Re: [PATCH 1/4] cpufreq: stats: Defer stats update to cpufreq_stats_record_transition()

From: Lukasz Luba
Date: Tue Sep 15 2020 - 06:04:34 EST


Hi Viresh,

On 9/2/20 8:24 AM, Viresh Kumar wrote:
In order to prepare for lock-less stats update, add support to defer any
updates to it until cpufreq_stats_record_transition() is called.

Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c | 75 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 56 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c
index 94d959a8e954..fdf9e8556a49 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c
@@ -22,17 +22,22 @@ struct cpufreq_stats {

Would it be possible to move this structure in the
linux/cpufreq.h header? Any subsystem could have access to it,
like to the cpuidle stats.

Apart from that (and the comment regarding the 'atomic_t' field)
I don't see any issues.

Regards,
Lukasz