Documentation: cpuidle: update the document
Update the document after the remove of cpuidle_sysfs_switch. Signed-off-by: Hanjun Guo <guohanjun@huawei.com> Reviewed-by: Doug Smythies <dsmythies@telus.net> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
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@ -106,10 +106,10 @@ Description: CPU topology files that describe a logical CPU's relationship
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See Documentation/admin-guide/cputopology.rst for more information.
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What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/current_driver
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/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/current_governer_ro
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/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/available_governors
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What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/available_governors
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/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/current_driver
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/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/current_governor
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/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/current_governer_ro
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Date: September 2007
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Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
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Description: Discover cpuidle policy and mechanism
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consumption during idle.
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Idle policy (governor) is differentiated from idle mechanism
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(driver)
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current_driver: (RO) displays current idle mechanism
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current_governor_ro: (RO) displays current idle policy
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With the cpuidle_sysfs_switch boot option enabled (meant for
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developer testing), the following three attributes are visible
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instead:
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current_driver: same as described above
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(driver).
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available_governors: (RO) displays a space separated list of
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available governors
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available governors.
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current_driver: (RO) displays current idle mechanism.
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current_governor: (RW) displays current idle policy. Users can
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switch the governor at runtime by writing to this file.
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current_governor_ro: (RO) displays current idle policy.
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See Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpuidle.rst and
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Documentation/driver-api/pm/cpuidle.rst for more information.
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@ -159,17 +159,15 @@ governor uses that information depends on what algorithm is implemented by it
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and that is the primary reason for having more than one governor in the
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``CPUIdle`` subsystem.
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There are three ``CPUIdle`` governors available, ``menu``, `TEO <teo-gov_>`_
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and ``ladder``. Which of them is used by default depends on the configuration
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of the kernel and in particular on whether or not the scheduler tick can be
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`stopped by the idle loop <idle-cpus-and-tick_>`_. It is possible to change the
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governor at run time if the ``cpuidle_sysfs_switch`` command line parameter has
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been passed to the kernel, but that is not safe in general, so it should not be
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done on production systems (that may change in the future, though). The name of
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the ``CPUIdle`` governor currently used by the kernel can be read from the
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:file:`current_governor_ro` (or :file:`current_governor` if
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``cpuidle_sysfs_switch`` is present in the kernel command line) file under
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:file:`/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/` in ``sysfs``.
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There are four ``CPUIdle`` governors available, ``menu``, `TEO <teo-gov_>`_,
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``ladder`` and ``haltpoll``. Which of them is used by default depends on the
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configuration of the kernel and in particular on whether or not the scheduler
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tick can be `stopped by the idle loop <idle-cpus-and-tick_>`_. Available
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governors can be read from the :file:`available_governors`, and the governor
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can be changed at runtime. The name of the ``CPUIdle`` governor currently
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used by the kernel can be read from the :file:`current_governor_ro` or
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:file:`current_governor` file under :file:`/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/`
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in ``sysfs``.
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Which ``CPUIdle`` driver is used, on the other hand, usually depends on the
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platform the kernel is running on, but there are platforms with more than one
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governor currently in use, or the name of the new governor was passed to the
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kernel as the value of the ``cpuidle.governor=`` command line parameter, the new
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governor will be used from that point on (there can be only one ``CPUIdle``
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governor in use at a time). Also, if ``cpuidle_sysfs_switch`` is passed to the
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kernel in the command line, user space can choose the ``CPUIdle`` governor to
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use at run time via ``sysfs``.
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governor in use at a time). Also, user space can choose the ``CPUIdle``
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governor to use at run time via ``sysfs``.
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Once registered, ``CPUIdle`` governors cannot be unregistered, so it is not
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practical to put them into loadable kernel modules.
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