Hi!
> In the current world, all nonboot cpus are enabled serially during system
> resume. System resume sequence is that boot cpu enables nonboot cpu one by
> one and then resume devices. Before resuming devices, there are few tasks
> assigned to nonboot cpus after they are brought up. This waste cpu usage.
>
> To accelerate S3, this patches adds a new kernel configure
> PM_PARALLEL_CPU_UP_FOR_SUSPEND to allow boot cpu to go forward to resume
> devices after bringing up one nonboot cpu. The nonboot cpu will be in charge
> of bringing up other cpus. This makes enabling cpu2~x parallel with resuming
> devices. From the test result on 4 logical core laptop, the time of resume
> device almost wasn't affected by enabling nonboot cpus lately while the start
> point is almost 30ms earlier than before.
Does this mean that userspace can now run seeing the "offlined" cpus
still in offline state?
Pavel
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