RE: [PATCH V2] watchdog: optimizing the hrtimer interval for power saving

2012-11-28 Thread Liu, Chuansheng
> It seems like a better approach would be to adjust the timer somehow when > you change c-states. The whole point of the hard and softlockup is to > detect if scheduled code is either deadlock or hogging the cpu for too long. > > If the cpu is in a deep sleep, then nothing is running, right? Wh

Re: [PATCH V2] watchdog: optimizing the hrtimer interval for power saving

2012-11-28 Thread Don Zickus
On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 07:24:52PM +0800, Chuansheng Liu wrote: > > By default, the watchdog threshold is 10, it means every 4s > every CPU will receive one hrtimer interrupt, for low power > device, it will cause 4-5mV power impact when device is deep > sleep. > > So here want to optimize it as