linux/include
ShuoX Liu 3a53396b03 cpuidle: add a sysfs entry to disable specific C state for debug purpose.
Some C states of new CPU might be not good.  One reason is BIOS might
configure them incorrectly.  To help developers root cause it quickly, the
patch adds a new sysfs entry, so developers could disable specific C state
manually.

In addition, C state might have much impact on performance tuning, as it
takes much time to enter/exit C states, which might delay interrupt
processing.  With the new debug option, developers could check if a deep C
state could impact performance and how much impact it could cause.

Also add this option in Documentation/cpuidle/sysfs.txt.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: check kstrtol return value]
Signed-off-by: ShuoX Liu <shuox.liu@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Yanmin Zhang <yanmin_zhang@intel.com>
Reviewed-and-Tested-by: Deepthi Dharwar <deepthi@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2012-03-30 01:52:58 -04:00
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acpi Merge branches 'atomicio-apei', 'hotplug', 'sony-nvs-nosave' and 'thermal-netlink' into release 2012-01-23 19:47:06 -05:00
asm-generic [PARISC] fix compile break caused by iomap: make IOPORT/PCI mapping functions conditional 2012-02-27 09:43:30 -06:00
crypto
drm drm/exynos: exynos_drm.h header file fixes 2012-02-15 10:29:12 +09:00
keys keys: add a "logon" key type 2012-01-17 22:39:40 -06:00
linux cpuidle: add a sysfs entry to disable specific C state for debug purpose. 2012-03-30 01:52:58 -04:00
math-emu
media Merge branch 'v4l_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media 2012-01-18 12:53:54 -08:00
misc
mtd mtd: document that MEMWRITE ioctl is NAND-specific 2012-01-09 18:18:36 +00:00
net route: Remove redirect_genid 2012-03-08 00:30:32 -08:00
pcmcia
rdma rdma/core: Fix sparse warnings 2012-01-04 09:17:45 -08:00
rxrpc
scsi [SCSI] libfc: Declare local functions static 2012-01-16 12:45:48 +04:00
sound Merge branch 'fix/asoc' into for-linus 2012-01-31 15:13:14 +01:00
target target: Change target_submit_cmd() to return void 2012-02-07 06:41:04 +00:00
trace sched/events: Revert trace_sched_stat_sleeptime() 2012-02-22 12:06:55 +01:00
video fbdev fixes for 3.3 2012-02-07 15:54:02 -08:00
xen Merge branch 'for-3.3/drivers' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2012-01-15 12:48:41 -08:00
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