linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] nvme: Enable autonomous power state transitions

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Date:   Mon, 29 Aug 2016 12:45:40 -0400
From:   Keith Busch <keith.busch@...el.com>
To:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Cc:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>, linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] nvme: Enable autonomous power state transitions

On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 02:25:46AM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> +	/*
> +	 * By default, allow up to 25ms of APST-induced latency.  This will
> +	 * have no effect on non-APST supporting controllers (i.e. any
> +	 * controller with APSTA == 0).
> +	 */
> +	ctrl->apst_max_latency_ns = 25000000;

Any objection to making this a module parameter? 25ms default sounds
reasonable, but I would still like the option to not ever initialize
APST on a capable device.