Re: [PATCH 2/3] perf: add OMAP support for the new power events

From: Nishanth Menon
Date: Tue Jan 04 2011 - 13:04:09 EST


jean.pihet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx had written, on 01/04/2011 04:17 AM, the following:
[..]
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/pm34xx.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/pm34xx.c
index 0ec8a04..0ee0b0e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/pm34xx.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/pm34xx.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
#include <linux/delay.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/console.h>
+#include <trace/events/power.h>
#include <plat/sram.h>
#include <plat/clockdomain.h>
@@ -506,8 +507,14 @@ static void omap3_pm_idle(void)
if (omap_irq_pending() || need_resched())
goto out;
+ trace_power_start(POWER_CSTATE, 1, smp_processor_id());
+ trace_cpu_idle(1, smp_processor_id());
+
omap_sram_idle();
+ trace_power_end(smp_processor_id());
+ trace_cpu_idle(PWR_EVENT_EXIT, smp_processor_id());

Dumb question: it just tells me which C state was attempted - not if actually succeeded in hitting it rt? Does'nt this give us a false data?

[..]
diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/clock.c b/arch/arm/plat-omap/clock.c
index fc62fb5..7cbb09b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/clock.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/clock.c
(from an offline discussion on a related topic): Would it also be nice to hook on mach-omap2/clock.c points as well to hook on indirect changes?
[..]

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Regards,
Nishanth Menon
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