linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] cpuidle, haltpoll: governor switching on idle register

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Message-ID: <37c06dda-dcc2-113e-18ed-353b28e9efd3@oracle.com>
Date:   Tue, 3 Sep 2019 14:23:29 +0100
From:   Joao Martins <joao.m.martins@...cle.com>
To:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
        Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] cpuidle, haltpoll: governor switching on idle
 register

On 9/3/19 12:39 PM, Joao Martins wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> Presented herewith a series with aims to tie in together the haltpoll
> idle driver and governor, without sacrificing previous governor setups.
> In addition, there are a few fixes with respect to module loading for
> cpuidle-haltpoll. 
> 
> The series is organized as follows:
> 
>  Patch 1: Allows idle driver stating a preferred governor that it
>           wants to use, based on discussion here:
> 
>   https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/457e8ca1-beb3-ca39-b257-e7bc6bb35d4d@oracle.com/
> 
>  Patch 2: Decrease rating of governor, and allows previous defaults
> 	  to be as before haltpoll, while using @governor to switch to haltpoll
> 	  when haltpoll driver is registered;
> 
>  Patch 3 - 4: Module loading fixes. first is the incorrect error
> 	      reporting and second is supportting module unloading.
> 
> Thoughts, comments appreciated.

Forgot to add Fixes tags on patches 3 and 4 (they are bugfixes).

Let me respin, sorry for the noise.

	Joao