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2012-03-30cpuidle: add a sysfs entry to disable specific C state for debug purpose.ShuoX Liu1-0/+5
Some C states of new CPU might be not good. One reason is BIOS might configure them incorrectly. To help developers root cause it quickly, the patch adds a new sysfs entry, so developers could disable specific C state manually. In addition, C state might have much impact on performance tuning, as it takes much time to enter/exit C states, which might delay interrupt processing. With the new debug option, developers could check if a deep C state could impact performance and how much impact it could cause. Also add this option in Documentation/cpuidle/sysfs.txt. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: check kstrtol return value] Signed-off-by: ShuoX Liu <shuox.liu@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Yanmin Zhang <yanmin_zhang@intel.com> Reviewed-and-Tested-by: Deepthi Dharwar <deepthi@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2008-02-14cpuidle: Add DocumentationVenkatesh Pallipadi4-0/+162
Documentation for cpuidle infrastructure. (resend) Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>