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SubjectRe: [Question] PM-QoS: PM_QOS_CPU_DMA_LATENCY == interrupt latency?
On Mon, 10 Oct 2011 22:31:34 +0800
Ming Lei <tom.leiming@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Looks like it is a bit difficult to understand PM_QOS_CPU_DMA_LATENCY
> from the words' meaning.
>
> After searching from google, I don't find some useful information about
> the root cause for introducing PM_QOS_CPU_DMA_LATENCY. I understand
> it is very similar to interrupt latency. Also from the comment for
> omap_pm_set_max_mpu_wakeup_lat in file[1], the description is basically same
> with interrupt latency.
>
> >From comments of pm_qos_add_request usages in drivers, it can be understood
> as interrupt latency too, IMO.
>
> So, could we think that PM_QOS_CPU_DMA_LATENCY is interrupt latency?

No. Well it may be on some platforms but it isn't the same thing. On some
devices a DMA transfer doesn't need the CPU involved but needs the CPU to
respond within a set timescale (eg for coherency or bus arbitration). It
is not the same thing as IRQ latency.


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