Update cpuidle documentation using git logs and existing documentation in Documentation/cpuidle/sysfs.txt. This might be useful for scripting and tracking changes in the ABI. Signed-off-by: Aishwarya Pant <aishpant@xxxxxxxxx> --- Change in v2: - Merge cpuidle_sysfs_switch attributes' description with the previous entry. Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu | 80 +++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 78 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu index bfd29bc8d37a..113402ca9397 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu @@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ Description: CPU topology files that describe a logical CPU's relationship What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/current_driver /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/current_governor_ro + /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/available_governors + /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/current_governor Date: September 2007 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Description: Discover cpuidle policy and mechanism @@ -119,13 +121,87 @@ Description: Discover cpuidle policy and mechanism Idle policy (governor) is differentiated from idle mechanism (driver) - current_driver: displays current idle mechanism + System global cpuidle related information and tunables are under + /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle. Briefly, the attributes are: - current_governor_ro: displays current idle policy + current_driver: (RO) displays current idle mechanism + + current_governor_ro: (RO) displays current idle policy + + With the cpuidle_sysfs_switch boot option enabled (meant for + developer testing), the following three attributes are visible + instead: + + current_driver: same as described above + + available_governors: (RO) displays a space separated list of + available governors + + current_governor: (RW) displays current idle policy. Users can + switch the governor at runtime by writing to this file. See files in Documentation/cpuidle/ for more information. +What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpuidle/stateN/name + /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpuidle/stateN/latency + /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpuidle/stateN/power + /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpuidle/stateN/time + /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpuidle/stateN/usage +Date: September 2007 +KernelVersion: v2.6.24 +Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> +Description: + The directory /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpuidle contains per + logical CPU specific cpuidle information for each online cpu X. + The processor idle states which are available for use have the + following attributes: + + name: (RO) Name of the idle state (string). + + latency: (RO) The latency to exit out of this idle state (in + microseconds). + + power: (RO) The power consumed while in this idle state (in + milliwatts). + + time: (RO) The total time spent in this idle state (in microseconds). + + usage: (RO) Number of times this state was entered (a count). + + +What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpuidle/stateN/desc +Date: February 2008 +KernelVersion: v2.6.25 +Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> +Description: + (RO) A small description about the idle state (string). + + +What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpuidle/stateN/disable +Date: March 2012 +KernelVersion: v3.10 +Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> +Description: + (RW) Option to disable this idle state (bool). The behavior and + the effect of the disable variable depends on the implementation + of a particular governor. In the ladder governor, for example, + it is not coherent, i.e. if one is disabling a light state, then + all deeper states are disabled as well, but the disable variable + does not reflect it. Likewise, if one enables a deep state but a + lighter state still is disabled, then this has no effect. + + +What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpuidle/stateN/residency +Date: March 2014 +KernelVersion: v3.15 +Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> +Description: + (RO) Display the target residency i.e. the minimum amount of + time (in microseconds) this cpu should spend in this idle state + to make the transition worth the effort. + + What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/cpufreq/* Date: pre-git history Contact: linux-pm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- 2.16.0 -- 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
