RE: [RFC] PM / devfreq: Add support for alerts

[MyungJoo Ham]

> Currently, DEVFREQ reevaluates the device state periodically and/or
> based on the OPP list changes. Private API has to be exposed to allow
> the device driver to alert/notify the governor to reevaluate when a new
> set of data is available. This makes the governor more coupled to a
> particular device driver. We can improve here by exposing a DEVFREQ API
> to allow the device drivers to send generic alerts to the governor.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Akhil P Oommen <akhilpo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c  | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/devfreq/governor.h |  1 +
>  include/linux/devfreq.h    |  5 +++++
>  3 files changed, 27 insertions(+)
> 

Hello Akhil,

It appears that this will have the same effect with
"[PATCH 08/11] PM / devfreq: Make update_devfreq() public" from Matthias Kaehlcke, doesn't it?


Cheers,
MyungJoo