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SubjectRe: [RFC v3] cpufreq: Make sure frequency transitions are serialized
On 03/19/2014 07:05 PM, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> On 19 March 2014 17:45, Srivatsa S. Bhat
> <srivatsa.bhat@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
>> diff --git a/include/linux/cpufreq.h b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
>> + bool transition_ongoing; /* Tracks transition status */
>> + struct mutex transition_lock;
>> + wait_queue_head_t transition_wait;
>
> Similar to what I have done in my last version, why do you need
> transition_ongoing and transition_wait? Simply work with
> transition_lock? i.e. Acquire it for the complete transition sequence.
>

We *can't* acquire it for the complete transition sequence
in case of drivers that do asynchronous notification, because
PRECHANGE is done in one thread and POSTCHANGE is done in a
totally different thread! You can't acquire a lock in one
task and release it in a different task. That would be a
fundamental violation of locking.

That's why I introduced the wait queue to help us create
a "flow" which encompasses 2 different, but co-ordinating
tasks. You simply can't do that elegantly by using plain
locks alone.

Regards,
Srivatsa S. Bhat



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