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From: ShuoX Liu <shuox.liu@intel.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:19:11 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] cpuidle: add a sysfs entry to disable specific C state for
 debug purpose.

Some C states of new CPU might be not good.  One reason is BIOS might
configure them incorrectly.  To help developers root cause it quickly, the
patch adds a new sysfs entry, so developers could disable specific C state
manually.

In addition, C state might have much impact on performance tuning, as it
takes much time to enter/exit C states, which might delay interrupt
processing.  With the new debug option, developers could check if a deep C
state could impact performance and how much impact it could cause.

Also add this option in Documentation/cpuidle/sysfs.txt.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: check kstrtol return value]
Signed-off-by: ShuoX Liu <shuox.liu@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Yanmin Zhang <yanmin_zhang@intel.com>
Reviewed-and-Tested-by: Deepthi Dharwar <deepthi@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
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