linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.25 regression: powertop says 120K wakeups/sec

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Date:	Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:36:03 -0700
From:	David Brownell <david-b@...bell.net>
To:	Venki Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@...el.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.25 regression: powertop says 120K wakeups/sec

On Friday 28 March 2008, Venki Pallipadi wrote:

> I think I figured out the bug...
> 
> Can you try the below patch and confirm that it works (over upstream - ignore
> the earlier revert patch I sent to you).

That seems to do the job ... thanks!  One more regression
fixed, it feels like RC7 is almost done. :)

It still says odd things about C0 vs C1 though:  powertop
says 100% of the time is in C0, but this patch would seem
to be irrelevant if that were true.

- Dave

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