Re: [Resend] X86 cpuidle cleanups V2

[Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>]

On 01/17/2012 11:31 AM, Thomas Renninger wrote:

> V2: Fix typo: &pr-id
> 
> This is a rebase of some recently posted intel_idle processor_idle
> related patches which needed refreshing, due to recent commits.
> 
> The purpose is to work towards hotplug support for intel_idle.
> It's still missing some logic to boot and online a CPU first
> before intel_idle can initialize the core. But this is the
> essential ground work that is needed first.
> 
> [PATCH 1/3] Revert "intel_idle: disable auto_demotion for hotplugged
> -> because I think it's wrong/unneeded. I commented on the initial
> posting.


#1 done - thanks!

> I tested these patches before I had to rebase them.
> Compile tested only after adjusting, but adjusting the code wasn't that hard.


please fix the checkpatch.pl issues in #2 and #3,
and explain in the check-in comments _why_ the patches
are a good idea.  (less of a need to describe _what_ the patches do,
since the patches themselves are the authority on that:-)

thanks,
-Len Brown, Intel Open Source Technology Center