Re: [PATCH 2/3] sched: Fix the wakeup nomination forsched_mc/smt_power_savings.

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Mon Feb 16 2009 - 12:45:44 EST


On Mon, 2009-02-16 at 22:21 +0530, Gautham R Shenoy wrote:
> @@ -520,6 +520,11 @@ struct root_domain {
> * low system utilisation. Triggered at POWERSAVINGS_BALANCE_WAKEUP(2)
> */
> unsigned int sched_mc_preferred_wakeup_cpu;
> + /*
> + * The sched-domain level which is authorized to nominate the preferred
> + * wake up cpu.
> + */
> + enum sched_domain_level authorized_nomination_level

Some day my brain is just going to explode.. ;-)

Can we do a nice concise writeup of the power-save dynamics somewhere?

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