Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] mmc: sdhci: Support maximum DMA latency request via PM QoS

[Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>]

On 1/04/2015 10:59 p.m., Len Brown wrote:
>> Ad hoc testing with Lenovo Thinkpad 10 showed a stress
>> test could run for at least 24 hours with the patches,
>> compared to less than an hour without.
>
> There is a patch in linux-next to delete C1E from BYT,
> since it is problematic on multiple platforms.
> I don't suppose that just disabling that state without disabling C6
> is sufficient to fix the Thinkpad 10?  (I'm betting not, but
> it can't hurt to try -- you can use the "disable" attribute for the state
> in /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpuidle/stateN)
>
> I think your choice of the PM_QOS sub-system here is the right one,
> and that your selection of 20usec threshold is also a good choice
> for what you want to do -- though on non-intel_idle machine somplace,
> there may be some ACPI BIOS _CST with random number for C6 latency.
>
> It would be interesting to see how your C6 residency (turbostat
> --debug will show this to you)
> and your battery life are changed by disabling C6 during MMC activity.

I will do some more testing as you suggest, although it will have to
wait until next week due to Easter holidays here.