RE: [ACPI] acpi_processor_set_power_policy

[Pallipadi, Venkatesh]

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> KP> # readprofile -r ; sleep 1 ; readprofile -m /boot/System.map
> | sort -nr
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> KP>     527 total                                      0.0003
> KP>     502 acpi_processor_set_power_policy            2.6989
> KP>       7 sort                                       0.0208
> KP>       7 release_task                               0.0208
> KP>       4 zone_watermark_ok                          0.0208
> KP>       3 do_page_fault                              0.0021
> KP>       1 unmap_page_range                           0.0057
> KP>       1 show_free_areas                            0.0013
> KP>       1 do_file_page                               0.0048
> KP>       1 buffered_rmqueue                           0.0020
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> KP> Should acpi_processor_set_power_policy be called this often?
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>I noticed the subject function appears in drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
>and tried a couple of things. Look OK? comments on the 
>[misguided?] patch?
>:-)


Are you sure that this patch is causing this difference with 
acpi_processor_set_power_policy() calls.

Looking at the code, set_power_policy() is only called at init time 
and _CST change interrupt. So, I am not sure how these changes are 
affecting it.

One guess.. System.map used in your original data may be wrong for 
that kernel, which might have caused it to point at set_power_policy() 
in place of acpi_procesor_idle()....

Thanks,
Venki

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