Re: [PATCH] tracing, perf: add more power related events

[Arjan van de Ven]

 On 9/28/2010 2:22 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Tuesday, September 28, 2010, Jean Pihet wrote:
> > Hi,
> Hi,
>
> > Here is what I am proposing, in reply to all your comments:
> >
> > 1) rename the events to match Thomas's proposal:
> >     power:power_cpu_cstate
> >     power:power_cpu_pstate
> >     power:power_cpu_sstate
> If that sstate thing is going to mean "suspend", then please drop it.
> "Suspend" is not a state, let alone a CPU state.  It is a procedure by which
> the (entire) system is put into a sleep state (that is not confined to CPUs).

there are also non-suspend S states, like S0i1 and S0i3 (supported in 
the current Intel "Moorestown" platform)

so it's slightly more complex than "just" suspend :)

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