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authorLukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@arm.com>2020-11-03 09:05:59 +0000
committerRafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>2020-11-10 20:29:28 +0100
commitf2c90b12e700fff6a0b5a1c32f446f05f9d0890c (patch)
tree2fedc107c688a02067448dd946197a7e23a8e49a /include/linux/energy_model.h
parent5a64f775691647c242aa40d34f3512e7b179a921 (diff)
PM: EM: update the comments related to power scale
The Energy Model supports power values expressed in milli-Watts or in an 'abstract scale'. Update the related comments is the code to reflect that state. Reviewed-by: Quentin Perret <qperret@google.com> Signed-off-by: Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/energy_model.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/energy_model.h11
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/energy_model.h b/include/linux/energy_model.h
index 3a33c738d876..9618c0a46ef4 100644
--- a/include/linux/energy_model.h
+++ b/include/linux/energy_model.h
@@ -13,9 +13,8 @@
/**
* em_perf_state - Performance state of a performance domain
* @frequency: The frequency in KHz, for consistency with CPUFreq
- * @power: The power consumed at this level, in milli-watts (by 1 CPU or
- by a registered device). It can be a total power: static and
- dynamic.
+ * @power: The power consumed at this level (by 1 CPU or by a registered
+ * device). It can be a total power: static and dynamic.
* @cost: The cost coefficient associated with this level, used during
* energy calculation. Equal to: power * max_frequency / frequency
*/
@@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ struct em_data_callback {
/**
* active_power() - Provide power at the next performance state of
* a device
- * @power : Active power at the performance state in mW
+ * @power : Active power at the performance state
* (modified)
* @freq : Frequency at the performance state in kHz
* (modified)
@@ -69,8 +68,8 @@ struct em_data_callback {
* and frequency.
*
* In case of CPUs, the power is the one of a single CPU in the domain,
- * expressed in milli-watts. It is expected to fit in the
- * [0, EM_MAX_POWER] range.
+ * expressed in milli-Watts or an abstract scale. It is expected to
+ * fit in the [0, EM_MAX_POWER] range.
*
* Return 0 on success.
*/