Re: [PATCH 3/5] cpuidle: idle: menu: Don't reflect when a state selection failed

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Fri Oct 24 2014 - 09:56:17 EST


On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 03:43:53PM +0200, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
> On 10/24/2014 03:38 PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> >On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 06:25:41PM +0200, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
> >>+++ b/kernel/sched/idle.c
> >>@@ -162,7 +162,8 @@ use_default:
> >> /*
> >> * Give the governor an opportunity to reflect on the outcome
> >> */
> >>- cpuidle_reflect(dev, entered_state);
> >>+ if (entered_state >= 0)
> >>+ cpuidle_reflect(dev, entered_state);
> >>
> >
> >Given we'll do use_default: when next_state < 0, we actually never get
> >here unless this is true.
>
> There is the 'cpuidle_enter' call in between which may fail.

Hmm, indeed there is. I had not expected that one to fail like this.
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