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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Trace idle entry and exit times
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On Sat, 2013-12-07 at 06:20 +0100, Andi Kleen wrote: 
> On Sat, Dec 07, 2013 at 05:57:32AM +0100, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> > On Fri, 2013-12-06 at 16:46 -0800, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > > From: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
> > >
> > > This patch creates 4 new trace points: one at the beginning of idle,
> > > one before entering mwait, one after exiting mwait, and one after
> > > finishing the idle code. This is useful to trace down any
> > > additional latencies caused by the ever-growing idle code.
> > >
> > > Idle latencies are a common source of performance problems, so it's
> > > important to be able to measure them.
> >
> > You mean stuff like.. oh, say 60 cores doing zero work every 12ms
> > munching ~20% cpu?
>
> Well that one is obvious. I mean more the subtle problems.

Yeah, not subtle. SGI could use C2 as power supply stress tester.

-Mike



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