On Friday 12 November 2010 11:02:13 am Thomas Renninger wrote:
> C0 means and is well know as "not idle".
> All documentation out there uses this term as "running"/"not idle"
> state. Also Linux userspace tools (e.g. cpufreq-aperf and turbostat)
> show C0 residency which there is correct, but means something totally
> else than cpuidle "CPUIDLE" state.
...
>
> - snprintf(state->name, CPUIDLE_NAME_LEN, "C0");
> - snprintf(state->desc, CPUIDLE_DESC_LEN, "CPUIDLE CORE POLL IDLE");
> + snprintf(state->name, CPUIDLE_NAME_LEN, "CPUIDLE");
An even better name might be POLL_IDLE, this corresponds to idle=poll
and other (function,..) names in the kernel and people immediately get a
picture what this state is about.
Comments?
Shall I resend or could you rename it to whatever you think fits best.
I don't care much about the name, but it must not be called C0...
Thanks,
Thomas
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