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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/2] PM / arch: x86: MSR_IA32_ENERGY_PERF_BIAS sysfs interface
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    On 3/21/19 11:20 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
    > From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
    >
    > The Performance and Energy Bias Hint (EPB) is expected to be set by
    > user space through the generic MSR interface, but that interface is
    > not particularly nice and there are security concerns regarding it,
    > so it is not always available.
    >
    > For this reason, add a sysfs interface for reading and updating the
    > EPB, in the form of a new attribute, energy_perf_bias, located
    > under /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/power/ for online CPUs that
    > support the EPB feature.
    >
    > Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
    > ---
    > Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu | 18 ++++
    > Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel_epb.rst | 27 ++++++
    > arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel_epb.c | 93 ++++++++++++++++++++-
    > 3 files changed, 134 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
    >
    Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.com>

    Cheers,

    Hannes
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