Re: [TEGRA194_CPUFREQ Patch 2/3] cpufreq: Add Tegra194 cpufreq driver

From: Viresh Kumar
Date: Wed Apr 15 2020 - 23:37:27 EST


On 15-04-20, 16:55, Sumit Gupta wrote:
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> On 14/04/20 11:15 AM, Viresh Kumar wrote:
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> > On 13-04-20, 17:50, Sumit Gupta wrote:
> > > This was done considering long delay value as explained previously.
> > > Do you think that smp_call_function_single() would be better than work queue
> > > here?
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> > Don't work with assumptions, you should test both and see which one
> > works better. Workqueue should never be faster than
> > smp_call_function_single() with my understanding.
> Checked the time taken and its almost same in both cases.
> Earlier we used smp_call_function_single(), but delay time period was small
> in that SOC. In T194, the time period was more. So, this is an optimization
> done because using work queue has advantage as interrupts will not be
> disabled for that period.

Hmm, okay, keep the workqueue and mention the required details in a
comment for everyone to understand why the implementation is done that
way.

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viresh