Mia zhao wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> I am using powertop to test wakeup of a driver and found the sum of top causes
> for wakeups is much larger than Wakeups-from-idle per second. It's not
> consistant with FAQ. Which result is more accurate?
> 
> FAQ£º
> 
> Should "Wakeups-from-idle per second" equal the sum of the wakeups/second/core
> listed on the "Top causes for wakeups" list?

there is a bug that causes powertop to count the timer ticks as separate 
wakeups,
while in fact those timer ticks are due to something else in the wakeup list
causing the timer to trigger, hence, the list can contain up to twice as much
wakeups as really occurred.

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