[PATCH V2 2/2] cpufreq: imx6q: correct VDDSOC/PU voltage scaling when cpufreq is changed

Anson.Huang at freescale.com Anson.Huang at freescale.com
Tue Dec 17 08:27:13 EST 2013



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> 在 2013年12月17日,21:23,"Mark Brown" <broonie at kernel.org> 写道:
> 
>> On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 05:08:22PM -0500, Anson Huang wrote:
>> 
>>    if (new_freq > old_freq) {
>> +        if (regulator_is_enabled(pu_reg)) {
>> +            ret = regulator_set_voltage_tol(pu_reg, imx6_soc_volt[index], 0);
> 
> As I pointed out while reviewing the regulator driver this is racy,
> nothing stops the regulator state being changed after you read it and if
> you skip setting the voltage then when something comes along and enables
> the regulator later it will be enabled with a possibly incorrect
> voltage.

yes, you are correct, I will remove this PU status check in V3 patch.

Anson


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