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authorRafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>2018-12-05 23:45:34 +0100
committerRafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>2018-12-11 12:08:44 +0100
commit61cb5758d3c46bc1ba87694fefc0d9653613ce6b (patch)
tree122cbd1c3de0c1c3bf4591fb975e4de6d4de3ca0 /drivers/cpuidle/governor.c
parentcpuidle: poll_state: Disregard disable idle states (diff)
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cpuidle: Add cpuidle.governor= command line parameter
Add cpuidle.governor= command line parameter to allow the default cpuidle governor to be replaced. That is useful, for example, if someone running a tickful kernel wants to use the menu governor on it. Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/cpuidle/governor.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/cpuidle/governor.c9
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/governor.c b/drivers/cpuidle/governor.c
index 9fed1b829292..bb93e5cf6a4a 100644
--- a/drivers/cpuidle/governor.c
+++ b/drivers/cpuidle/governor.c
@@ -11,10 +11,13 @@
#include <linux/cpu.h>
#include <linux/cpuidle.h>
#include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/pm_qos.h>
#include "cpuidle.h"
+char param_governor[CPUIDLE_NAME_LEN];
+
LIST_HEAD(cpuidle_governors);
struct cpuidle_governor *cpuidle_curr_governor;
@@ -86,9 +89,11 @@ int cpuidle_register_governor(struct cpuidle_governor *gov)
mutex_lock(&cpuidle_lock);
if (__cpuidle_find_governor(gov->name) == NULL) {
ret = 0;
- list_add_tail(&gov->governor_list, &cpuidle_governors);
if (!cpuidle_curr_governor ||
- cpuidle_curr_governor->rating < gov->rating)
+ !strncasecmp(param_governor, gov->name, CPUIDLE_NAME_LEN) ||
+ (cpuidle_curr_governor->rating < gov->rating &&
+ strncasecmp(param_governor, cpuidle_curr_governor->name,
+ CPUIDLE_NAME_LEN)))
cpuidle_switch_governor(gov);
}
mutex_unlock(&cpuidle_lock);