On Thu, 2011-02-24 at 18:33 +0100, Vincent Guittot wrote: > The goal is to measure the latency of each part (kernel, architecture) > and also to trace the cpu hotplug activity with other power events. I > have tested these traces events on an arm platform. > this patch adds new events for cpu hotplug tracing > * plug/unplug sequence > * core and architecture latency measurements Aside of the points tglx made, I do have to ask _WHY_!? Anybody who is interested in the latency of cpu hotplug is deluding himself, also cpu hotplug is _NOT_ a power management feature, so the rest of your justification just disappeared as well. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-hotplug" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html