Re: [PATCH 18/21] cpuidle: don't call poll_idle_init() for every cpu

From: Viresh Kumar
Date: Thu Oct 03 2013 - 06:33:47 EST


On 26 September 2013 13:58, Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yes, certainly and that will impact also the menu select governor function:
>
> ...
>
> /*
> * We want to default to C1 (hlt), not to busy polling
> * unless the timer is happening really really soon.
> */
> if (data->expected_us > 5 &&
> !drv->states[CPUIDLE_DRIVER_STATE_START].disabled &&
> dev->states_usage[CPUIDLE_DRIVER_STATE_START].disable == 0)
> data->last_state_idx = CPUIDLE_DRIVER_STATE_START;
>
> /*
> * Find the idle state with the lowest power while satisfying
> * our constraints.
> */
> for (i = CPUIDLE_DRIVER_STATE_START; i < drv->state_count; i++) {
> struct cpuidle_state *s = &drv->states[i];
> struct cpuidle_state_usage *su = &dev->states_usage[i];
>
> if (s->disabled || su->disable)
> continue;
> if (s->target_residency > data->predicted_us)
> continue;
> if (s->exit_latency > latency_req)
> continue;
> if (s->exit_latency * multiplier > data->predicted_us)
> continue;
>
> data->last_state_idx = i;
> data->exit_us = s->exit_latency;
> }

Hmm.. For now I will repost this patch as is and then you can go ahead
for this bigger change.. I wouldn't be able to do this change now, as I
would be rushing for my 2 weeks vacations :)

If this patch looked okay to you, can you please Ack it ?
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