On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 04:56:52PM +0100, Sudeep Holla wrote: [...] > > +static struct pm_qos_request debug_qos_req; > > +static int idle_constraint = PM_QOS_DEFAULT_VALUE; > > +module_param(idle_constraint, int, 0600); > > +MODULE_PARM_DESC(idle_constraint, "Latency requirement in microseconds for CPU " > > + "idle states (default is -1, which means have no limiation " > > + "to CPU idle states; 0 means disabling all idle states; user " > > + "can choose other platform dependent values so can disable " > > + "specific idle states for the platform)"); > > + > > NACK for this. Why you want the policy inside the driver. You can always > do that from the user-space. I have mentioned it several times now. > What can't you do these ? > > 1. echo "what_ever_latency_you_need_in_uS" > /dev/cpu_dma_latency > 2. echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu$cpu/cpuidle/state$state/disable > (for all cpus and their states) (1) is definitely simpler way to > disable deeper idle if latency = 0uS > > You can always warn user about that when it's enabled via debugfs/sysfs Thanks for suggestion, now it's clear for me. > -- > Regards, > Sudeep -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
