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authorRussell King <[email protected]>2013-02-04 14:51:49 +0000
committerRussell King <[email protected]>2013-02-04 14:51:49 +0000
commit2fb20e2e35cd1455d022ab7a553d7f1663ffbdeb (patch)
tree4b3bb0f76c15264fe7d4cced91127f3d96ff31f5 /drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
parent9cb543124a2d31af42ce61a4c30765ecc8e5f1fa (diff)
parent5b91ab0abc957145c3ff6be03eb9a3901797019f (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')
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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)