Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] PM / EM: Skip inefficient OPPs

[Viresh Kumar]

On 01-06-21, 09:07, Quentin Perret wrote:
> Just to reiterate here what was discussed on IRC the other day, I still
> feel that the choice of an efficient OPP or not is a policy decision,
> and should be left to the governor.

I agree. cpufreq core shouldn't always do this.

> It's not obvious to me that the userspace govenor for instance wants any
> of this. Same thing with e.g. the powersave governor if the lowest OPPs
> are inefficient (yes skipping them will not impact energy, but it will
> impact instantaneous power).

Yes, these governors shouldn't end up using the efficient only stuff.

> So if we're going to move that logic to the cpufreq core, then we'll
> probably want two separate APIs and make sure to use the effiency-aware
> one is used only from the places where that makes sense.

Yeah, we need another API or parameter "bool efficient" or something.

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viresh