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| author | ShuoX Liu <shuox.liu@intel.com> | 2012-03-28 15:19:11 -0700 |
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| committer | Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> | 2012-03-30 01:52:58 -0400 |
| commit | 3a53396b0381ec9d5180fd8fe7a681c8ce95fd9a (patch) | |
| tree | 60a0770554c64250900ccf827ff868b483ae92fe /Documentation/cpuidle | |
| parent | 6a6ea0acc9375571a13aa8c4e105a0807e1c16a4 (diff) | |
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 'Documentation/cpuidle')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/cpuidle/sysfs.txt | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/cpuidle/sysfs.txt b/Documentation/cpuidle/sysfs.txt index 50d7b1642759..9d28a3406e74 100644 --- a/Documentation/cpuidle/sysfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/cpuidle/sysfs.txt @@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Feb 8 10:42 state3 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpuidle/state0: total 0 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb 8 10:42 desc +-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb 8 10:42 disable -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb 8 10:42 latency -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb 8 10:42 name -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb 8 10:42 power @@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ total 0 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpuidle/state1: total 0 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb 8 10:42 desc +-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb 8 10:42 disable -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb 8 10:42 latency -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb 8 10:42 name -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb 8 10:42 power @@ -54,6 +56,7 @@ total 0 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpuidle/state2: total 0 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb 8 10:42 desc +-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb 8 10:42 disable -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb 8 10:42 latency -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb 8 10:42 name -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb 8 10:42 power @@ -63,6 +66,7 @@ total 0 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpuidle/state3: total 0 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb 8 10:42 desc +-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb 8 10:42 disable -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb 8 10:42 latency -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb 8 10:42 name -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb 8 10:42 power @@ -72,6 +76,7 @@ total 0 * desc : Small description about the idle state (string) +* disable : Option to disable this idle state (bool) * latency : Latency to exit out of this idle state (in microseconds) * name : Name of the idle state (string) * power : Power consumed while in this idle state (in milliwatts) |