[PATCH v2] ARM: OMAP4: PM: Avoid expensive cpu_suspend() path for all CPU power states except off
Santosh Shilimkar
santosh.shilimkar at ti.com
Mon Mar 11 07:09:20 EDT 2013
Kevin,
On Wednesday 13 February 2013 02:25 PM, Santosh Shilimkar wrote:
> Current CPU PM code code make use of common cpu_suspend() path for all the
> CPU power states which is not optimal. In fact cpu_suspend() path is needed
> only when we put CPU power domain to off state where the CPU context is lost.
>
> Update the code accordingly so that the expensive cpu_suspend() path
> can be avoided for the shallow CPU power states like CPU PD INA/CSWR.
>
> The patch has been tested on OMAP4430 and OMAP5430(with few out of tree patches)
> devices for suspend and CPUidle.
>
> Cc: Kevin Hilman <khilman at deeprootsystems.com>
>
> Reported-by: Richard Woodruff <r-woodruff2 at ti.com>
> Signed-off-by: Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar at ti.com>
> ---
> Update changelog to include testing details as suggested
> by Kevin Hilman.
>
Ping.
It can get into rc's but since it is not strict regression,
and if it has to wait for 3.10 then I can add this one
along with rest of the PM patches posted towards 3.10
Either way, let me know.
Regards,
Santosh
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