@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
#include <linux/pm_qos.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/jiffies.h>
+#include <linux/tick.h>
#include <asm/io.h>
#include <asm/uaccess.h>
@@ -184,6 +185,14 @@ static struct cpuidle_governor ladder_go
*/
static int __init init_ladder(void)
{
+ /*
+ * When NO_HZ is disabled, or when booting with nohz=off, the ladder
+ * governor is better so give it a higher rating than the menu
+ * governor.
+ */
+ if (!tick_nohz_enabled)
+ ladder_governor.rating = 25;
+
return cpuidle_register_governor(&ladder_governor);
}
The menu governor is currently the default on all systems. However the documentation claims that the ladder governor is preferred on ticking systems. So bump the rating of the ladder governor when NO_HZ is disabled, or when booting with nohz=off. This fixes the first half of bug #65531: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65531 Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@rjwysocki.net> Cc: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org> Cc: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com> --- drivers/cpuidle/governors/ladder.c | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)