Re: [PATCH] Revert "cpufreq: postfix policy directory with the first CPU in related_cpus"

From: Viresh Kumar
Date: Wed Mar 09 2016 - 04:40:07 EST


On 03-03-16, 14:51, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> This reverts commit 3510fac45492 ("cpufreq: postfix policy directory
> with the first CPU in related_cpus").
>
> Earlier, the policy->kobj was added to the kobject core, before ->init()
> callback was called for the cpufreq drivers. Which allowed those drivers
> to add or remove, driver dependent, sysfs files/directories to the same
> kobj from their ->init() and ->exit() callbacks.
>
> That isn't possible anymore after commit 3510fac45492 got applied.
>
> Now, there is no other clean alternative that people can adopt.
>
> Its better to revert the earlier commit to allow cpufreq drivers to
> create/remove sysfs files from ->init() and ->exit() callbacks.

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

Sorry about missing SoB (Just noticed it in bleeding-edge).
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viresh