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SubjectRe: [PATCH] cpuidle: menu: Retain tick when shallow state is selected
On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 5:52 PM Doug Smythies <dsmythies@telus.net> wrote:
>
> On 2018.08.24 02:44 Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > On Tuesday, August 21, 2018 10:44:10 AM CEST Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> >> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
> >>
> >> The case addressed by commit 5ef499cd571c (cpuidle: menu: Handle
> >> stopped tick more aggressively) in the stopped tick case is present
> >> when the tick has not been stopped yet too.
>
> ... [snip] ...
>
> >> Fixes: 87c9fe6ee495 (cpuidle: menu: Avoid selecting shallow states with stopped tick)
>
> ... [snip] ...
>
> > Due to the lack of objections, I'm inclined to queue this up.
>
> I have been following these threads.
> Recall that I was involved, over a period of months, in the original
> "powernightmare" stuff.
> I have revived my tests (and wish I had left myself better notes), and
> am establishing a baseline before adding and trying this patch.
> My baseline is actually two tests with and without the previous two patches (the ones
> that were just sent a couple of days ago in "More power management updates for v4.19-rc1".
> I might have those results in some presentable form by later today (it looks O.K.)
> Results with this patch will take another couple of days.

Thanks Doug, much appreciated!

This patch has been queued up, but I will wait for your results for a
few days before pushing it.

Cheers,
Rafael

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