Re: [RFC/PATCH 1/2] cpuidle: Allow idle-states to be disabled at start

[Balbir Singh <bsingharora@gmail.com>]

On 25/08/16 01:06, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
> On 08/24/2016 04:48 PM, Balbir Singh wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 25/08/16 00:44, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
>>> On 08/19/2016 12:26 AM, Gautham R. Shenoy wrote:
>>>> From: "Gautham R. Shenoy" <ego@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>>>>
>>>> Currently all the idle states registered by a cpu-idle driver are
>>>> enabled by default. This patch adds a mechanism which allows the
>>>> driver to hint if an idle-state should start in a disabled state. The
>>>> cpu-idle core will use this hint to appropriately initialize the
>>>> usage->disable knob of the CPU device idle state.
>>>
>>> Why do you need to do that ?
>>>
>>
>> I think patch 2/2 explains the reason as it uses this infrastructure
> 
> Ok, let me elaborate the question, I was not clear.
> 
> Why the userspace can't setup the system environment at boot time by
> disabling the state instead of adding extra code to disable it at boot
> time in the kernel and then re-enable it from userspace ?

Gautham's patches don't want to have those states enabled by default.
They are unlikely to be what production systems need, but likely
what a knowledgeable person can look into selectively enable for
experimentation.

@Gautham?


Balbir Singh.