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authorOlof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>2013-01-27 22:07:11 -0800
committerOlof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>2013-01-27 22:07:20 -0800
commit6b914c998787d65022e80d6262dfd0edef58cadb (patch)
treeec9d9605ae08e6e40664c4302a181979ab4fe1d3 /drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
parent1f87a404d02a96519284e1928445ca5cfe9667db (diff)
parent949db153b6466c6f7cad5a427ecea94985927311 (diff)
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Merge tag 'v3.8-rc5' into next/cleanup
Linux 3.8-rc5 Signed-off-by: Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>
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diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
index 53766f39aad..3b367973a80 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)