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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 1/3] interconnect: Add generic on-chip interconnect API
On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 1:18 PM, Georgi Djakov <georgi.djakov@linaro.org> wrote:
> This patch introduce a new API to get requirements and configure the
> interconnect buses across the entire chipset to fit with the current demand.
>
> The API is using a consumer/provider-based model, where the providers are
> the interconnect buses and the consumers could be various drivers.
> The consumers request interconnect resources (path) between endpoints and
> set the desired constraints on this data flow path. The providers receive
> requests from consumers and aggregate these requests for all master-slave
> pairs on that path. Then the providers configure each participating in the
> topology node according to the requested data flow path, physical links and
> constraints. The topology could be complicated and multi-tiered and is SoC
> specific.
>
> Signed-off-by: Georgi Djakov <georgi.djakov@linaro.org>
> ---
> Documentation/interconnect/interconnect.rst | 93 +++++++
> drivers/Kconfig | 2 +
> drivers/Makefile | 1 +
> drivers/interconnect/Kconfig | 10 +
> drivers/interconnect/Makefile | 1 +
> drivers/interconnect/interconnect.c | 382 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> include/linux/interconnect-consumer.h | 73 ++++++
> include/linux/interconnect-provider.h | 119 +++++++++
> 8 files changed, 681 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/interconnect/interconnect.rst
> create mode 100644 drivers/interconnect/Kconfig
> create mode 100644 drivers/interconnect/Makefile
> create mode 100644 drivers/interconnect/interconnect.c
> create mode 100644 include/linux/interconnect-consumer.h
> create mode 100644 include/linux/interconnect-provider.h
>
>

[snip]

> +/**
> + * interconnect_set() - set constraints on a path between two endpoints
> + * @path: reference to the path returned by interconnect_get()
> + * @creq: request from the consumer, containing its requirements
> + *
> + * This function is used by an interconnect consumer to express its own needs
> + * in term of bandwidth and QoS for a previously requested path between two
> + * endpoints. The requests are aggregated and each node is updated accordingly.
> + *
> + * Returns 0 on success, or an approproate error code otherwise.
> + */
> +int interconnect_set(struct interconnect_path *path,
> + struct interconnect_creq *creq)

drive-by comment... afaict creq could be 'const'

BR,
-R

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