RE: [PATCH] cpuidle: Add 'high' and 'low' idle state metrics

[Doug Smythies]

On 2018.12.06 01:09 Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 12:08 AM Doug Smythies <dsmythies@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On 2018.12.03 04:32 Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>>
>>> Add two new metrics for CPU idle states, "high" and "low", to count
>>> the number of times the given state had been asked for (or entered
>>> from the kernel's perspective), but the observed idle duration turned
>>> out to be too high or too low for it (respectively).
>>
>> I wonder about the "high" "low" terminology here.
>
> I took these names, because they are concise and simple.  I could use
> "below" and "above" respectively I guess.  What about these?

I see you already sent a new patch with these names. Yes, myself I like
them better.

I am going to try to add these counts to my next sets of graphs.

... Doug