From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on archive.lwn.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,T_DKIMWL_WL_HIGH autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by archive.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 194527D089 for ; Sat, 8 Dec 2018 16:36:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726196AbeLHQgO (ORCPT ); Sat, 8 Dec 2018 11:36:14 -0500 Received: from cmta18.telus.net ([209.171.16.91]:38143 "EHLO cmta18.telus.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726177AbeLHQgO (ORCPT ); Sat, 8 Dec 2018 11:36:14 -0500 Received: from dougxps ([173.180.45.4]) by cmsmtp with SMTP id VfaKgNn7tiBO5VfaLg8UiT; Sat, 08 Dec 2018 09:36:13 -0700 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=telus.net; s=neo; t=1544286973; bh=uQqfi2OU/Qr6YT/5nOZom/LOrlefAybYtQHtkrKyad8=; h=From:To:Cc:References:In-Reply-To:Subject:Date; b=om4RXed60yvZNyHG6DQx1Kyrk/PW3spCgyP+aqBdvzDj0PSLjX8gC4y5s8xNn0Ylo P1PEn27/TMKkg+0FXGpPBBCTzSbgd1X+NFdcdN7xEcEzaK6fWAtR1EXvqsA3MYaTUX zpI07zEE9C/n9+WkANHztUCz8V2tyq2Qj7xZhuER5AdsE7g0CYJp+dS122eFxAJgmD U+BEa1gVPwdWSnoMogb9qA1n/r/dOB9Lm2Iuek93Cj69zQe6qxqNvJTwbyn91ND9d0 DFPcfEfY1n+FitFL60sQwIqR6qHYsw6AyWEnFPCoqZ8kAU90mpm2mcmqQ/QDJY59Vs vH41B5BkkRPZg== X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.3 cv=d5AkNirE c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=zJWegnE7BH9C0Gl4FFgQyA==:117 a=zJWegnE7BH9C0Gl4FFgQyA==:17 a=Pyq9K9CWowscuQLKlpiwfMBGOR0=:19 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=aatUQebYAAAA:8 a=Fn2qRtD51wxDL-y3EyEA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=7715FyvI7WU-l6oqrZBK:22 From: "Doug Smythies" To: "'Rafael J. Wysocki'" Cc: "'Rafael J. Wysocki'" , "'Linux Kernel Mailing List'" , "'open list:DOCUMENTATION'" , "'Peter Zijlstra'" , "'Daniel Lezcano'" , "'Giovanni Gherdovich'" , "'Linux PM'" , "Doug Smythies" References: <006901d48cef$5bb88a00$13299e00$@net> UpeTgvCH1QLjuUpeUg0j37 In-Reply-To: UpeTgvCH1QLjuUpeUg0j37 Subject: RE: [PATCH] cpuidle: Add 'high' and 'low' idle state metrics Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2018 08:36:07 -0800 Message-ID: <000e01d48f14$21ca7020$655f5060$@net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 12.0 Thread-Index: AdSNQ1IU6pCDyS4/RhWeVVbkXDkEQwBz4ojA Content-Language: en-ca X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4wfKowa8NbZMPQybuZayMyJMYeHYTZTEitfAPEAuZ+j2sPp1r7EQ22hfHPir4HDPaY4BgJdbs+peZZpLUGqhqwkR5M+lvmryMqGdoeF5nFjzelepaZgwDB 0mBuptqzq+5YwxjeXf6TC1hFTnhYj0L8KLw4tv8d8r+wuNwxXmhjPmJz9KTL64Gj/m7IHuQbpR/FTQVgqo0XSnmRB9rTavyfOLjPairzFmvxtp5wweRXwXRM wVcRP3LjrTJOExar4/spzC9QXkFfj91CkfgBld+gIFkQt6ndJSLoxNIE/c4iVtbunmebI3P3YTCVQ6mIygVp4UvEWvbfVnE16i33f+HuhMkImWglhUjuQoiz UV0Xq2cYUa1h0+v04Jhi8n/tiQeNEtcLnSXPHn+g5EXpy04jiZg2FU/u4R44dTndyZtwE9/u37aImImX6cQUBNI9nqjmeg== Sender: linux-doc-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org On 2018.12.06 01:09 Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 12:08 AM Doug Smythies wrote: >> On 2018.12.03 04:32 Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: >> >>> Add two new metrics for CPU idle states, "high" and "low", to count >>> the number of times the given state had been asked for (or entered >>> from the kernel's perspective), but the observed idle duration turned >>> out to be too high or too low for it (respectively). >> >> I wonder about the "high" "low" terminology here. > > I took these names, because they are concise and simple. I could use > "below" and "above" respectively I guess. What about these? I see you already sent a new patch with these names. Yes, myself I like them better. I am going to try to add these counts to my next sets of graphs. ... Doug