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Re: [PATCH V3 8/9] cpufreq: Keep policy->freq_table sorted in ascending order

From "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@rjwysocki.net>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH V3 8/9] cpufreq: Keep policy->freq_table sorted in ascending order
Date 2016-06-06 14:10 +0200
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On Monday, June 06, 2016 09:22:31 AM Viresh Kumar wrote:
> On 03-06-16, 16:48, Steve Muckle wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 03, 2016 at 07:05:14PM +0530, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> > ...
> > > @@ -468,20 +469,15 @@ unsigned int acpi_cpufreq_fast_switch(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
> > >  	struct acpi_cpufreq_data *data = policy->driver_data;
> > >  	struct acpi_processor_performance *perf;
> > >  	struct cpufreq_frequency_table *entry;
> > > -	unsigned int next_perf_state, next_freq, freq;
> > > +	unsigned int next_perf_state, next_freq, index;
> > >  
> > >  	/*
> > >  	 * Find the closest frequency above target_freq.
> > > -	 *
> > > -	 * The table is sorted in the reverse order with respect to the
> > > -	 * frequency and all of the entries are valid (see the initialization).
> > >  	 */
> > > -	entry = policy->freq_table;
> > > -	do {
> > > -		entry++;
> > > -		freq = entry->frequency;
> > > -	} while (freq >= target_freq && freq != CPUFREQ_TABLE_END);
> > > -	entry--;
> > > +	index = cpufreq_frequency_table_target(policy, target_freq,
> > > +					       CPUFREQ_RELATION_L);
> > 
> > Can we call cpufreq_find_index_l directly here? Seems like we could
> > phase out cpufreq_frequency_table_target() for the most part and call
> > the helpers directly. It would avoid some code bloat, an unnecessary
> > switch statement and an error check for an invalid frequency table which
> > seems unnecessary for every frequency table lookup.
> 
> I agree with that, though that requires larger changes across multiple
> sites.

What changes and where?

> I hope it will be fine if I do it in a separate patch on top of
> all this. Right ?

Depending.

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[PATCH V3 8/9] cpufreq: Keep policy->freq_table sorted in ascending order Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org> - 2016-06-03 15:40 +0200
  Re: [PATCH V3 8/9] cpufreq: Keep policy->freq_table sorted in  ascending order Steve Muckle <steve.muckle@linaro.org> - 2016-06-04 01:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH V3 8/9] cpufreq: Keep policy->freq_table sorted in  ascending order Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org> - 2016-06-06 06:00 +0200
      Re: [PATCH V3 8/9] cpufreq: Keep policy->freq_table sorted in ascending order "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@rjwysocki.net> - 2016-06-06 14:10 +0200
        Re: [PATCH V3 8/9] cpufreq: Keep policy->freq_table sorted in  ascending order Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org> - 2016-06-06 14:40 +0200
          Re: [PATCH V3 8/9] cpufreq: Keep policy->freq_table sorted in  ascending order "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org> - 2016-06-06 15:00 +0200
            Re: [PATCH V3 8/9] cpufreq: Keep policy->freq_table sorted in  ascending order Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org> - 2016-06-06 18:30 +0200
              Re: [PATCH V3 8/9] cpufreq: Keep policy->freq_table sorted in  ascending order "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org> - 2016-06-07 00:00 +0200
                Re: [PATCH V3 8/9] cpufreq: Keep policy->freq_table sorted in  ascending order Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org> - 2016-06-07 06:30 +0200
                Re: [PATCH V3 8/9] cpufreq: Keep policy->freq_table sorted in ascending order "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@rjwysocki.net> - 2016-06-08 02:40 +0200
                Re: [PATCH V3 8/9] cpufreq: Keep policy->freq_table sorted in  ascending order Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org> - 2016-06-08 05:50 +0200

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