Re: [PATCH v2 6/10] cpufreq: Support for fast frequency switching

From	Steve Muckle <steve.muckle@linaro.org>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH v2 6/10] cpufreq: Support for fast frequency switching
Date	2016-03-05 01:00 +0100
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On 03/04/2016 02:58 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>>> How about modifying cpufreq_register_notifier to return an error if the
>>> >> driver has a fast_switch callback installed and an attempt to register a
>>> >> transition notifier is made?
>> >
>> > That sounds like a good idea.
>
> Transition notifiers may be registered before the driver is
> registered, so that won't help in all cases.

Could that hole be closed by a similar check in
cpufreq_register_driver()? I.e. if the transition_notifier list is not
empty, fail to register the driver (if the driver has a fast_switch
routine)?

Or alternatively, the fast_switch routine is not installed.

thanks,
Steve

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Re: [PATCH v2 6/10] cpufreq: Support for fast frequency switching Steve Muckle <steve.muckle@linaro.org> - 2016-03-04 23:20 +0100
  Re: [PATCH v2 6/10] cpufreq: Support for fast frequency switching "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org> - 2016-03-04 23:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v2 6/10] cpufreq: Support for fast frequency switching "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org> - 2016-03-04 23:50 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v2 6/10] cpufreq: Support for fast frequency switching "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org> - 2016-03-05 00:20 +0100
        Re: [PATCH v2 6/10] cpufreq: Support for fast frequency switching Steve Muckle <steve.muckle@linaro.org> - 2016-03-05 01:00 +0100
          Re: [PATCH v2 6/10] cpufreq: Support for fast frequency switching "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org> - 2016-03-05 01:20 +0100
            Re: [PATCH v2 6/10] cpufreq: Support for fast frequency switching Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-03-05 13:00 +0100
        Re: [PATCH v2 6/10] cpufreq: Support for fast frequency switching Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-03-05 17:50 +0100
          Re: [PATCH v2 6/10] cpufreq: Support for fast frequency switching "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org> - 2016-03-06 03:20 +0100
            Re: [PATCH v2 6/10] cpufreq: Support for fast frequency switching Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-03-07 09:10 +0100
              Re: [PATCH v2 6/10] cpufreq: Support for fast frequency switching "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org> - 2016-03-07 14:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2 6/10] cpufreq: Support for fast frequency switching Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-03-07 14:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2 6/10] cpufreq: Support for fast frequency switching "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org> - 2016-03-07 14:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v2 6/10] cpufreq: Support for fast frequency switching "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org> - 2016-03-05 00:00 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v2 6/10] cpufreq: Support for fast frequency switching Steve Muckle <steve.muckle@linaro.org> - 2016-03-05 01:00 +0100

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