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| author | ShuoX Liu <shuox.liu@intel.com> | 2012-03-29 02:19:11 +0400 |
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| committer | Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> | 2012-03-30 09:52:58 +0400 |
| commit | 3a53396b0381ec9d5180fd8fe7a681c8ce95fd9a (patch) | |
| tree | 60a0770554c64250900ccf827ff868b483ae92fe /drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c | |
| parent | 6a6ea0acc9375571a13aa8c4e105a0807e1c16a4 (diff) | |
| download | linux-3a53396b0381ec9d5180fd8fe7a681c8ce95fd9a.tar.xz | |
cpuidle: add a sysfs entry to disable specific C state for debug purpose.
Some C states of new CPU might be not good. One reason is BIOS might
configure them incorrectly. To help developers root cause it quickly, the
patch adds a new sysfs entry, so developers could disable specific C state
manually.
In addition, C state might have much impact on performance tuning, as it
takes much time to enter/exit C states, which might delay interrupt
processing. With the new debug option, developers could check if a deep C
state could impact performance and how much impact it could cause.
Also add this option in Documentation/cpuidle/sysfs.txt.
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: check kstrtol return value]
Signed-off-by: ShuoX Liu <shuox.liu@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Yanmin Zhang <yanmin_zhang@intel.com>
Reviewed-and-Tested-by: Deepthi Dharwar <deepthi@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c | 1 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c index 4869b5500234..77304b6b8aef 100644 --- a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c +++ b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c @@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ static void poll_idle_init(struct cpuidle_driver *drv) state->power_usage = -1; state->flags = 0; state->enter = poll_idle; + state->disable = 0; } #else static void poll_idle_init(struct cpuidle_driver *drv) {} |