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-rw-r--r--include/linux/sched.h11
-rw-r--r--kernel/sched.c17
2 files changed, 25 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 1210fb0e45f..a96726658ec 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -763,6 +763,17 @@ enum cpu_idle_type {
#define SD_SERIALIZE 1024 /* Only a single load balancing instance */
#define SD_WAKE_IDLE_FAR 2048 /* Gain latency sacrificing cache hit */
+enum powersavings_balance_level {
+ POWERSAVINGS_BALANCE_NONE = 0, /* No power saving load balance */
+ POWERSAVINGS_BALANCE_BASIC, /* Fill one thread/core/package
+ * first for long running threads
+ */
+ POWERSAVINGS_BALANCE_WAKEUP, /* Also bias task wakeups to semi-idle
+ * cpu package for power savings
+ */
+ MAX_POWERSAVINGS_BALANCE_LEVELS
+};
+
extern int sched_mc_power_savings, sched_smt_power_savings;
static inline int sd_balance_for_mc_power(void)
diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index b309027bf9e..56b285cd535 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -7906,14 +7906,25 @@ int arch_reinit_sched_domains(void)
static ssize_t sched_power_savings_store(const char *buf, size_t count, int smt)
{
int ret;
+ unsigned int level = 0;
- if (buf[0] != '0' && buf[0] != '1')
+ if (sscanf(buf, "%u", &level) != 1)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ /*
+ * level is always be positive so don't check for
+ * level < POWERSAVINGS_BALANCE_NONE which is 0
+ * What happens on 0 or 1 byte write,
+ * need to check for count as well?
+ */
+
+ if (level >= MAX_POWERSAVINGS_BALANCE_LEVELS)
return -EINVAL;
if (smt)
- sched_smt_power_savings = (buf[0] == '1');
+ sched_smt_power_savings = level;
else
- sched_mc_power_savings = (buf[0] == '1');
+ sched_mc_power_savings = level;
ret = arch_reinit_sched_domains();