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SubjectRe: [Resend][PATCH V2] cpufreq: intel_pstate: allow trace in passive mode
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On Fri, 2018-01-05 at 12:15 -0800, Doug Smythies wrote:
> > 

[...]

> On 2017.12.18 16:25 Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > > +     from = cpu->pstate.current_pstate;
> > > > +     time = ktime_get();
> > > > +     sample_taken = intel_pstate_sample(cpu, time);
> > > > +
> > > This is quite a bit of overhead for tracing.
> Yes, it is a bit of added code, but without tracing abilities I
> do not know how to investigate passive operation.
>
> >
> > >
> > > Why not fold the above two
> > > statements in the next if () with conditional tracing?
> No, I specifically want to do a trace sample, even if the target
> is the same as last time. Why? Because we want to know the time
> between calls to the driver, i.e. the duration. That information
> is incredibly useful.

I am not saying you don't need trace. But you can do all processing
when just trace is enabled. Which can be done by
if (trace_pstate_sample_enabled())

The above function should return true when trace is enabled.

So in your v3,

in intel_cpufreq_trace() you can simply return if
trace_pstate_sample_enabled() is false, without
calling intel_pstate_sample().


Thanks,
Srinivas

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