Re: [PATCH 2/2] PM / OPP: check for existing OPP list wheninitialising from device tree

From: Nishanth Menon
Date: Wed May 01 2013 - 11:04:24 EST


On 12:11-20130501, Sudeep.KarkadaNagesha@xxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Sudeep KarkadaNagesha <sudeep.karkadanagesha@xxxxxxx>
>
> CPUs are registered as devices and their OPPs can be initialised from
> the device tree. Whenever CPUs can be hotplugged out, the corresponding
> cpu devices are not removed. As a result all their OPPs remain intact
> even when they are offlined.
>
> But when they are hotplugged back-in, the cpufreq along with other cpu
> related subsystem gets re-initialised. Since its almost same as secondary
> cpu being brought up, no special consideration is taken in the hotplug
> path. As a result of this the cpufreq will try to initialise the OPPs
> again though the cpu device already contains the OPPs.
>
> This patch checks if there exist an OPP list associated with the device,
> before attempting to initialise it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sudeep KarkadaNagesha <sudeep.karkadanagesha@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/base/power/opp.c | 5 +++++
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/base/power/opp.c b/drivers/base/power/opp.c
> index 4dfdc01..66d52d2 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/power/opp.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/power/opp.c
> @@ -706,6 +706,11 @@ static int of_init_opp_table_from_ofnode(struct device *dev,
> const __be32 *val;
> int nr;
>
> + /* Check for existing list for 'dev' */
> + dev_opp = find_device_opp(dev);
> + if (!IS_ERR(dev_opp))
> + return 0; /* Device OPP already initialized */
> +
It gets a little touchy here -> the normal expectation is for the OPP
entries to be populated onetime at boot.
For example - driver bug where same device was attempted twice Vs the
usecase you mention here - how'd we differentiate between the two?
> prop = of_find_property(of_node, "operating-points", NULL);
> if (!prop)
> return -ENODEV;
> --
> 1.7.10.4
>
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Regards,
Nishanth Menon
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