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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2013-07-02 19:53:30 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2013-07-02 19:53:30 -0700 |
| commit | f317ff9eed763e99bd226a447f93d42509434f43 (patch) | |
| tree | d77edfcdb1e7c32c30327f50dce04bcff8ec1531 /kernel/power | |
| parent | 13cc56013842a847a0f6ff805d9ed9181e753ef8 (diff) | |
| parent | a85f1a41f020bc2c97611060bcfae6f48a1db28d (diff) | |
Merge branch 'for-3.11' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq
Pull workqueue changes from Tejun Heo:
"Surprisingly, Lai and I didn't break too many things implementing
custom pools and stuff last time around and there aren't any follow-up
changes necessary at this point.
The only change in this pull request is Viresh's patches to make some
per-cpu workqueues to behave as unbound workqueues dependent on a boot
param whose default can be configured via a config option. This leads
to higher processing overhead / lower bandwidth as more work items are
bounced across CPUs; however, it can lead to noticeable powersave in
certain configurations - ~10% w/ idlish constant workload on a
big.LITTLE configuration according to Viresh.
This is because per-cpu workqueues interfere with how the scheduler
perceives whether or not each CPU is idle by forcing pinned tasks on
them, which makes the scheduler's power-aware scheduling decisions
less effective.
Its effectiveness is likely less pronounced on homogenous
configurations and this type of optimization can probably be made
automatic; however, the changes are pretty minimal and the affected
workqueues are clearly marked, so it's an easy gain for some
configurations for the time being with pretty unintrusive changes."
* 'for-3.11' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq:
fbcon: queue work on power efficient wq
block: queue work on power efficient wq
PHYLIB: queue work on system_power_efficient_wq
workqueue: Add system wide power_efficient workqueues
workqueues: Introduce new flag WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT for power oriented workqueues
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/power')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/power/Kconfig | 20 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/power/Kconfig b/kernel/power/Kconfig index 9c39de095ba..d444c4e834f 100644 --- a/kernel/power/Kconfig +++ b/kernel/power/Kconfig @@ -262,6 +262,26 @@ config PM_GENERIC_DOMAINS bool depends on PM +config WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT_DEFAULT + bool "Enable workqueue power-efficient mode by default" + depends on PM + default n + help + Per-cpu workqueues are generally preferred because they show + better performance thanks to cache locality; unfortunately, + per-cpu workqueues tend to be more power hungry than unbound + workqueues. + + Enabling workqueue.power_efficient kernel parameter makes the + per-cpu workqueues which were observed to contribute + significantly to power consumption unbound, leading to measurably + lower power usage at the cost of small performance overhead. + + This config option determines whether workqueue.power_efficient + is enabled by default. + + If in doubt, say N. + config PM_GENERIC_DOMAINS_SLEEP def_bool y depends on PM_SLEEP && PM_GENERIC_DOMAINS |