patch.
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