Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] cpuidle: allow setting deepest idle

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Mon Nov 28 2016 - 18:19:14 EST


On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 10:33 PM, Jacob Pan
<jacob.jun.pan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> When idle injection is used to cap power, we need to override
> governor's choice of idle states. This patch allows caller to select
> the deepest idle state on a CPU therefore achieve the maximum
> potential power saving.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c | 11 +++++++++++
> include/linux/cpuidle.h | 4 +++-
> kernel/sched/idle.c | 13 ++++++++-----
> 3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c
> index c73207a..887a52a 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c
> @@ -97,6 +97,17 @@ static int find_deepest_state(struct cpuidle_driver *drv,
> return ret;
> }
>
> +/* Set the current cpu to use the deepest idle state, override governors */
> +void cpuidle_use_deepest_state(bool enable)
> +{
> + struct cpuidle_device *dev;
> +
> + preempt_disable();
> + dev = cpuidle_get_device();
> + dev->use_deepest_state = enable;
> + preempt_enable();
> +}
> +
> #ifdef CONFIG_SUSPEND
> /**
> * cpuidle_find_deepest_state - Find the deepest available idle state.
> diff --git a/include/linux/cpuidle.h b/include/linux/cpuidle.h
> index bb31373..97c169b 100644
> --- a/include/linux/cpuidle.h
> +++ b/include/linux/cpuidle.h
> @@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ struct cpuidle_state {
> struct cpuidle_device {
> unsigned int registered:1;
> unsigned int enabled:1;
> + unsigned int use_deepest_state:1;
> unsigned int cpu;
>
> int last_residency;
> @@ -192,11 +193,12 @@ static inline struct cpuidle_driver *cpuidle_get_cpu_driver(
> static inline struct cpuidle_device *cpuidle_get_device(void) {return NULL; }
> #endif
>
> -#if defined(CONFIG_CPU_IDLE) && defined(CONFIG_SUSPEND)
> +#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_IDLE

The corresponding change in cpuidle.c is missing (and 0-day has just
found that too).

Thanks,
Rafael