Re: [PATCH] arm64: add cpu_idle tracepoints to arch_cpu_idle

From: Jisheng Zhang
Date: Wed Sep 16 2015 - 10:57:26 EST


Dear Lorenzo,

On Wed, 16 Sep 2015 15:47:38 +0100
Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 03:23:21PM +0100, Jisheng Zhang wrote:
> > Currently, if cpuidle is disabled or not supported, powertop reports
> > zero wakeups and zero events. This is due to the cpu_idle tracepoints
> > are missing.
> >
> > This patch is to make cpu_idle tracepoints always available even if
> > cpuidle is disabled or not supported.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Is there a reason why this code cannot be moved to the generic idle loop ?

Do you mean the cpu_idle_loop() in kernel/sched/idle.c? To be honest, I
dunno. Maybe kernel experts can give some hints.

Thanks,
Jisheng

>
> Thanks,
> Lorenzo
>
> > ---
> > arch/arm64/kernel/process.c | 3 +++
> > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c
> > index 223b093..f75b540 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c
> > @@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
> > #include <linux/hw_breakpoint.h>
> > #include <linux/personality.h>
> > #include <linux/notifier.h>
> > +#include <trace/events/power.h>
> >
> > #include <asm/compat.h>
> > #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
> > @@ -75,8 +76,10 @@ void arch_cpu_idle(void)
> > * This should do all the clock switching and wait for interrupt
> > * tricks
> > */
> > + trace_cpu_idle_rcuidle(1, smp_processor_id());
> > cpu_do_idle();
> > local_irq_enable();
> > + trace_cpu_idle_rcuidle(PWR_EVENT_EXIT, smp_processor_id());
> > }
> >
> > #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
> > --
> > 2.5.1
> >
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