[PATCH 2/2 v2] cpufreq: Add cpufreq driver for Freescale e500mc SoCs
Tang Yuantian-B29983
B29983 at freescale.com
Fri Mar 29 13:51:29 EST 2013
> > +static int corenet_cpufreq_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy) {
> > + unsigned int cpu = policy->cpu;
> > + struct device_node *np;
> > + int i, count;
> > + struct clk *clk;
> > + struct cpufreq_frequency_table *table;
> > + struct cpu_data *data;
> > +
> > + np = of_get_cpu_node(cpu, NULL);
> > + if (!np)
> > + return -ENODEV;
> > +
> > + data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct cpu_data), GFP_KERNEL);
>
> I told you, you missed my comment earlier.
>
> You need to write: sizeof(*data) :(
>
This is new added statement, what you told last time is about the next kcalloc()...
Are there some reasons that we can't use sizeof(struct cpu_data)
instead of sizeof(*data)?
> > + if (!data)
> > + return -ENOMEM;
> > +
> > + data->clk = of_clk_get(np, 0);
> > + data->parent = of_parse_phandle(np, "clocks", 0);
> > + if (!data->parent) {
> > + pr_err("%s: could not get clock information\n",
> __func__);
> > + goto err_nomem2;
> > + }
> > +
> > + count = of_property_count_strings(data->parent,
> > + "clock-names");
> > +
> > + table = kcalloc(count + 1,
> > + sizeof(struct cpufreq_frequency_table),
> > + GFP_KERNEL);
>
> sizeof(*table)
>
Ditto.
> > + if (!table) {
> > + pr_err("%s: no memory\n", __func__);
> > + goto err_nomem2;
> > + }
> > +
> > + for (i = cpu; i < freq_data.cpus_per_cluster + cpu; i++)
> > + cpumask_set_cpu(i, policy->cpus);
>
> I can see some regression here. Suppose you have two clusters of 4 cpus
> each: (0123) and (4567).. Now at boot time above code will work perfectly
> fine. Now you hot unplug 0,1,2,3 and then hotplug 3 in.
>
> Here, init would be called for cpu 3 and so you will end up saving 3456
> in your policy->cpus
>
> :)
Good catch.. will fix.
Regards,
Yuantian
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