[PATCH 2/2] cpufreq: Specify default governor on command line

[Viresh Kumar]

On 16-06-20, 10:48, Quentin Perret wrote:
> ---8<---
> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
> index 0f05caedc320..a9219404e07f 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
> @@ -2340,6 +2340,11 @@ int cpufreq_register_governor(struct cpufreq_governor *governor)
>  		list_add(&governor->governor_list, &cpufreq_governor_list);
>  	}
>  
> +	if (!strncasecmp(cpufreq_param_governor, governor->name, CPUFREQ_NAME_LEN))
> +		default_governor = governor;
> +	else if (!default_governor && cpufreq_default_governor() == governor)
> +		default_governor = cpufreq_default_governor();

Instead of the else part here, maybe just do this from
cpufreq_core_init() only once, and so we will always have
default_governor set.

> +
>  	mutex_unlock(&cpufreq_governor_mutex);
>  	return err;
>  }
> @@ -2368,6 +2373,8 @@ void cpufreq_unregister_governor(struct cpufreq_governor *governor)
>  
>  	mutex_lock(&cpufreq_governor_mutex);
>  	list_del(&governor->governor_list);
> +	if (governor == default_governor)
> +		default_governor = cpufreq_default_governor();
>  	mutex_unlock(&cpufreq_governor_mutex);
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpufreq_unregister_governor);
> --->8---
> 
> should do the trick. That removes the unnecessary reference count, and
> feels like a good place to hook things -- that is how cpuidle does it
> too IIRC.
> 
> I'll double check the locking/synchronization, but that shouldn't be too
> bad (famous last words).
> 
> Cheers,
> Quentin

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viresh