linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] cpuidle: fix sysfs output for power

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Date:	Mon, 17 Dec 2012 10:46:07 +0200
From:	Sivaram Nair <sivaramn@...dia.com>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
CC:	"rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
	"daniel.lezcano@...aro.org" <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
	"shuox.liu@...el.com" <shuox.liu@...el.com>,
	"akpm@...ux-foundation.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"yanmin_zhang@...el.com" <yanmin_zhang@...el.com>,
	"linux-pm@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] cpuidle: fix sysfs output for power_usage

On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 08:56:45AM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Monday, December 17, 2012 09:38:15 AM Sivaram Nair wrote:
> > On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 01:03:02AM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > On Friday, December 14, 2012 03:17:37 PM Sivaram Nair wrote:
> > > > cpuidle_state->power_usage is signed; so change the corresponding sysfs
> > > > ops to output signed value instead of unsigned.
> > > 
> > > What's actually wrong with printing it as an unsigned int?
> > 
> > power_usage could have negative values (for example cpuidle/driver.c
> > inits this value to -1, -2 etc. when drv->power_specified is not set) and
> > these shows up badly in the sysfs output.
> 
> Does "badly" mean "as big positive numbers"?

Yes (sorry for not being clearer).

> 
> Should we actually print them at all in those case?  Perhaps it'll be better to
> make the file appear empty then?

May be, but why is power_usage signed in the first place? I also noticed
Daniel Lezcano's patches that reduces the scope of this variable. So,
perhaps we can just ignore this change.

-Sivaram
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