Re: [PATCH 1/3] Introducing cpuidle: core cpuidle infrastructure

[Arjan van de Ven]

> The only differentiator that I can think of would be latency, but that seems
> to be a) covered in a different tunable, and b) probably wouldn't affect
> most people enough where it matters.
> 

and for latency the kernel already has a policy thing that tracks the
maximum latency allowed.... if we need to give the user a knob to shoot
himself into the foot with that one should probably be exported instead
(although I'm still convinced it's a mistake since our beloved userspace
WILL abuse it in the most unimaginable ways)

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