* RFC: Don't enable both cpuidle governors when NO_HZ is enabled.
@ 2010-06-25 3:52 Dave Jones
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From: Dave Jones @ 2010-06-25 3:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Len Brown; +Cc: linux-pm
Does this patch make sense ?
I noticed we setup both governors during boot..
kernel: [ 3.387035] cpuidle: using governor ladder
kernel: [ 3.391541] cpuidle: using governor menu
which seems wasteful.
With this patch, we configure either ladder, or menu, depending on
whether NO_HZ is set.
Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
--- linux-2.6.34.noarch/drivers/cpuidle/Kconfig~ 2010-06-24 23:48:08.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.34.noarch/drivers/cpuidle/Kconfig 2010-06-24 23:48:13.000000000 -0400
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ config CPU_IDLE
config CPU_IDLE_GOV_LADDER
bool
- depends on CPU_IDLE
+ depends on CPU_IDLE && !NO_HZ
default y
config CPU_IDLE_GOV_MENU
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