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On a running system, I was just logging in, and it took for-bloody-ever. I run top, and ok, a load of 5 still shouldn't do that; we have folks that do put real loads on these systems. But top shows me power_saving frequently coming to the top, with a 94% - 100% CPU usage, and there's two threads of power_saving. Add to this that I don't *ever* remember seeing such a kernel thread. So, can I kill either or both threads? Googling some, I see someone suggesting: acpi_pad.disable=1 already added in g...

...ch(void) if (firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_LPAR)) { vpa_init(boot_cpuid); - if (lppaca_shared_proc(get_lppaca())) + if (lppaca_shared_proc(get_lppaca())) { static_branch_enable(&shared_processor); +#ifdef CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS + pv_spinlocks_init(); +#endif + } ppc_md.power_save = pseries_lpar_idle; ppc_md.enable_pmcs = pseries_lpar_enable_pmcs; diff --git a/include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h b/include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h index fb0a814d4395..38ca14e79a86 100644 --- a/include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h +++ b/include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h @@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ static __alway...

...ch(void) if (firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_LPAR)) { vpa_init(boot_cpuid); - if (lppaca_shared_proc(get_lppaca())) + if (lppaca_shared_proc(get_lppaca())) { static_branch_enable(&shared_processor); +#ifdef CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS + pv_spinlocks_init(); +#endif + } ppc_md.power_save = pseries_lpar_idle; ppc_md.enable_pmcs = pseries_lpar_enable_pmcs; diff --git a/include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h b/include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h index fb0a814d4395..38ca14e79a86 100644 --- a/include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h +++ b/include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h @@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ static __alway...

...ch(void) if (firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_LPAR)) { vpa_init(boot_cpuid); - if (lppaca_shared_proc(get_lppaca())) + if (lppaca_shared_proc(get_lppaca())) { static_branch_enable(&shared_processor); +#ifdef CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS + pv_spinlocks_init(); +#endif + } ppc_md.power_save = pseries_lpar_idle; ppc_md.enable_pmcs = pseries_lpar_enable_pmcs; diff --git a/include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h b/include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h index fb0a814d4395..38ca14e79a86 100644 --- a/include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h +++ b/include/asm-generic/qspinlock.h @@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ static __alway...

...9;s power state is now self-governed, rather than GPU-governed, whereas the GPU's power state is no longer fully self-governed. (The HDA controller needs to runtime suspend before the GPU can.) It is thus crucial that runtime PM is always activated on the HDA controller even if CONFIG_SND_HDA_POWER_SAVE_DEFAULT is set to 0 (which is the default), lest the GPU stays awake. This is achieved by setting the auto_runtime_pm flag on every codec and the AZX_DCAPS_PM_RUNTIME flag on the HDA controller. A side effect is that power consumption might be reduced if the GPU is in use but the HDA controller...

...truct acpi_mpst_component { + u16 component_id; +}; + +/* Memory Power State Characteristics Structure (follows all POWER_NODEs) */ + +struct acpi_mpst_data_hdr { + u16 characteristics_count; +}; + +struct acpi_mpst_power_data { + u8 revision; + u8 flags; + u16 reserved1; + u32 average_power; + u32 power_saving; + u64 exit_latency; + u64 reserved2; +}; + +/* Values for Flags field above */ + +#define ACPI_MPST_PRESERVE 1 +#define ACPI_MPST_AUTOENTRY 2 +#define ACPI_MPST_AUTOEXIT 4 + +/* Shared Memory Region (not part of an ACPI table) */ + +struct acpi_mpst_shared...

...PREEMPT Tue Nov 20 22:45:49 EET 2012 x86_64 [ 63179.180] Kernel command line: auto BOOT_IMAGE=Gentoo3.6 ro root=100 dolvm real_root=/dev/mapper/root usbcore.autosuspend=1 pcie_aspm.policy=powersave acpi_osi=Linux processor.max_cstate=2 snd_hda_intel.index=0 snd_hda_intel.model=toshiba snd_hda_intel.power_save=1 selinux=0 quiet init_opts=3 root_key=rootkey root_keydev=/dev/sda3 tpm_tis.itpm=yes resume=swap:/dev/sda6 fbcon=scrollback:256k splash=verbose,theme:tuxonice [ 63179.180] Build Date: 11 November 2012? 06:38:46PM [ 63179.180]? [ 63179.180] Current version of pixman: 0.29.1 [ 63179.180] ??? Befor...

...lf-governed, rather than GPU-governed, whereas the GPU's > power state is no longer fully self-governed. (The HDA controller needs > to runtime suspend before the GPU can.) > > It is thus crucial that runtime PM is always activated on the HDA > controller even if CONFIG_SND_HDA_POWER_SAVE_DEFAULT is set to 0 (which > is the default), lest the GPU stays awake. This is achieved by setting > the auto_runtime_pm flag on every codec and the AZX_DCAPS_PM_RUNTIME > flag on the HDA controller. > > A side effect is that power consumption might be reduced if the GPU is >...

Hello, I was not happy with the power consumption of CentOS 6 x86_64 on a new Lenovo Thinkpad x220 Tablet and I worked on reducing it. I just wanted to share with the list one of the changes which gave me the most significant improvement. As per http://www.williambrownstreet.net/blog/?p=387, add the following kernel arguments to the GRUB boot configuration: pcie_aspm=force

...truct acpi_mpst_component { + u16 component_id; +}; + +/* Memory Power State Characteristics Structure (follows all POWER_NODEs) */ + +struct acpi_mpst_data_hdr { + u16 characteristics_count; +}; + +struct acpi_mpst_power_data { + u8 revision; + u8 flags; + u16 reserved1; + u32 average_power; + u32 power_saving; + u64 exit_latency; + u64 reserved2; +}; + +/* Values for Flags field above */ + +#define ACPI_MPST_PRESERVE 1 +#define ACPI_MPST_AUTOENTRY 2 +#define ACPI_MPST_AUTOEXIT 4 + +/* Shared Memory Region (not part of an ACPI table) */ + +struct acpi_mpst_shared...

Modernize vga_switcheroo by using a "device link" to enforce a runtime PM dependency from an HDA controller to the GPU it's integrated into. Remove thereby obsoleted code and fix a bunch of bugs. Device links were introduced in v4.10. Users might see a small power saving if the discrete GPU is in use and its HDA controller is not, because the HDA controller is now allowed to runtime

Modernize vga_switcheroo by using a device link to enforce a runtime PM dependency from an HDA controller to the GPU it's integrated into, v2. Changes since v1: - Replace patch [1/7] to use pci_save_state() / pci_restore_state() for consistency between runtime PM code path of bound and unbound devices. (Rafael, Bjorn) - Patch [5/7]: Drop an unnecessary initialization. (Bjorn) Rephrase

v2 is updated to account for feedback from Will, Peter, and Waiman (thank you), and trims off a couple of RFC and unrelated patches. Thanks, Nick Nicholas Piggin (6): powerpc/powernv: must include hvcall.h to get PAPR defines powerpc/pseries: move some PAPR paravirt functions to their own file powerpc: move spinlock implementation to simple_spinlock powerpc/64s: implement queued

Updated with everybody's feedback (thanks all), and more performance results. What I've found is I might have been measuring the worst load point for the paravirt case, and by looking at a range of loads it's clear that queued spinlocks are overall better even on PV, doubly so when you look at the generally much improved worst case latencies. I have defaulted it to N even though

This series adds an option to use queued spinlocks for powerpc, and makes it the default for the Book3S-64 subarch. This effort starts with the generic code so it's very simple but still very performant. There are optimisations that can be made to slowpaths, but I think it's better to attack those incrementally if/when we find things, and try to add the improvements to generic code as

v3 is updated to use __pv_queued_spin_unlock, noticed by Waiman (thank you). Thanks, Nick Nicholas Piggin (6): powerpc/powernv: must include hvcall.h to get PAPR defines powerpc/pseries: move some PAPR paravirt functions to their own file powerpc: move spinlock implementation to simple_spinlock powerpc/64s: implement queued spinlocks and rwlocks powerpc/pseries: implement paravirt

v3 is updated to use __pv_queued_spin_unlock, noticed by Waiman (thank you). Thanks, Nick Nicholas Piggin (6): powerpc/powernv: must include hvcall.h to get PAPR defines powerpc/pseries: move some PAPR paravirt functions to their own file powerpc: move spinlock implementation to simple_spinlock powerpc/64s: implement queued spinlocks and rwlocks powerpc/pseries: implement paravirt