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Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 07/10] drivers: qcom: rpmh: cache sleep/wake state
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To:     Doug Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>,
        Lina Iyer <ilina@codeaurora.org>
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From:   Raju P L S S S N <rplsssn@codeaurora.org>
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Date:   Wed, 23 May 2018 17:51:48 +0530
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Hi,

On 5/12/2018 1:48 AM, Doug Anderson wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 10:01 AM, Lina Iyer <ilina@codeaurora.org> wrote:
>>   /**
>>    * struct rpmh_request: the message to be sent to rpmh-rsc
>>    *
>> @@ -54,9 +71,15 @@ struct rpmh_request {
>>    * struct rpmh_ctrlr: our representation of the controller
>>    *
>>    * @drv: the controller instance
>> + * @cache: the list of cached requests
>> + * @lock: synchronize access to the controller data
> 
> nit: this makes it sound like this lock will be grabbed for all calls
> into rpmh-rsc.  In fact, it only protects access to the cache.
> Ideally name it cache_lock and document that it's for protecting the
> cache.
> 
> 
>> +/**
>> + * rpmh_flush: Flushes the buffered active and sleep sets to TCS
>> + *
>> + * @dev: The device making the request
>> + *
>> + * Return: -EBUSY if the controller is busy, probably waiting on a response
>> + * to a RPMH request sent earlier.
>> + *
>> + * This function is generally called from the sleep code from the last CPU
> 
> "is generally" implies that sometimes it's not called from the sleep
> code.  Change to "is always".  If "is generally" is more correct, you
> can't run lockless right?
> 
> 
> -Doug
> 

Yes. Will change in next patch.

Thanks,
Raju