Re: [PATCH v4 02/10] cpufreq: provide default frequency-invariance setter function

From: Viresh Kumar
Date: Tue Sep 19 2017 - 14:39:26 EST


On 25-08-17, 15:31, Dietmar Eggemann wrote:
> Frequency-invariant accounting support based on the ratio of current
> frequency and maximum supported frequency is an optional feature an arch
> can implement.
>
> Since there are cpufreq drivers (e.g. cpufreq-dt) which can be build for
> different arch's a default implementation of the frequency-invariance
> setter function arch_set_freq_scale() is needed.
>
> This default implementation is an empty weak function which will be
> overwritten by a strong function in case the arch provides one.
>
> The setter function passes the cpumask of related (to the frequency
> change) cpus (online and offline cpus), the (new) current frequency and
> the maximum supported frequency.
>
> Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c | 6 ++++++
> include/linux/cpufreq.h | 3 +++
> 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

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

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