[PATCHv3 0/1] PM : cpuidle - incorrect statistics

From: Sanjeev Premi
Date: Fri Sep 04 2009 - 15:34:36 EST


When 'enable_off_mode' is 0, the target power state for MPU
and Core is locally changed to PWRDM_POWER_RET but, the
statistics are updated for idle state originally selected
by the governor.

To debug the issue and validate the fix, added variables -
mpu_state_modified and core_state_modified. Both are
incremented in omap3_enter_idle() as below:

if (!enable_off_mode) {
if (mpu_state < PWRDM_POWER_RET) {
mpu_state_modified++;
mpu_state = PWRDM_POWER_RET;
}
if (core_state < PWRDM_POWER_RET) {
core_state_modified++;
core_state = PWRDM_POWER_RET;
}
}

Also added a sysfs entry to track these modifications.

Before the change:

...BOOT...
[root@OMAP3EVM /]#
[root@OMAP3EVM /]# cat /sys/power/enable_off_mode
0
[root@OMAP3EVM /]# cat /sys/power/enable_off_mode
0
[root@OMAP3EVM /]# cat /sys/power/track_modifs
[mpu_state_modified, core_state_modified] = [0 , 0]
[root@OMAP3EVM /]#
[root@OMAP3EVM /]#
[root@OMAP3EVM /]# echo 1 > /sys/power/sleep_while_idle
[root@OMAP3EVM /]#
...WAIT 5 SECS...
[root@OMAP3EVM /]# cat /sys/power/track_modifs
[mpu_state_modified, core_state_modified] = [5 , 3]
[root@OMAP3EVM /]# cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpuidle/state6/usage
3
...WAIT FEW MORE SECS...
[root@OMAP3EVM /]# cat /sys/power/track_modifs
[mpu_state_modified, core_state_modified] = [27 , 25]
[root@OMAP3EVM /]# cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpuidle/state6/usage
25
[root@OMAP3EVM /]# cat /sys/power/enable_off_mode
0

After the fix:

...BOOT...
[root@OMAP3EVM /]#
[root@OMAP3EVM /]# cat /sys/power/enable_off_mode
0
[root@OMAP3EVM /]# cat /sys/power/enable_off_mode
0
[root@OMAP3EVM /]# cat /sys/power/track_modifs
[mpu_state_modified, core_state_modified] = [0 , 0]
[root@OMAP3EVM /]#
[root@OMAP3EVM /]#
[root@OMAP3EVM /]# echo 1 > /sys/power/sleep_while_idle
[root@OMAP3EVM /]#
...WAIT 5 SECS...
[root@OMAP3EVM /]# cat /sys/power/track_modifs
[mpu_state_modified, core_state_modified] = [0 , 0]
[root@OMAP3EVM /]# cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpuidle/state6/usage
0
[root@OMAP3EVM /]# echo 1 > /sys/power/sleep_while_idle
[root@OMAP3EVM /]#
...WAIT APPROX 10 SECS...
[root@OMAP3EVM /]# cat /sys/power/track_modifs
[mpu_state_modified, core_state_modified] = [0 , 0]
[root@OMAP3EVM /]# cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpuidle/state6/usage
2
...WAIT APPROX 30 SECS...
[root@OMAP3EVM /]# cat /sys/power/track_modifs
[mpu_state_modified, core_state_modified] = [0 , 0]
[root@OMAP3EVM /]# cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpuidle/state6/usage
17
[root@OMAP3EVM /]#

This topic was discussed earlier; but the final fix did not find its
way back.

[1] http://marc.info/?l=linux-omap&m=123681603821299&w=2

Sanjeev Premi (1):
PM : cpuidle - update statistics for correct state

arch/arm/mach-omap2/cpuidle34xx.c | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
arch/arm/mach-omap2/pm.h | 2 ++
arch/arm/mach-omap2/pm34xx.c | 2 ++
3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

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