Re: [PATCH] cpuidle:powernv: Make the snooze timeout dynamic.
From: Gautham R Shenoy
Date: Tue Jun 05 2018 - 04:45:46 EST
Hello Michael,
On Mon, Jun 04, 2018 at 09:27:40PM +1000, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> "Gautham R. Shenoy" <ego@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > From: "Gautham R. Shenoy" <ego@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > The commit 78eaa10f027c ("cpuidle: powernv/pseries: Auto-promotion of
> > snooze to deeper idle state") introduced a timeout for the snooze idle
> > state so that it could be eventually be promoted to a deeper idle
> > state. The snooze timeout value is static and set to the target
> > residency of the next idle state, which would train the cpuidle
> > governor to pick the next idle state eventually.
> >
> > The unfortunate side-effect of this is that if the next idle state(s)
> > is disabled, the CPU will forever remain in snooze, despite the fact
> > that the system is completely idle, and other deeper idle states are
> > available.
>
> That sounds like a bug, I'll add?
>
Yes, this is a bug-fix for a customer scenario which we encountered
recently.
> Fixes: 78eaa10f027c ("cpuidle: powernv/pseries: Auto-promotion of snooze to deeper idle state")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v4.2+
This patch applies cleanly from v4.13 onwards. Prior to that there are
some (minor) conflicts.
Should I spin a version separately for the prior stable versions ?
>
> cheers
>