[PATCH v8 1/4] cpufreq: Introduce an optional cpuinfo_avg_freq sysfs entry

[Viresh Kumar]

On 17-12-24, 21:10, Beata Michalska wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 17, 2024 at 09:57:26AM +0530, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> > On 16-12-24, 23:15, Beata Michalska wrote:
> > > My bad as I must have misinterpreted that message. Although I am not entirely
> > > sure why this might be unacceptable as it is not such uncommon approach to use
> > > signed int space to cover both: expected positive value as well as potential
> > > error code case failure.
> > 
> > This part is fine. The problem is with handling frequency here. Signed int can
> > capture up to 2 GHz of freq, where as unsigned int can capture up to 4 GHz and
> > so we would really like to keep it at 4 GHz..
> Right, though the arch_freq_get_on_cpu operates on kHz values.

Hmm.. Missed that.

If you still want to keep it, make that change in a separate patch and
the new sysfs entry in a different one, so related people can easily
review.

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viresh