Re: problem in changing from active to passive mode

From: Julia Lawall
Date: Thu Oct 28 2021 - 13:10:52 EST


> Now, for your graph 3, are you saying this pseudo
> code of the process is repeatable?:
>
> Power up the system, booting kernel 5.9
> switch to passive/schedutil.
> wait X minutes for system to settle
> do benchmark, result ~13 seconds
> re-boot to kernel 5.15-RC
> switch to passive/schedutil.
> wait X minutes for system to settle
> do benchmark, result ~40 seconds
> re-boot to kernel 5.9
> switch to passive/schedutil.
> wait X minutes for system to settle
> do benchmark, result ~28 seconds

In the first boot of 5.9, the des (desired?) field of the HWP_REQUEST
register is 0 and in the second boot (after booting 5.15 and entering
passive mode) it is 10. I don't know though if this is a bug or a
feature...

julia