[Resend][PATCH 2/2] cpuidle: menu: Avoid pointless checks in menu_select()

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Mon Jan 18 2016 - 17:50:30 EST


From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>

If menu_select() cannot find a suitable state to return, it will
return the state index stored in data->last_state_idx. This
means that it is pointless to look at the states whose indices
are less than or equal to data->last_state_idx in the main loop,
so don't do that.

Given that those checks are done on every idle state selection, this
change can save quite a bit of completely unnecessary overhead.

Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@xxxxxxx>
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I left a pointless Subject: tag in the patch body when I sent it last time,
so resend.

Note that this also is based on commit 9c4b2867ed7c (cpuidle: menu: Fix
menu_select() for CPUIDLE_DRIVER_STATE_START == 0) only present in linux-next ATM.

---
drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: linux-pm/drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c
===================================================================
--- linux-pm.orig/drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c
+++ linux-pm/drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ static int menu_select(struct cpuidle_dr
* Find the idle state with the lowest power while satisfying
* our constraints.
*/
- for (i = CPUIDLE_DRIVER_STATE_START; i < drv->state_count; i++) {
+ for (i = data->last_state_idx + 1; i < drv->state_count; i++) {
struct cpuidle_state *s = &drv->states[i];
struct cpuidle_state_usage *su = &dev->states_usage[i];