On Friday, August 06, 2010, Kevin Hilman wrote:
> Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > +
> > +/**
> > + * update_pm_runtime_accounting - Update the time accounting of power
> > states
> > + * @dev: Device to update the accounting for
> > + *
> > + * In order to be able to have time accounting of the various power states
> > + * (as used by programs such as PowerTOP to show the effectiveness of
> > runtime
> > + * PM), we need to track the time spent in each state.
> > + * update_pm_runtime_accounting must be called each time before the
> > + * runtime_status field is updated, to account the time in the old state
> > + * correctly.
> > + */
> > +void update_pm_runtime_accounting(struct device *dev)
> > +{
> > + unsigned long now = jiffies;
> > + int delta;
> > +
> > + delta = now - dev->power.accounting_timestamp;
> > +
> > + if (delta < 0)
> > + delta = 0;
> > +
> > + dev->power.accounting_timestamp = now;
> > +
> > + if (dev->power.disable_depth > 0)
> > + return;
> > +
> > + if (dev->power.runtime_status == RPM_SUSPENDED)
> > + dev->power.suspended_jiffies += delta;
> > + else
> > + dev->power.active_jiffies += delta;
> > +}
>
> By using jiffies, I think we might miss events in drivers that are doing
> runtime PM transitions in short bursts. On embedded systems with slow
> HZ, there could potentially be lots of transitions between ticks.
>
> It would be nicer to use clocksource-based time so transitions between
> jiffies could still be factored into the accounting.
Patch please?
Rafael
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