Re: [PATCH 03/10] cpuidle: Report illegal tick stopped while polling

From: Frederic Weisbecker
Date: Tue Aug 29 2023 - 09:06:02 EST


On Fri, Aug 11, 2023 at 07:37:55PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 11, 2023 at 7:01 PM Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > poll_idle() can't be called while the tick is stopped because it enables
> > interrupts and only polls on TIF_NEED_RESCHED, which doesn't tell if an
> > interrupt queues a timer that would require a tick re-programming.
> >
> > There is no point anyway to poll with the tick stopped so add a check
> > to make sure it never happens.
>
> I'd rather update governors so they never use polling states when the
> tick has been stopped and then add the WARN_ON().

Sounds good, let's put this one aside.

In the meantime feel free to pick up those you acked and see fit in your
queue.

Thanks!