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SubjectRe: [PATCH] cpufreq: pass policy to ->get() driver callback
On 31-07-15, 16:14, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> CPUFreq drivers today support ->get(cpu) callback, which returns current
> clock rate of the CPU. The problem with ->get() is that it takes cpu
> number as parameter and this unnecessarily makes things complex.
>
> Firstly the core gets the cpu number by doing operation 'policy->cpu' on
> the policy and then many drivers need to get the policy back and so do
> cpufreq_cpu_get(cpu) on the cpu passed as argument to ->get().
>
> It would be better if we pass them 'policy' directly and drivers can use
> policy->cpu if that's all they need.
>
> Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>

Is this getting moved to 4.4?

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viresh


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