[PATCH v4 00/15] multi-cluster power management
Russell King - ARM Linux
linux at arm.linux.org.uk
Tue Apr 23 18:44:41 EDT 2013
On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 05:56:03PM -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Apr 2013, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 05:03:06PM -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> > > On Tue, 23 Apr 2013, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > >
> > > > What I suggest for the time being is to provide new inline function(s)
> > > > in arch/arm/include/cacheflush.h which are purposed for your application,
> > > > document them in that file, and call the implementation you're currently
> > > > using. That means if we do have to change it in the future (for example,
> > > > we don't need to do anything in the dcache flushing stuff) we don't have
> > > > to hunt through all the code to find _your_ different use of that function
> > > > and fix it - we can just fix it in one place and we have the reference
> > > > there for what your code expects.
> > >
> > > What about the patch below? Once you tell me it is fine to you I'll
> > > adapt the MCPM series to it.
> >
> > Yes, that looks like a saner solution. Thanks.
>
> May I add your ACK to the patch?
Yes, sure.
Acked-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel at arm.linux.org.uk>
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