[PATCH 08/17] drm/msm/a6xx: Set Keep-alive votes to block IFPC

[Dmitry Baryshkov]

On Thu, Jul 24, 2025 at 02:52:52AM +0530, Akhil P Oommen wrote:
> On 7/23/2025 3:35 PM, Konrad Dybcio wrote:
> > On 7/22/25 11:24 PM, Akhil P Oommen wrote:
> >> On 7/22/2025 7:14 PM, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> >>> On Sun, Jul 20, 2025 at 05:46:09PM +0530, Akhil P Oommen wrote:
> >>>> Set Keepalive votes at appropriate places to block IFPC power collapse
> >>>> until we access all the required registers. This is required during gpu
> >>>> IRQ handling and also during preemption.
> >>>>
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Akhil P Oommen <akhilpo at oss.qualcomm.com>
> >>>> ---
> > 
> > [...]
> > 
> >>>> +static void set_keepalive_vote(struct msm_gpu *gpu, bool on)
> >>>
> >>> a6xx_set_keepalive_vote()
> >>
> >> static fn! Why do we need prefix here?
> > 
> > It's good practice to namespace-prefix your functions, so that you
> > can more easily find them, e.g. in a backtrace.
> 
> It would be obvious from the parent functions in the backtrace, right?

Think about jumping to a tag, etc.

> 
> A bit subjective! I feel that the prefixes are unnecessary for small
> local helper fns. Prefix for *every* single routine in a source file
> makes the code look a little bit bloated.
> 
> -Akhil.
> 
> > 
> > For a prefix, adreno_gmu_ would be even better, as the register doesn't
> > seem to have changed across generations
> > 
> > Konrad
> 

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With best wishes
Dmitry