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SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/3] coupled cpuidle state support
On 01/20/2012 09:40 PM, Colin Cross wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 12:46 AM, Daniel Lezcano
> <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org> wrote:
>> Hi Colin,
>>
>> this patchset could be interesting to resolve in a generic way the cpu
>> dependencies.
>> What is the status of this patchset ?
> I can't do much with it right now, because I don't have any devices
> that can do SMP idle with a v3.2 kernel. I've started working on an
> updated version that avoids the spinlock, but it might be a while
> before I can test and post it. I'm mostly looking for feedback on the
> approach taken in this patch, and whether it will be useful for other
> SoCs besides Tegra and OMAP4.

Hi Colin,

I will be happy to test your patchset. Do you have a pointer to a more
recent kernel ?


>> Did you have the opportunity to measure the power consumption with and
>> without this patchset ?
> Power consumption will be very dependent on the specific SoC in
> question. The most important factors are the power savings of the
> independent cpuidle state (normally WFI) vs. the hotplug state
> (normally 1 cpu in OFF), and the workload being tested.
>
> On a very idle system, these patches result in the same total power as
> hotplugging one cpu and letting the other idle normally. On a 25%
> busy system, you might see a slight increase in power, as the best
> independent cpuidle state might be WFI, vs 1 cpu in OFF mode in
> hotplug. On OMAP4, that difference is small, on the order of 10 mW.
> Once you hit the threshold where a hotplug governor would have
> hotplugged in the second cpu (lets say 40%), the savings from these
> patches are enormous, as you can hit the lowest power state up to 60%
> of the time, where the hotplug solution would never be going below WFI
> on both cpus. On OMAP4, that can be well over 100 mW.

Interesting.


Thanks

-- Daniel



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