[PATCH] at91: cpuidle: Fix target_residency

[Daniel Lezcano]

On 06/21/2013 06:30 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Friday 21 June 2013, Nicolas Ferre wrote:
>>>
>>> Yes, I think it should go for 3.10 as it is fix and also for 3.9.8
>>> (stable). May be I should have Cc stable@ ...
>>
>> Well, so it doesn't sound like a regression if it was already present in 
>> 3.9...
>>
>> Moreover, it does not seem to be taken into account for all 
>> configuration (seems not triggered for !tickless kernels).
>>
>> So I suspect Arnd and Olof would not take it for 3.10-fixes...
>>
>> Guys, you thoughts?
>>
> 
> Ah, I just sent out a pull request for fixes a minute before I saw
> your mail. I can't tell how serious this bug is. We can certainly
> mark it for stable, but unless this is a significant regression,
> I'd apply it for 3.11 instead and wait for the backports to happen.

Ok, this is not a critical bug. The regression makes the idle state1 to
enter less often, thus consuming a bit more power with a tickless
system, but nothing leading to a crash or an unstable system.


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