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Date:   Wed, 6 Jun 2018 14:23:57 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To:     Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH V5] powercap/drivers/idle_injection: Add an idle
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On Tue, Jun 05, 2018 at 11:16:40AM +0200, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
> +	atomic_t idle_duration_ms;
> +	atomic_t run_duration_ms;

> +	idle_duration_ms = atomic_read(&ii_dev->idle_duration_ms);

> +	run_duration_ms = atomic_read(&ii_dev->run_duration_ms);

> +	atomic_set(&ii_dev->run_duration_ms, run_duration_ms);
> +	atomic_set(&ii_dev->idle_duration_ms, idle_duration_ms);

> +	*run_duration_ms = atomic_read(&ii_dev->run_duration_ms);
> +	*idle_duration_ms = atomic_read(&ii_dev->idle_duration_ms);

> +	if (!atomic_read(&ii_dev->idle_duration_ms))

> +	if (!atomic_read(&ii_dev->run_duration_ms))

What is the point of atomic_t here ?!