Re: [RFC PATCH v2 7/8] cpuidle: introduce irq timing to make idle prediction

[Li, Aubrey]

On 2017/10/14 9:01, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Saturday, September 30, 2017 9:20:33 AM CEST Aubrey Li wrote:
>> Introduce irq timings output as a factor to predict the duration
>> of the coming idle
>>
>> @@ -342,13 +343,27 @@ void cpuidle_entry_end(void)
>>  void cpuidle_predict(void)
>>  {
>>  	struct cpuidle_device *dev = cpuidle_get_device();
>> -	unsigned int overhead_threshold;
>> +	unsigned int idle_interval, overhead_threshold;
>> +	u64 now, next_evt;
>>  
>>  	if (!dev)
>>  		return;
>>  
>>  	overhead_threshold = dev->idle_stat.overhead * sysctl_fast_idle_ratio;
>>  
>> +	/*
>> +	 * check irq timings if the next event is coming soon
>> +	 */
>> +	now = local_clock();
>> +	local_irq_disable();
>> +	next_evt = irq_timings_next_event(now);
>> +	local_irq_enable();
>> +	idle_interval = div_u64(next_evt - now, NSEC_PER_USEC);
> 
> Another division ...
> 
okay, will replace with >>10 if micro-second is agreed to be the comparing unit

Thanks,
-Aubrey