[PATCH 0/3] cpuidle: updates related to tick_broadcast_enter() failures

Rafael J. Wysocki rjw at rjwysocki.net
Thu May 14 10:16:11 AEST 2015


On Wednesday, May 13, 2015 03:59:55 PM Kevin Hilman wrote:
> "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw at rjwysocki.net> writes:
> 
> [...]
> 
> > Second, quite honestly, I don't see a connection to genpd here.
> 
> The connection with genpd is because the *reason* the timer was
> shutdown/stopped is because it shares power with the CPU, which is why
> the timer stops when the CPU hits ceratin low power states.  IOW, it's
> in the same power domain as the CPU.

Well, what if you don't have genpd on that system?  Is the problem at hand not
relevant then magically?

Rafael



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