Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 13 Nov 2012 17:14:50 -0800 | From | Jacob Pan <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 3/3] PM: Introduce Intel PowerClamp Driver |
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On Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:08:54 -0800 Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> > I think I know, but I feel the need to ask anyway. Why not tell > > RCU about the clamping? > > I don't mind telling RCU, but what cannot happen is a bunch of CPU > time suddenly getting used (since that is the opposite of what is > needed at the specific point in time of going idle) Another reason is my observation that there are some assumptions/checks to make sure only idle thread can tell rcu it is idle. Is it ok to extend that to other kthreads?
-- Thanks,
Jacob
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