RE: [PATCH] cpuidle: menu: Retain tick when shallow state is selected

[Doug Smythies]

On 2018.08.24 02:44 Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Tuesday, August 21, 2018 10:44:10 AM CEST Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
>> 
>> The case addressed by commit 5ef499cd571c (cpuidle: menu: Handle
>> stopped tick more aggressively) in the stopped tick case is present
>> when the tick has not been stopped yet too.

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>> Fixes: 87c9fe6ee495 (cpuidle: menu: Avoid selecting shallow states with stopped tick)

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> Due to the lack of objections, I'm inclined to queue this up.

I have been following these threads.
Recall that I was involved, over a period of months, in the original
"powernightmare" stuff.
I have revived my tests (and wish I had left myself better notes), and
am establishing a baseline before adding and trying this patch.
My baseline is actually two tests with and without the previous two patches (the ones
that were just sent a couple of days ago in "More power management updates for v4.19-rc1".
I might have those results in some presentable form by later today (it looks O.K.)
Results with this patch will take another couple of days.

... Doug