Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 14 Aug 2013 13:52:01 +0530 | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/2] cpufreq: Add governor operation ongoing flag | From | Viresh Kumar <> |
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On 14 August 2013 13:49, Xiaoguang Chen <chenxg.marvell@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes, "START (If STOP passed)", this is important, we don't have this > patch on our code base, So even Process B's STOP failed(as governor > enable flag is set to false by process A already ), it can still do > START operation, So my problem occurs. > My problem is that I see ondemand governor is started twice during > frequent governor switch and cpu hotplug stress test. > > The After seeing your patch for the return value checking, I think my > problem should not occur. > This issue really botherred me for a long time. :(
Exactly, the problem was users of this API were abusing it as they didn't cared for its return value. I hope that is fixed widely now and in case some places are still left, they should be fixed as well.
-- viresh
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