Re: [PATCH v4 3/8] PM / devfreq: Use the available min/max frequency

From: MyungJoo Ham
Date: Tue Oct 17 2017 - 10:43:23 EST


On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 4:48 PM, Chanwoo Choi <cw00.choi@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The commit a76caf55e5b35 ("thermal: Add devfreq cooling") is able
> to disable OPP as a cooling device. In result, both update_devfreq()
> and {min|max}_freq_show() have to consider the 'opp->available'
> status of each OPP.
>
> So, this patch adds the 'scaling_{min|max}_freq' to struct devfreq
> in order to indicate the available mininum and maximum frequency
> by adjusting OPP interface such as dev_pm_opp_{disable|enable}().
> The 'scaling_{min|max}_freq' are used for on both update_devfreq()
> and {min|max}_freq_show().
>
> Signed-off-by: Chanwoo Choi <cw00.choi@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
> include/linux/devfreq.h | 4 ++++
> 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
> index b6ba24e5db0d..9de013ffeb67 100644
> --- a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
> +++ b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
[]
> @@ -494,6 +499,19 @@ static int devfreq_notifier_call(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long type,
> int ret;
>
> mutex_lock(&devfreq->lock);
> +
> + devfreq->scaling_min_freq = find_available_min_freq(devfreq);
> + if (!devfreq->scaling_min_freq) {
> + mutex_unlock(&devfreq->lock);
> + return -EINVAL;
> + }
> +
> + devfreq->scaling_max_freq = find_available_max_freq(devfreq);
> + if (!devfreq->max_freq) {

1. s/max_freq/scaling/max_freq/ ??

2. what if thermal is not active or has never triggered any event and
the user has never stated max/min? (making scaling_*_freq zero)

> + mutex_unlock(&devfreq->lock);
> + return -EINVAL;
> + }
> +
> ret = update_devfreq(devfreq);
> mutex_unlock(&devfreq->lock);
>



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MyungJoo Ham, Ph.D.
S/W Center, Samsung Electronics