[PATCH 1/3] cpufreq: stats: Remove redundant cpufreq_cpu_get() call
Saravana Kannan
skannan at codeaurora.org
Wed Feb 26 15:04:45 EST 2014
On 02/25/2014 09:06 PM, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> On 26 February 2014 09:08, Saravana Kannan <skannan at codeaurora.org> wrote:
>> __cpufreq_stats_create_table always gets pass the valid and real policy
>> struct. So, there's no need to call cpufreq_cpu_get() to get the policy
>> again.
>>
>> Change-Id: I0136b3e67018ee3af2335906407f55d8c6219f71
>
> ??
>
>> Signed-off-by: Saravana Kannan <skannan at codeaurora.org>
>> ---
>>
>> Viresh/Rafael,
>>
>> These 3 patches is the approximate code I have in mind.
>>
>> Approximate because:
>> * I inserted one question as a comment into the code.
>> * If the patch doesn't have any bugs, the plan is to remove
>> cpufreq_generic_get() and references to it.
>>
>> This takes care of the "don't advertise before it's ready for use" rule.
>>
>> Viresh,
>>
>> I think the locking updates needs to be done in addition to this.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Saravana
>>
>> drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c | 12 +-----------
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 11 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c
>> index 5793e14..e4bd27f 100644
>> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c
>> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c
>> @@ -185,7 +185,6 @@ static int __cpufreq_stats_create_table(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
>> {
>> unsigned int i, j, count = 0, ret = 0;
>> struct cpufreq_stats *stat;
>> - struct cpufreq_policy *current_policy;
>> unsigned int alloc_size;
>> unsigned int cpu = policy->cpu;
>> if (per_cpu(cpufreq_stats_table, cpu))
>> @@ -194,13 +193,7 @@ static int __cpufreq_stats_create_table(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
>> if ((stat) == NULL)
>> return -ENOMEM;
>>
>> - current_policy = cpufreq_cpu_get(cpu);
>> - if (current_policy == NULL) {
>> - ret = -EINVAL;
>> - goto error_get_fail;
>> - }
>> -
>> - ret = sysfs_create_group(¤t_policy->kobj, &stats_attr_group);
>> + ret = sysfs_create_group(&policy->kobj, &stats_attr_group);
>> if (ret)
>> goto error_out;
>>
>> @@ -243,11 +236,8 @@ static int __cpufreq_stats_create_table(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
>> stat->last_time = get_jiffies_64();
>> stat->last_index = freq_table_get_index(stat, policy->cur);
>> spin_unlock(&cpufreq_stats_lock);
>> - cpufreq_cpu_put(current_policy);
>> return 0;
>> error_out:
>> - cpufreq_cpu_put(current_policy);
>> -error_get_fail:
>> kfree(stat);
>> per_cpu(cpufreq_stats_table, cpu) = NULL;
>> return ret;
>
> I was damn sure that this wasn't a waste of time. This was some meaningful
> code when I visited it earlier. And we absolutely required a new
> cpufreq_cpu_get()..
>
> Reason: Earlier tables were created for this notifier: CPUFREQ_NOTIFY and
> it used to come with another changed copy of 'policy' and so we were required
> to get the real copy of policy to get to the right kobj.
>
> But recently I have simplified stuff there and these tables are now added with
> CPUFREQ_CREATE_POLICY and so this replication isn't required anymore.
Agreed. I already knew it had a good reason. :) Just that it's not
needed anymore.
> So, Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar at linaro.org>
Thanks.
>
> While you are at it please get this part into __cpufreq_stats_create_table()
> routine:
>
> table = cpufreq_frequency_get_table(cpu);
> if (!table)
> return 0;
>
> As it is replicated at two places currently.
>
Doing it as a separate patch since it's technically unrelated to these
changes.
-Saravana
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