linux-kernel - [PATCH v1 3/5] cpuidle: governors: teo: Refine tick

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Message-ID: <10793374.nUPlyArG6x@rafael.j.wysocki>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 20:45:30 +0100
From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
To: Linux PM <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
 Christian Loehle <christian.loehle@....com>,
 Doug Smythies <dsmythies@...us.net>
Subject:
 [PATCH v1 3/5] cpuidle: governors: teo: Refine tick_intercepts vs total
 events check

From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>

Use 2/3 as the proportion coefficient in the check comparing
cpu_data->tick_intercepts with cpu_data->total because it is close
enough to the current one (5/8) and it allows of more straightforward
interpretation (on average, intercepts within the tick period length
are twice as frequent as other events).

Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
---
 drivers/cpuidle/governors/teo.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/cpuidle/governors/teo.c
+++ b/drivers/cpuidle/governors/teo.c
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ constraint:
 	 * total wakeup events, do not stop the tick.
 	 */
 	if (drv->states[idx].target_residency_ns < TICK_NSEC &&
-	    cpu_data->tick_intercepts > cpu_data->total / 2 + cpu_data->total / 8)
+	    3 * cpu_data->tick_intercepts >= 2 * cpu_data->total)
 		duration_ns = TICK_NSEC / 2;

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