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authorRafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>2018-12-10 12:30:23 +0100
committerRafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>2018-12-12 23:22:18 +0100
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cpuidle: Add 'above' and 'below' idle state metrics
Add two new metrics for CPU idle states, "above" and "below", to count the number of times the given state had been asked for (or entered from the kernel's perspective), but the observed idle duration turned out to be too short or too long for it (respectively). These metrics help to estimate the quality of the CPU idle governor in use. Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
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@@ -398,6 +398,16 @@ deeper the (effective) idle state represented by it. Each of them contains
a number of files (attributes) representing the properties of the idle state
object corresponding to it, as follows:
+``above``
+ Total number of times this idle state had been asked for, but the
+ observed idle duration was certainly too short to match its target
+ residency.
+
+``below``
+ Total number of times this idle state had been asked for, but cerainly
+ a deeper idle state would have been a better match for the observed idle
+ duration.
+
``desc``
Description of the idle state.