Re: [RFC PATCHC 2/3] idle: store the idle state the cpu is

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Tue Apr 15 2014 - 08:43:55 EST


On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 01:29:55PM +0100, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
> @@ -143,6 +145,10 @@ static int cpuidle_idle_call(void)
> if (!ret) {
> trace_cpu_idle_rcuidle(next_state, dev->cpu);
>
> + *power = &drv->states[next_state].power;
> +
> + wmb();
> +

I very much suspect you meant: smp_wmb(), as I don't see the hardware
reading that pointer, therefore UP wouldn't care. Also, any and all
barriers should come with a comment that describes the data ordering and
points to the matchin barriers.
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