On Fri, May 09, 2014 at 12:12:19AM +0100, Sebastian Capella wrote: > Quoting Lorenzo Pieralisi (2014-05-06 11:04:40) > > > diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/of_idle_states.c b/drivers/cpuidle/of_idle_states.c > > new file mode 100644 > > index 0000000..360b7ad > > --- /dev/null > > +++ b/drivers/cpuidle/of_idle_states.c > > @@ -0,0 +1,293 @@ > ... > > +static int __init add_state_node(cpumask_t *cpumask, > > + struct device_node *state_node) > > +{ > > + struct state_elem *el; > > + u32 tmp, val = 0; > > + > > + pr_debug(" * %s...\n", state_node->full_name); > > + > > + if (!state_cpus_valid(cpumask, state_node)) > > + return -EINVAL; > > + /* > > + * Parse just the properties required to sort the states. > > + * Since we are missing a value defining the energy > > + * efficiency of a state, for now the sorting code uses > > + * > > + * min-residency-us+exit-latency-us > > + * > > + * as sorting rank. > > + */ > > + if (of_property_read_u32(state_node, "min-residency-us", > > + &tmp)) { > > + pr_debug(" * %s missing min-residency-us property\n", > > + state_node->full_name); > > + return -EINVAL; > > + } > > + > > + val += tmp; > > + > > + if (of_property_read_u32(state_node, "exit-latency-us", > > + &tmp)) { > > + pr_debug(" * %s missing exit-latency-us property\n", > > + state_node->full_name); > > + return -EINVAL; > > + } > > + > > + val += tmp; > > Sorry if i'm rehashing old stuff, but I prefer not to use the > min-residency + exit-latency to sort. I saw Rob's comment suggesting it > and your reply. I'm not sure when it was decided. > > Would it be possible to sort instead based on the order in the > cpus->cpu-idle-states? If not, my preference would be to either use > index like you had before, or specify another sort order / rank value. > > I think there's potential for us to create lower power states that > have lower min-residencies (reduced power consumption in the state, > allowing us to more quickly recover the higher entrance cost) > with higher exit latencies in such a way that the formula would not > sort as we expect. Having a separate value would allow us to control > the sorting in those cases. Ok, so adding to my previous comment, would exit_latency by itself be enough ? Can we think of a system where ranking by exit_latency is wrong ? If yes, we need a power rank, and this patch is wrong too: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=139924292401056&w=2 If answer is not, I can just rely on exit_latency to sort the states. Lorenzo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html