linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] intel_idle: Add ICL support

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Message-ID: <82c789766e71d29cf1a90f519d21ba310ae8fa95.camel@intel.com>
Date:   Thu, 27 Aug 2020 01:47:44 +0800
From:   Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>
To:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Guilhem Lettron <guilhem@...pilot.io>
Cc:     Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@...il.com>,
        Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@...ux.intel.com>,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
        Linux PM <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] intel_idle: Add ICL support

On Wed, 2020-08-26 at 19:00 +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 6:46 PM Guilhem Lettron <guilhem@...pilot.io>
> wrote:
> > 
> > I've done more tests, maybe it can give you more hints.
> > I don't see that much differences between both (with and without
> > patches) in this cases.
> 
> OK, thanks!
> 
> I'm assuming that the topmost two sets of data are for the "without
> the patch" case whereas the other three correspond to the "with the
> patch" case.

I think the sample period is too short.
Even with the same kernel, I can see the Busy% varies from 1% to 9%,
and the PkgWatt varies from 0.4W to 2.4W.

thanks,
rui

> 
> If so, the processor clearly enters PC10 in both cases and the
> residency percentages are similar.
> 
> The numbers of times the POLL state was selected in the first test
> look kind of unusual (relatively very large), but other than this the
> patch doesn't seem to make much of a difference, so I'm not going to
> apply it.
> 
> Thanks!