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author | Aishwarya Pant <aishpant@gmail.com> | 2018-02-07 19:04:36 +0530 |
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committer | Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com> | 2018-02-12 11:03:21 +0100 |
commit | b6d8ef86cb7b8b6920b6815ebf1352757d3adb87 (patch) | |
tree | 4f23fab196f1af988129324717b41d3b732351fa /Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu | |
parent | f859422075165e32c00c8d75d63f300015cc07ae (diff) | |
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Documentation/ABI: update cpuidle sysfs documentation
Update cpuidle documentation using git logs and existing documentation
in Documentation/cpuidle/sysfs.txt. This might be useful for scripting
and tracking changes in the ABI.
Signed-off-by: Aishwarya Pant <aishpant@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu index bfd29bc8d37a..4ed63b6cfb15 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu @@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ Description: CPU topology files that describe a logical CPU's relationship What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/current_driver /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/current_governer_ro + /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/available_governors + /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/current_governor Date: September 2007 Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org> Description: Discover cpuidle policy and mechanism @@ -119,13 +121,84 @@ Description: Discover cpuidle policy and mechanism Idle policy (governor) is differentiated from idle mechanism (driver) - current_driver: displays current idle mechanism + current_driver: (RO) displays current idle mechanism - current_governor_ro: displays current idle policy + current_governor_ro: (RO) displays current idle policy + + With the cpuidle_sysfs_switch boot option enabled (meant for + developer testing), the following three attributes are visible + instead: + + current_driver: same as described above + + available_governors: (RO) displays a space separated list of + available governors + + current_governor: (RW) displays current idle policy. Users can + switch the governor at runtime by writing to this file. See files in Documentation/cpuidle/ for more information. +What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpuidle/stateN/name + /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpuidle/stateN/latency + /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpuidle/stateN/power + /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpuidle/stateN/time + /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpuidle/stateN/usage +Date: September 2007 +KernelVersion: v2.6.24 +Contact: Linux power management list <linux-pm@vger.kernel.org> +Description: + The directory /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpuidle contains per + logical CPU specific cpuidle information for each online cpu X. + The processor idle states which are available for use have the + following attributes: + + name: (RO) Name of the idle state (string). + + latency: (RO) The latency to exit out of this idle state (in + microseconds). + + power: (RO) The power consumed while in this idle state (in + milliwatts). + + time: (RO) The total time spent in this idle state (in microseconds). + + usage: (RO) Number of times this state was entered (a count). + + +What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpuidle/stateN/desc +Date: February 2008 +KernelVersion: v2.6.25 +Contact: Linux power management list <linux-pm@vger.kernel.org> +Description: + (RO) A small description about the idle state (string). + + +What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpuidle/stateN/disable +Date: March 2012 +KernelVersion: v3.10 +Contact: Linux power management list <linux-pm@vger.kernel.org> +Description: + (RW) Option to disable this idle state (bool). The behavior and + the effect of the disable variable depends on the implementation + of a particular governor. In the ladder governor, for example, + it is not coherent, i.e. if one is disabling a light state, then + all deeper states are disabled as well, but the disable variable + does not reflect it. Likewise, if one enables a deep state but a + lighter state still is disabled, then this has no effect. + + +What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpuidle/stateN/residency +Date: March 2014 +KernelVersion: v3.15 +Contact: Linux power management list <linux-pm@vger.kernel.org> +Description: + (RO) Display the target residency i.e. the minimum amount of + time (in microseconds) this cpu should spend in this idle state + to make the transition worth the effort. + + What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/cpufreq/* Date: pre-git history Contact: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org |