Re: Too many poll_idle cpu calls in kernel 3.2 rc-series

["Srivatsa S. Bhat" <srivatsa.bhat@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

Adding linux-pm mailing list to CC.

Thanks,
Srivatsa S. Bhat

On 11/28/2011 01:43 AM, Nicolas Kalkhof wrote:

> the kernel v3.2 series shows excessive poll_idle calls during system idle phases causing the cpu
> (mobile i7 2620M) to heat up and draw additional 10% more power.  All kernel versions between
> 3.2-rc1 and 3.2-rc3 are affected. Perf Top and Powertop both show the same issue.
> I've posted a similar bug report before: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=132164909313594&w=2
> and used perf top -U to verify the poll_idle calls as requested.
> 
> dmesg and kernel .config attached.
> 
> Could someone please confirm this issue?
> 
> Thanks and Regards
> Nic
> 
> perf top -U shows:
> Events: 30K cycles
>  97.88%  [kernel]   [k] poll_idle
>   0.17%  [kernel]   [k] sdhci_irq
>   0.08%  [kernel]   [k] unix_poll
>   0.06%  [kernel]   [k] _raw_spin_lock_irqsave
>   0.06%  [kernel]   [k] page_fault
>   0.05%  [kernel]   [k] fget_light
>   0.05%  [kernel]   [k] format_decode
>   0.04%  [kernel]   [k] kmem_cache_alloc
>   0.04%  [kernel]   [k] clear_page
>   0.04%  [kernel]   [k] _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore
>   0.03%  [kernel]   [k] do_select
>   0.03%  [kernel]   [k] seq_printf
>   0.03%  [kernel]   [k] vfs_read
>   0.03%  [kernel]   [k] _raw_spin_lock
>   0.03%  [kernel]   [k] vsnprintf
>   0.03%  [kernel]   [k] number.clone.1
>   0.03%  [kernel]   [k] fput
> 
> Powertop shows:
> n                Avg residency       P-states (frequencies)
> C0 (cpu running)        ( 5.4%)       Turbo Mode     1.5%
> polling           1.8ms (94.6%)         2.71 Ghz     0.1%
> C1 mwait          0.0ms ( 0.0%)         2.21 Ghz     0.1%
> C2 mwait          0.0ms ( 0.0%)         1400 Mhz     0.1%
> C3 mwait          0.0ms ( 0.0%)          800 Mhz    98.2%
> C4 mwait          0.0ms ( 0.0%)
> Wakeups-from-idle per second : 529.4    interval: 5.0s
>