linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv2 0/3] Update cpupower and make it more accurate

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Message-ID: <14300539.3gDY5kWNTU@skinner.arch.suse.de>
Date:   Fri, 25 Oct 2019 12:47:58 +0200
From:   Thomas Renninger <trenn@...e.com>
To:     "Natarajan, Janakarajan" <Janakarajan.Natarajan@....com>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Cc:     "linux-pm@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
        Allison Randal <allison@...utok.net>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Kate Stewart <kstewart@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Richard Fontana <rfontana@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 0/3] Update cpupower and make it more accurate

Hi,

Removed: Pu Wen <puwen@...on.com>

On Tuesday, October 22, 2019 6:39:11 PM CEST Natarajan, Janakarajan wrote:
> On 10/11/2019 2:37 PM, Natarajan, Janakarajan wrote:
> 
> > This patchset updates cpupower to make it more accurate by removing
> > the userspace to kernel transitions and read_msr initiated IPI delays.

Acked-by: Thomas Renninger <trenn@...e.de>

Shuan: If you do not object, it would be great if you can schedule these
to be included into Rafael's pm tree.

It's a nice enhancement for these CPUs.
Doing it even nicer and more generic (per cpu measures) needs further
restructuring, but should not delay this any further.


        Thomas