Re: [PATCH 3/4] cpuidle: move enter_dead to the driver structure

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On Thursday, July 05, 2012, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
> The 'enter_dead' function is only used for processor_idle.c
> and the same function is used several times. We fall into the
> same abuse with the multiple callbacks for the same function.

This isn't abuse, mind you.  This is a normal practice.

> This patch fixes that by moving the 'enter_dead' function to the
> driver structure. A flag CPUIDLE_FLAG_DEAD_VALID has been added
> to handle the callback conditional invokation.

And how does that improve things?

Rafael


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