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SubjectRe: Fw: [BUG 2.6.21-rc7] acpi_pm clocksource loses time on x86-64
On Thu, 10 May 2007 11:52:33 -0700, john stultz wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-05-09 at 11:11 +0200, Mikael Pettersson wrote:
> > On Tue, 8 May 2007 15:14:36 -0400, Len Brown wrote:
> > > On Friday 04 May 2007 03:42, Mikael Pettersson wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 03 May 2007 19:38:50 -0700, john stultz wrote:
> > > > > > So that slow acpi_pm on x86_64 seems to be connected w/ the idle loop.
> > > > > > I'm guessing the chipset halts the ACPI PM in lower C states. Do you
> > > > > > have any guesses as to what might differ between x86_64 and i386 ACPI
> > > > > > idle loops? Or might this be something different in what the BIOS
> > > > > > exports in x86_64 mode or i386 mode?
> > > > >
> > > > > Mikael,
> > > > > Just trying to dig a bit more through the acpi_processor_idle code.
> > > > > Could you run "cat /proc/acpi/processor/CPU1/power" and reply w/ the
> > > > > output?
> > > >
> > > > Here's that file with the x86-64 kernel:
> > > >
> > > > active state: C2
> > > > max_cstate: C8
> > > > bus master activity: 00000000
> > > > maximum allowed latency: 20000 usec
> > > > states:
> > > > C1: type[C1] promotion[C2] demotion[--] latency[000] usage[00107840] duration[00000000000000000000]
> > > > *C2: type[C2] promotion[--] demotion[C1] latency[010] usage[-1987043693] duration[00000000003044809185]
> > >
> > > it may be that the problem is C2, not C1 on this box and thus "idle=poll" may be
> > > overkill to workaround it.
> > >
> > > You can disable C2 with "processor.max_cstate=1"
>
> Hey Mikael,
> Did booting w/ processor.max_cstate=1 have the same effect as booting
> w/ idle=poll ?

It seems so. `/sbin/hwclock' and `date' are still in sync after 60 minutes,
where previously `date' would lag behind by about 3 minutes.

/Mikael
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