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authorOlof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>2013-01-30 10:04:23 -0800
committerOlof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>2013-01-30 10:04:56 -0800
commit3e93093ecd0c144e86a86cc1f165221b6cd3e7fb (patch)
tree0d6dffb90985bd90fd0ca43076a629f12e277096 /drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
parent43243322139194c2fea606095f82498e07536c27 (diff)
parentda660b4a3b15caea9c198c4f26d1cf7023df92fc (diff)
Merge tag 'vexpress/drivers-for-3.9' of git://git.linaro.org/people/pawelmoll/linux into next/drivers
From Pawel Moll: Versatile Express related driver updates for 3.9: * Move sp810 header to a more generic location, mainly to share it with arm64 * tag 'vexpress/drivers-for-3.9' of git://git.linaro.org/people/pawelmoll/linux: arm: Move sp810.h to include/linux/amba/ + 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)