Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davej/cpufreq

* 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davej/cpufreq:
  [CPUFREQ] Fix NULL ptr regression in powernow-k8
  [CPUFREQ] Create a blacklist for processors that should not load the acpi-cpufreq module.
  [CPUFREQ] Powernow-k8: Enable more than 2 low P-states
  [CPUFREQ] remove rwsem lock from CPUFREQ_GOV_STOP call (second call site)
  [CPUFREQ] ondemand - Use global sysfs dir for tuning settings
  [CPUFREQ] Introduce global, not per core: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq
  [CPUFREQ] Bail out of cpufreq_add_dev if the link for a managed CPU got created
  [CPUFREQ] Factor out policy setting from cpufreq_add_dev
  [CPUFREQ] Factor out interface creation from cpufreq_add_dev
  [CPUFREQ] Factor out symlink creation from cpufreq_add_dev
  [CPUFREQ] cleanup up -ENOMEM handling in cpufreq_add_dev
  [CPUFREQ] Reduce scope of cpu_sys_dev in cpufreq_add_dev
  [CPUFREQ] update Doc for cpuinfo_cur_freq and scaling_cur_freq

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/cpufreq.h b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
index 161042746afc..44717eb47639 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpufreq.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ static inline int cpufreq_unregister_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb,
 
 struct cpufreq_governor;
 
+/* /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq: entry point for global variables */
+extern struct kobject *cpufreq_global_kobject;
+
 #define CPUFREQ_ETERNAL                 (-1)
 struct cpufreq_cpuinfo {
         unsigned int            max_freq;
@@ -274,6 +277,13 @@ struct freq_attr {
         ssize_t (*store)(struct cpufreq_policy *, const char *, size_t count);
 };
 
+struct global_attr {
+        struct attribute attr;
+        ssize_t (*show)(struct kobject *kobj,
+                        struct attribute *attr, char *buf);
+        ssize_t (*store)(struct kobject *a, struct attribute *b,
+                         const char *c, size_t count);
+};
 
 /*********************************************************************
  *                        CPUFREQ 2.6. INTERFACE                     *