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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 13/17] PM: EM: Refactor struct em_perf_domain and add
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To:     Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@arm.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
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On 12/05/2023 11:57, Lukasz Luba wrote:
> The Energy Model support runtime modifications. Refactor old
> implementation which accessed struct em_perf_state and introduce
> em_perf_domain::default_table to clean up the design. This new field
> is better aligned with em_perf_domain::runtime_table and helps to
> distinguish them better.
> 
> Update all drivers or frameworks which used the old field:
> em_perf_domain::table and now should use em_perf_domain::default_table.

I still believe that doing this refactoring before the introducation o
the new feature `runtime modifiable EM` would do wonders on the
tangibility of the other patches in this set.

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