On 1/28/25 04:24, Keita Morisaki wrote:
>>> The trace event cpu_idle provides insufficient information for debugging
>>> PSCI requests due to lacking access to determined PSCI domain idle
>>> states. The cpu_idle usually only shows -1, 0, or 1 regardless how many
>>> idle states the power domain has.
>>>
>>> Add new trace events namely psci_domain_idle_enter and
>>> psci_domain_idle_exit to trace enter and exit events with a determined
>>> idle state.
>>>
>>> These new trace events will help developers debug CPUidle issues on ARM
>>> systems using PSCI by providing more detailed information about the
>>> requested idle states.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Keita Morisaki <[email protected]>
>>> ---
>>> v1->v2: Split the ftrace event into two (psci_domain_idle_(enter|exit))
>>>             and rephrase the commit message accordingly. Rebased onto the 
>>> latest.
>> Which makes it different to cpu_idle event FWIW.
> 
> Yes, psci_domain_idle_(enter|exit) are not meant to replace cpu_idle nor a
> variant of it. It's new and different events that provide finer=grained info.
> 

I mentioned it because it means it doesn't benefit from cpu_idle tooling
directly, which is slightly odd, but fine with me.


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