Hi Aubrey,

Li, Aubrey wrote:
> Hi Eric,
>
> I got the following report from PowerTOP after cyclic event was added.
>
> =====snip======
> Wakeups-from-idle per second: 392.5   interval: 5.0s
> Top causes for wakeups:
> 25.5% (100.1)            <kernel> :unix`cbe_hres_tick
> 25.5% (100.1)            <kernel> :genunix`clock
> 25.5% (100.1)            <kernel> :genunix`cyclic_timer
> 19.1% ( 74.9)            <kernel>
> :uhci`uhci_handle_root_hub_status_change                         
>  8.5% ( 33.4)            <kernel>
> :ehci`ehci_handle_root_hub_status_change                         
>  8.4% ( 33.0)                java :<scheduled timeout expiration>
>
>  2.5% ( 10.0)            <kernel> :ata`ghd_timeout
>
>  1.5% (  5.8)             dtgreet :<scheduled timeout expiration>
>
>  1.0% (  4.0)            <kernel> :genunix`deadman
>
> ======snip=====
>
> This looks confused for me.
>
> Actually, timer interrupt occurred 100 times per second, from the
> report,
> We know we have 3 cyclic consumers, but it appears we have 300 times
> events.
These are 3 separate cyclics each firing at 100 times per second...so it 
really is 300 events per second. Low hanging fruit indeed. :)

-Eric

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