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| author | Russell King <[email protected]> | 2013-02-04 14:51:49 +0000 |
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| committer | Russell King <[email protected]> | 2013-02-04 14:51:49 +0000 |
| commit | 2fb20e2e35cd1455d022ab7a553d7f1663ffbdeb (patch) | |
| tree | 4b3bb0f76c15264fe7d4cced91127f3d96ff31f5 /drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c | |
| parent | 9cb543124a2d31af42ce61a4c30765ecc8e5f1fa (diff) | |
| parent | 5b91ab0abc957145c3ff6be03eb9a3901797019f (diff) | |
Merge branch 'for-rmk/broadcast' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/will/linux into devel-stable
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c index 53766f39aadd..3b367973a802 100644 --- a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c +++ b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c @@ -994,6 +994,11 @@ module_exit(devfreq_exit); * @freq: The frequency given to target function * @flags: Flags handed from devfreq framework. * + * Locking: This function must be called under rcu_read_lock(). opp is a rcu + * protected pointer. The reason for the same is that the opp pointer which is + * returned will remain valid for use with opp_get_{voltage, freq} only while + * under the locked area. The pointer returned must be used prior to unlocking + * with rcu_read_unlock() to maintain the integrity of the pointer. */ struct opp *devfreq_recommended_opp(struct device *dev, unsigned long *freq, u32 flags) |