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With the introduction of devfreq_update_stats(), governors
are not recommended to use get_dev_status() directly.

Signed-off-by: MyungJoo Ham <myungjoo.ham@samsung.com>
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MyungJoo Ham committed Sep 11, 2015
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@@ -65,7 +65,10 @@ struct devfreq_dev_status {
* The "flags" parameter's possible values are
* explained above with "DEVFREQ_FLAG_*" macros.
* @get_dev_status: The device should provide the current performance
* status to devfreq, which is used by governors.
* status to devfreq. Governors are recommended not to
* use this directly. Instead, governors are recommended
* to use devfreq_update_stats() along with
* devfreq.last_status.
* @get_cur_freq: The device should provide the current frequency
* at which it is operating.
* @exit: An optional callback that is called when devfreq
@@ -208,6 +211,10 @@ extern void devm_devfreq_unregister_opp_notifier(struct device *dev,
/**
* devfreq_update_stats() - update the last_status pointer in struct devfreq
* @df: the devfreq instance whose status needs updating
*
* Governors are recommended to use this function along with last_status,
* which allows other entities to reuse the last_status without affecting
* the values fetched later by governors.
*/
static inline int devfreq_update_stats(struct devfreq *df)
{

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