Re: [PATCH 5/6] powernv:idle: Use Requested Level for restoring state on P9 DD1

2017-05-29 Thread Nicholas Piggin
On Tue, 16 May 2017 14:19:47 +0530 "Gautham R. Shenoy" wrote: > From: "Gautham R. Shenoy" > > On Power9 DD1 due to a hardware bug the Power-Saving Level Status > field (PLS) of the PSSCR for a thread waking up from a deep state can > under-report if some other thread in the core is in a shallow

[PATCH 5/6] powernv:idle: Use Requested Level for restoring state on P9 DD1

2017-05-16 Thread Gautham R. Shenoy
From: "Gautham R. Shenoy" On Power9 DD1 due to a hardware bug the Power-Saving Level Status field (PLS) of the PSSCR for a thread waking up from a deep state can under-report if some other thread in the core is in a shallow stop state. The scenario in which this can manifest is as follows: