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2019-09-03	powercap: idle_inject: Use higher resolution for idle injection	Daniel Lezcano	1	-4/+4
	The resolution of the idle injection is limited to 1ms. If there is a need for an injection of 1.2 ms, it is not possible. The idle injection API is not yet used, so it is safe to convert the existing API to the new time unit instead of adding more functions. Convert to microsecond in order to use a finer grain time unit when injecting idle cycles. Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
2018-07-02	powercap / idle_inject: Add an idle injection framework	Daniel Lezcano	1	-0/+29
	Initially, the cpu_cooling device for ARM was changed by adding a new policy inserting idle cycles. The intel_powerclamp driver does a similar action. Instead of implementing idle injections privately in the cpu_cooling device, move the idle injection code in a dedicated framework and give the opportunity to other frameworks to make use of it. The framework relies on the smpboot kthreads which handles via its main loop the common code for hotplugging and [un]parking. This code was previously tested with the cpu cooling device and went through several iterations. It results now in split code and API exported in the header file. It was tested with the cpu cooling device with success. Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org> Reviewed-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org> [ rjw: Rewrite of all comments ] Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>