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SubjectRe: [PATCH] cpuidle:powernv: Make the snooze timeout dynamic.
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"Gautham R. Shenoy" <ego@linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:

> From: "Gautham R. Shenoy" <ego@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>
> The commit 78eaa10f027c ("cpuidle: powernv/pseries: Auto-promotion of
> snooze to deeper idle state") introduced a timeout for the snooze idle
> state so that it could be eventually be promoted to a deeper idle
> state. The snooze timeout value is static and set to the target
> residency of the next idle state, which would train the cpuidle
> governor to pick the next idle state eventually.
>
> The unfortunate side-effect of this is that if the next idle state(s)
> is disabled, the CPU will forever remain in snooze, despite the fact
> that the system is completely idle, and other deeper idle states are
> available.

That sounds like a bug, I'll add?

Fixes: 78eaa10f027c ("cpuidle: powernv/pseries: Auto-promotion of snooze to deeper idle state")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v4.2+

cheers

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