linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V5 2/2] tracing, perf : add cpu hotplug trace events

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Date:	Thu, 24 Feb 2011 15:40:20 -0500 (EST)
From:	Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@...aro.org>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-hotplug@...r.kernel.org,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, amit.kucheria@...aro.org,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V5 2/2] tracing, perf : add cpu hotplug trace events

On Thu, 24 Feb 2011, Peter Zijlstra wrote:

> On Thu, 2011-02-24 at 15:24 -0500, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> 
> > Most SMP ARM processors are going to use it soon.  Powering down idle 
> > cores provides substantial power saving.
> 
> And why can't regular idle paths be used? CPU hotplug is a massively
> expensive operation.

The idle path assumes that the CPU state is preserved.  We're talking 
about cores completely going down with power pulled beneath them and 
eventually rebooted dynamically here.


Nicolas
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