Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] cpuidle, haltpoll: governor switching on idle register

From: Joao Martins
Date: Tue Sep 03 2019 - 09:24:26 EST


On 9/3/19 12:39 PM, Joao Martins wrote:
> Hey,
>
> Presented herewith a series with aims to tie in together the haltpoll
> idle driver and governor, without sacrificing previous governor setups.
> In addition, there are a few fixes with respect to module loading for
> cpuidle-haltpoll.
>
> The series is organized as follows:
>
> Patch 1: Allows idle driver stating a preferred governor that it
> wants to use, based on discussion here:
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/457e8ca1-beb3-ca39-b257-e7bc6bb35d4d@xxxxxxxxxx/
>
> Patch 2: Decrease rating of governor, and allows previous defaults
> to be as before haltpoll, while using @governor to switch to haltpoll
> when haltpoll driver is registered;
>
> Patch 3 - 4: Module loading fixes. first is the incorrect error
> reporting and second is supportting module unloading.
>
> Thoughts, comments appreciated.

Forgot to add Fixes tags on patches 3 and 4 (they are bugfixes).

Let me respin, sorry for the noise.

Joao