linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 2/5] cpuidle: menu: Record tick delta value in struct menu

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Date:   Tue, 21 Aug 2018 10:34:34 +0200
From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
To:     Leo Yan <leo.yan@...aro.org>
Cc:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
        "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
        Ramesh Thomas <ramesh.thomas@...el.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Linux PM <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 2/5] cpuidle: menu: Record tick delta value in struct menu_device

On Sunday, August 12, 2018 6:09:28 PM CEST Leo Yan wrote:
> Since the tick delta is used in multiple places in menu_select(), it's
> better to use single one variable to record this value; furthermore, for
> more readable we can refactor the code to split a separate function to
> making decision for stopping tick, which also needs to use tick delta
> value as one metric for consideration.

I don't quite agree that allocating more per-CPU memory for readability
sake is a good idea, sorry.

Thanks,
Rafael