linux-kernel - Re: [regression] cross core scheduling frequency drop bisected to 0c313cb20732

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Message-ID: <20160409110729.GS3448@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:	Sat, 9 Apr 2016 13:07:29 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
Cc:	Mike Galbraith <umgwanakikbuti@...il.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux PM list <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
	Doug Smythies <dsmythies@...us.net>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [regression] cross core scheduling frequency drop bisected to
 0c313cb20732

On Fri, Apr 08, 2016 at 10:59:59PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Friday, April 08, 2016 08:50:54 AM Mike Galbraith wrote:
> > On Fri, 2016-04-08 at 08:45 +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > 
> > > Cute, I thought you used governor=performance for your runs?
> > 
> > I do, and those numbers are with it thus set.
> 
> Well, this is a trade-off.
> 
> 4.5 introduced a power regression here so this one goes back to the previous
> state of things.

Just for my elucidation; how can gov=performance have a 'power'
regression?