Hi! > Hardware C-state auto-demotion is a mechanism where the HW overrides > the OS C-state request, instead demoting to a shallower state, > which is less expensive, but saves less power. > > Modern Linux should generally get exactly the states it requests. > In particular, when a CPU is taken off-line, it must not be demoted, else > it can prevent the entire package from reaching deep C-states. > > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25252 > > > +#define MSR_NHM_SNB_PKG_CST_CFG_CTL 0x000000e2 > +#define NHM_C3_AUTO_DEMOTE (1UL << 25) > +#define NHM_C1_AUTO_DEMOTE (1UL << 26) > + .... > @@ -85,6 +86,12 @@ static int intel_idle(struct cpuidle_dev > static struct cpuidle_state *cpuidle_state_table; > > /* > + * Hardware C-state auto-demotion may not always be optimal. > + * Indicate which enable bits to clear here. > + */ > +static unsigned long long auto_demotion_disable_flags;
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