On Fri,  7 Sep 2012 19:43:42 -0700, Ben Widawsky <[email protected]> wrote:
> With the new "standardized" sysfs interfaces we need to be a bit more
> careful about setting the RPS values.
> 
> Because the sysfs code and the rps workqueue can run at the same time,
> if the sysfs setter wins the race to the mutex, the workqueue can come
> in and set a value which is out of range (ie. we're no longer protecting
> by RPINTLIM).
> 
> I was not able to actually make this error occur in testing.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ben Widawsky <[email protected]>

Good catch, care to squeeze the comment into a single line ;-)
Reviewed-by: Chris Wilson <[email protected]>
-Chris

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Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre
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