Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:41:02 +0200 | | From | Andreas Herrmann <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH/RFC 2/5] [PATCH] sched: pass sched_domain_level to sched_power_savings_store |
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On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 04:29:57AM -0400, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > On Thu, 2010-08-12 at 19:25 +0200, Heiko Carstens wrote: > > Pass the corresponding sched domain level to sched_power_savings_store instead > > of a yes/no flag which indicates if the level is SMT or MC. > > This is needed to easily extend the function so it can be used for a third > > level. > > Ah, so the plan is to reduce the number of knobs, not create more.
Don't think so.
> Sysadmins really aren't interested in having a powersavings knob per > topology level.
It just allows to use the same store functions for three instead of two different knobs.
Andreas
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