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>
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ShuoX Liu
2012-03-28 15:19:11 -07:00
committed by Len Brown
parent 6a6ea0acc9
commit 3a53396b03
5 changed files with 51 additions and 1 deletions
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@@ -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) {}