linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cpuidle: use first valid target residency as poll time

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Date:   Mon, 9 Dec 2019 10:39:58 +0100
From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
To:     Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>
Cc:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux PM <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cpuidle: use first valid target residency as poll time

On Fri, Dec 6, 2019 at 5:17 PM Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com> wrote:
>
>
> commit 259231a045616c4101d023a8f4dcc8379af265a6 changed, by mistake,
> the target residency from the first available sleep state to the last
> available sleep state (which should be longer).
>
> This might cause excessive polling.
>
> Fixes: 259231a045616c4101d023a8f4dcc8379af265a6
>
> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>

Applied as 5.5 material (and tagged for 5.4+-stable), thanks!

> diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c
> index 0005be5ea2b4..15877b431143 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c
> @@ -382,6 +382,7 @@ u64 cpuidle_poll_time(struct cpuidle_driver *drv,
>                         continue;
>
>                 limit_ns = (u64)drv->states[i].target_residency_ns;
> +               break;
>         }
>
>         dev->poll_limit_ns = limit_ns;
>