[PATCH] cpufreq: add sysfs interface
This patch adds a sysfs interface to the cpufreq core, and marks the previous /proc/cpufreq interface as deprecated. As in drivers/base/cpu.c a "CPU driver" is registered, cpufreq acts as "interface" to this, offering the following files for each CPU (in /system/devices/sys/cpu.../) where CPUfreq support is present cpuinfo_min_freq (ro) - minimum frequency (in kHz) the CPU supports cpuinfo_max_freq (ro) - maximum frequency (in kHz) the CPU supports scaling_min_freq (rw) - minimum frequency (in kHz) cpufreq may scale the CPU core to scaling_max_freq (rw) - maximum frequency (in kHz) cpufreq may scale the CPU core to scaling_governor (rw) - governor == "A feedback device on a machine or engine that is used to provide automatic control, as of speed, pressure, or temperature" [1, as noted by David Kimdon]. Decides what frequency is used. Currently, only "performance" and "powersave" are supported, more may be added later. (In future, a file scaling_driver (ro) which shows what CPUfreq driver is used (arm-sa1100, gx-suspmod, speedstep, longrun, powernow-k6, ...) might be added, and this driver will be allowed to add files scaling_driver_* for driver-specific settings like "prefer fast FSB". And scaling_governor_* files might offer settings for the governor.) To implement this sysfs interface, the driver model "interface" code is used. Unfortunately, it has a non-trivial locking bug in drivers/base/intf.c: there's a down_write call for cls->subsys.rwsem in add_intf(), which then calls add(), which may call intf->add_device(), which may call interface_add_data(), which calls kobject_register(), which calls kobject_add(), which then tries to down_write cls->subsys.rwsem. Remember, that was already locked writable in add_intf(). Because of that, interface_add_data() is commented out; this means that no link in /system/class/cpu/cpufreq is added, and that the dev-removal code isn't called. This shouldn't be a problem yet, though; as no cpufreq driver I know of is capable of CPU hotplugging. Dominik [1] http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=governor
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