linux-kernel - [Resend][PATCH 2/2] cpuidle: menu: Avoid pointless checks in menu

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Message-ID: <3261340.TFhiL6Ldfm@vostro.rjw.lan>
Date:	Mon, 18 Jan 2016 23:51:05 +0100
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
To:	Linux PM list <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
	Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
Subject: [Resend][PATCH 2/2] cpuidle: menu: Avoid pointless checks in menu_select()

From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>

If menu_select() cannot find a suitable state to return, it will
return the state index stored in data->last_state_idx.  This
means that it is pointless to look at the states whose indices
are less than or equal to data->last_state_idx in the main loop,
so don't do that.

Given that those checks are done on every idle state selection, this
change can save quite a bit of completely unnecessary overhead.

Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
Tested-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
---

I left a pointless Subject: tag in the patch body when I sent it last time,
so resend.

Note that this also is based on commit 9c4b2867ed7c (cpuidle: menu: Fix
menu_select() for CPUIDLE_DRIVER_STATE_START == 0) only present in linux-next ATM.

---
 drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: linux-pm/drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c
===================================================================
--- linux-pm.orig/drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c
+++ linux-pm/drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ static int menu_select(struct cpuidle_dr
 	 * Find the idle state with the lowest power while satisfying
 	 * our constraints.
 	 */
-	for (i = CPUIDLE_DRIVER_STATE_START; i < drv->state_count; i++) {
+	for (i = data->last_state_idx + 1; i < drv->state_count; i++) {
 		struct cpuidle_state *s = &drv->states[i];
 		struct cpuidle_state_usage *su = &dev->states_usage[i];