On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 2:41 AM Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.d...@oracle.com> wrote: > > Currenly haltpoll isn't aware of the 'idle=' override, the priority is > 'idle=poll' > haltpoll > 'idle=halt'. When 'idle=poll' is used, cpuidle > driver is bypassed but current_driver in sys still shows 'haltpoll'. > > When 'idle=halt' is used, haltpoll take precedence and make 'idle=halt' > no effect. > > Add a check to not load haltpoll driver if there is 'idle='
OK > and haltpoll > is built in. If haltpoll is built as a module, still give a chance for > admin to use it despite 'idle='. Why exactly? Do you have any particular use case in mind? Otherwise I'd prefer the behavior to be consistent regardless of whether or not it is a module..
