Re: [PATCH] PM / devfreq: Remove unused devm_devfreq_(un)register_notifier

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* MyungJoo Ham (myungjoo.ham@xxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> >* linux@xxxxxxxxxxx (linux@xxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> >> From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <linux@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> 
> >> devm_devfreq_register_notifier() and devm_devfreq_unregister_notifier()
> >> have been unused since 2019's
> >> commit 0ef7c7cce43f ("PM / devfreq: passive: Use non-devm notifiers")
> >> 
> >> Remove them, and the helpers they used.
> >> 
> >> Note, devm_devfreq_register_notifier() is still used as an example
> >> in Documentation/doc-guide/contributing.rst but that's just
> >> an example of an old doc bug rather than anything about the function
> >> itself.
> >> 
> >> Signed-off-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <linux@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >Ping.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Dave
> 
> When I search github, it appears that vendors are using this API.

Hmm OK.
Of course there's a lot of random junk on github, so it can be tricky
to know what's current/real/relevant.

> NVIDIA:
> https://github.com/NX-Development/android_kernel_nvidia_nvidia/blob/c9ade3b5e32a12b8cf6f33a632dc39209194e4e8/drivers/devfreq/governor_wmark_active.c#L624
> 
> Samsung:
> https://github.com/Vaz15k/android_kernel_samsung_a54x/blob/8ac517c37c606746213064857dc240e99eba80d2/drivers/soc/samsung/exynos-llcgov.c#L107
> 
> Realtek:
> https://github.com/BPI-SINOVOIP/BPI-M4-bsp/blob/25f5b88ec4ba34029f964693dc34028b26e6c67c/linux-rtk/drivers/devfreq/realtek/governor_rtk_ltl.c#L114
> 
> 
> 
> Please don't remove ABIs used by vendors even if
> they didn't upstream their drivers.

Hmm OK.
Do you think they should be using this ABI or do they have the same bug as 
is fixed in 0ef7c7cce43f ?
I guess they don't care.

Dave

> Cheers,
> MyungJoo.
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