When we don't have any file in cpu/cpufreq directory we shouldn't create it. Specially with the introduction of per-policy governor instance patchset, even governors are moved to cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/governor-name directory and so this directory is just not required.
Lets have it only when required.
Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar viresh.kumar@linaro.org --- drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c | 4 ++-- drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---- drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c | 6 +++++ include/linux/cpufreq.h | 4 ++++ 4 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c index ce28c34..ae0918d 100644 --- a/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c @@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ static void __init acpi_cpufreq_boost_init(void) /* We create the boost file in any case, though for systems without * hardware support it will be read-only and hardwired to return 0. */ - if (sysfs_create_file(cpufreq_global_kobject, &(global_boost.attr))) + if (cpufreq_sysfs_create_file(&(global_boost.attr))) pr_warn(PFX "could not register global boost sysfs file\n"); else pr_debug("registered global boost sysfs file\n"); @@ -955,7 +955,7 @@ static void __init acpi_cpufreq_boost_init(void)
static void __exit acpi_cpufreq_boost_exit(void) { - sysfs_remove_file(cpufreq_global_kobject, &(global_boost.attr)); + cpufreq_sysfs_remove_file(&(global_boost.attr));
if (msrs) { unregister_cpu_notifier(&boost_nb); diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c index e3d7112..2e18b3d 100644 --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c @@ -678,9 +678,6 @@ static struct attribute *default_attrs[] = { NULL };
-struct kobject *cpufreq_global_kobject; -EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpufreq_global_kobject); - #define to_policy(k) container_of(k, struct cpufreq_policy, kobj) #define to_attr(a) container_of(a, struct freq_attr, attr)
@@ -751,6 +748,49 @@ static struct kobj_type ktype_cpufreq = { .release = cpufreq_sysfs_release, };
+struct kobject *cpufreq_global_kobject; +EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpufreq_global_kobject); + +static int cpufreq_global_kobject_usage; + +int get_cpufreq_global_kobject(void) +{ + if (!cpufreq_global_kobject_usage++) + return kobject_add(cpufreq_global_kobject, + &cpu_subsys.dev_root->kobj, "%s", "cpufreq"); + + return 0; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_cpufreq_global_kobject); + +void put_cpufreq_global_kobject(void) +{ + if (!--cpufreq_global_kobject_usage) + kobject_del(cpufreq_global_kobject); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(put_cpufreq_global_kobject); + +int cpufreq_sysfs_create_file(const struct attribute *attr) +{ + int ret = get_cpufreq_global_kobject(); + + if (!ret) { + ret = sysfs_create_file(cpufreq_global_kobject, attr); + if (ret) + put_cpufreq_global_kobject(); + } + + return ret; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpufreq_sysfs_create_file); + +void cpufreq_sysfs_remove_file(const struct attribute *attr) +{ + sysfs_remove_file(cpufreq_global_kobject, attr); + put_cpufreq_global_kobject(); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpufreq_sysfs_remove_file); + /* symlink affected CPUs */ static int cpufreq_add_dev_symlink(unsigned int cpu, struct cpufreq_policy *policy) @@ -2022,7 +2062,7 @@ static int __init cpufreq_core_init(void) init_rwsem(&per_cpu(cpu_policy_rwsem, cpu)); }
- cpufreq_global_kobject = kobject_create_and_add("cpufreq", &cpu_subsys.dev_root->kobj); + cpufreq_global_kobject = kobject_create(); BUG_ON(!cpufreq_global_kobject); register_syscore_ops(&cpufreq_syscore_ops);
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c index b6cfd55..09a86f3 100644 --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c @@ -231,6 +231,9 @@ int cpufreq_governor_dbs(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, return rc; }
+ if (!have_governor_per_policy()) + WARN_ON(get_cpufreq_global_kobject()); + rc = sysfs_create_group(get_governor_parent_kobj(policy), get_sysfs_attr(dbs_data)); if (rc) { @@ -269,6 +272,9 @@ int cpufreq_governor_dbs(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, sysfs_remove_group(get_governor_parent_kobj(policy), get_sysfs_attr(dbs_data));
+ if (!have_governor_per_policy()) + put_cpufreq_global_kobject(); + if ((dbs_data->cdata->governor == GOV_CONSERVATIVE) && (policy->governor->initialized == 1)) { struct cs_ops *cs_ops = dbs_data->cdata->gov_ops; diff --git a/include/linux/cpufreq.h b/include/linux/cpufreq.h index cbdf5a4..77a73c9 100644 --- a/include/linux/cpufreq.h +++ b/include/linux/cpufreq.h @@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ struct cpufreq_governor;
/* /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq: entry point for global variables */ extern struct kobject *cpufreq_global_kobject; +int get_cpufreq_global_kobject(void); +void put_cpufreq_global_kobject(void); +int cpufreq_sysfs_create_file(const struct attribute *attr); +void cpufreq_sysfs_remove_file(const struct attribute *attr);
#define CPUFREQ_ETERNAL (-1) struct cpufreq_cpuinfo {