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From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
To: paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc: Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@linux.intel.com>,
	Linux PM <linux-pm@vger.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Rafael Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>,
	Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
	Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com>, Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] PM: Introduce Intel PowerClamp Driver
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 13:56:45 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <50A2C21D.6070108@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20121113211602.GA30150@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

On 11/13/2012 1:16 PM, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 02:03:51PM -0800, Jacob Pan wrote:
>> Intel PowerClamp driver performs synchronized idle injection across
>> all online CPUs. The goal is to maintain a given package level C-state
>> ratio.
>>
>> Compared to other throttling methods already exist in the kernel,
>> such as ACPI PAD (taking CPUs offline) and clock modulation, this is often
>> more efficient in terms of performance per watt.
>>
>> Please refer to Documentation/thermal/intel_powerclamp.txt for more details.
> 
> If I read this correctly, this forces a group of CPUs into idle for
> about 600 milliseconds at a time.  This would indeed delay grace periods,

6ms not 600



      parent reply	other threads:[~2012-11-13 21:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-11-12 22:03 [PATCH 0/3] pm: Intel powerclamp driver Jacob Pan
2012-11-12 22:03 ` [PATCH 1/3] tick: export nohz tick idle symbols for module use Jacob Pan
2012-11-12 22:03 ` [PATCH 2/3] x86/nmi: export local_touch_nmi() symbol for modules Jacob Pan
2012-11-12 22:03 ` [PATCH 3/3] PM: Introduce Intel PowerClamp Driver Jacob Pan
2012-11-13  6:33   ` Joe Perches
2012-11-13  6:55     ` Jacob Pan
2012-11-13 21:16   ` Paul E. McKenney
2012-11-13 21:39     ` Jacob Pan
2012-11-13 22:23       ` Paul E. McKenney
2012-11-13 22:45         ` Arjan van de Ven
2012-11-13 23:02           ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2012-11-14  0:03             ` Paul E. McKenney
2012-11-14  0:03           ` Paul E. McKenney
2012-11-14  0:08             ` Arjan van de Ven
2012-11-14  1:14               ` Jacob Pan
2012-11-14  1:34                 ` Paul E. McKenney
2012-11-14  2:59                   ` Arjan van de Ven
2012-11-15  3:22                     ` Paul E. McKenney
2012-11-14  1:24             ` Jacob Pan
2012-11-13 21:56     ` Arjan van de Ven [this message]

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