* Pavel Machek <pa...@ucw.cz> [2009-10-26 08:58:31]:
>
> > > > +static int local_idle_loop(struct cpuidle_device *dev, struct
> > > > cpuidle_state *st)
> > > > +{
> > > > + ktime_t t1, t2;
> > > > + s64 diff;
> > > > + int ret;
> > > > +
> > > > + t1 = ktime_get();
> > > > + local_idle();
> > > > + t2 = ktime_get();
> > > > +
> > > > + diff = ktime_to_us(ktime_sub(t2, t1));
> > > > + if (diff > INT_MAX)
> > > > + diff = INT_MAX;
> > > > + ret = (int) diff;
> > > > +
> > > > + return ret;
> > > > +}
> > >
> > > So we get this routine essentially 3 times. Is there no way to share
> > > the code?
> > >
> >
> > We can move this code to a common place, but that would mean exporting
> > the idle function pointer to be called from within this routine, which
> > is exactly what we wanted to avoid.
> >
> > Any suggestions are welcome.
>
> You can just pass idle routine as a parameter...?
>
> int common_idle_loop(struct cpuidle_device *dev, struct cpuidle_state
> *st, void *idle(void))
>
> ...?
> Pavel
Yes, this should be fine. I was trying to avoid passing the void
function pointer around but i guess this reduces considerable code
size.
thanks!
arun
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