[PATCH] opp: convert dev_warn() to dev_dbg() for duplicate OPPs
Viresh Kumar
viresh.kumar at linaro.org
Mon Nov 24 22:32:05 PST 2014
On 24 November 2014 at 20:39, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw at rjwysocki.net> wrote:
> I hope that doesn't happen under rcu_read_lock()?
No. Should it?
> The modification needs to be done under dev_opp_list_lock in the first place
Yeah, its there to protect against other updaters.
> in which case you don't need the _rcu version of list walking, so you simply
> can use list_for_each_entry_safe() here. The mutex is sufficient for the
> synchronization with other writers (if any). The freeing, though, has to be
Correct.
> deferred until all readers drop their references to the old entry. You can
> use kfree_rcu() for that.
Cool. I understood the concept atleast. And yes I followed the srcu mail from
paul as well.. Will reply there.
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