"Premi, Sanjeev" <[email protected]> writes: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Kevin Hilman [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 11:51 PM >> To: Premi, Sanjeev >> Cc: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] PM : cpuidle - update statistics for >> correct state >> >> Sanjeev Premi <[email protected]> writes: >> >> > When 'enable_off_mode' is 0, the target power state for MPU >> > and Core is locally changed to PWRDM_POWER_RET but, the >> > statistics are updated for idle state originally selected >> > by the governor. >> > >> > This patch 'invalidates' the idle states that lead either of >> > MPU or Core to PWRDM_POWER_OFF state when 'enable_off_mode' >> > is '0'. The states are valid once 'enable_off_mode' is set >> > to '1'. >> > >> > Signed-off-by: Sanjeev Premi <[email protected]> >> >> This is a good start, but doesn't actually fix the problem. This is >> because the 'valid' field is an OMAP specific field and is not checked >> in any of our 'enter_idle' hooks. >> >> It works in your test case because the code snippet you mentioned in >> PATCH 0/0 still modifies the target state. >> >> What we need is for the enter_idle_bm() enter function to check the >> .valid flag. If it's not valid, then keep dropping states until it >> finds a valid flag or it hits the safe state. > > We do have a omap3_enter_idle_bm(), but the problem is that calculating > the current index in dev->states will be costly operation. We know the > pointer to 'target' c-state; but the translating the index back to the > omap3_power_states[] seems 'intense' operation in idle_bm check.
Maybe this array should be converted to a list. > I believe the right solution will be to add .valid in the cpuidle framework > itself. I am submitting a patch for same. I like this idea better. Kevin -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-omap" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
