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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2026-09-20 08:15:23 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2026-09-20 08:15:23 -0700 |
| commit | bdab18633a302c82b5e5d5dbc4e38b0baf9c0837 (patch) | |
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Merge tag 'locking-urgent-2026-09-20' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tipgrafted
Pull futex fix from Ingo Molnar:
- Also allocate a default private futex hash on vfork() as well, to
avoid races with (private) futex waiters (Peter Zijlstra)
* tag 'locking-urgent-2026-09-20' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
futex: Also allocate private hash on vfork()
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diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/devfreq.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/devfreq.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..4a0bf87a3 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/devfreq.rst @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +======================== +Device Frequency Scaling +======================== + +Introduction +------------ + +This framework provides a standard kernel interface for Dynamic Voltage and +Frequency Switching on arbitrary devices. + +It exposes controls for adjusting frequency through sysfs files which are +similar to the cpufreq subsystem. + +Devices for which current usage can be measured can have their frequency +automatically adjusted by governors. + +API +--- + +Device drivers need to initialize a :c:type:`devfreq_profile` and call the +:c:func:`devfreq_add_device` function to create a :c:type:`devfreq` instance. + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/devfreq.h +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/devfreq-event.h +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c + :export: +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/devfreq/devfreq-event.c + :export: |
