Re: [PATCH 2/2] OPP: Simplify the over-designed pstate <-> level dance
From: Viresh Kumar
Date: Fri Jun 16 2023 - 02:21:00 EST
On 14-06-23, 14:37, Ulf Hansson wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Jun 2023 at 12:37, Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > While adding support for "performance states" in the OPP and genpd core,
> > it was decided to set the `pstate` field via genpd's
> > pm_genpd_opp_to_performance_state() helper, to allow platforms to set
> > `pstate` even if they don't have a corresponding `level` field in the DT
> > OPP tables (More details are present in commit 6e41766a6a50 ("PM /
> > Domain: Implement of_genpd_opp_to_performance_state()")).
> >
> > Revisiting that five years later clearly suggests that it was
> > over-designed as all current users are eventually using the `level`
> > value only.
> >
> > The previous commit already added necessary checks to make sure pstate
> > is only used for genpd tables. Lets now simplify this a little, and use
> > `level` directly and remove `pstate` field altogether.
> >
> > Suggested-by: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Again, thanks for improving this code!
>
> Only a minor thing below and after that, feel free to add:
Done.
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viresh