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authorGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2013-01-25 21:06:30 -0800
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2013-01-25 21:06:30 -0800
commit422d26b6ecd77af8c77f2a40580679459825170f (patch)
tree632e690e458fb7b27db200cd6fcd5429e143e419 /drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
parent4c271bb67c04253c1e99006eb48fb773a8fe8c0f (diff)
parent949db153b6466c6f7cad5a427ecea94985927311 (diff)
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Merge 3.8-rc5 into driver-core-next
This resolves a gpio driver merge issue pointed out in linux-next. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
index 53766f3..3b36797 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)
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