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Re: [PATCH RFC v2 5/5] x86/mwait-idle: squash stats update when not actually entering C-state


  • To: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • From: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
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On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 05:21:31PM +0100, Jan Beulich wrote:
> On 20.01.2022 17:00, Roger Pau Monné wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 03:05:12PM +0100, Jan Beulich wrote:
> >> While we don't want to skip calling update_idle_stats(), arrange for it
> >> to not increment the overall time spent in the state we didn't really
> >> enter.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >> RFC: Arguably more of what follows could be moved into the if() -
> >>      thoughts?
> > 
> > I would move at least the restoring of the TSC, but I would be fine
> > with moving everything up to local_irq_enable unless I'm missing
> > something.
> 
> Yes, that's what I was considering.
> 
> > I think you could likely also avoid the call to update_idle_stats so
> > there's no need to fetch the new tick count.
> 
> No, this call cannot be bypassed. At least not without further
> rearrangements elsewhere.

Ack, I would move everything you can then.

Thanks, Roger.



 


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