From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>
Cc: corbet@lwn.net, anna-maria@linutronix.de, frederic@kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/idle: Mark "idle=poll" as deprecated
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2026 14:25:25 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260119132525.GCaW4wxSTvuW1ttufF@fat_crate.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <lv4j25eogwjct5bzy76doh2thucpnqcqlpblbw3etmdrlc5rfq@3svjujqwisii>
On Mon, Jan 19, 2026 at 07:41:20AM -0500, Aaron Tomlin wrote:
> I will investigate the possibility of implementing a boot-time parameter
> for the PM QoS subsystem to bridge this gap. This would provide the same
> immediate enforcement as "idle=poll" while retaining the runtime
> flexibility of the QoS framework.
No, if what you claim is a valid and actual use case, then all it needs is
documentation. Everything else is unnecessary.
--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-19 13:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-18 23:10 Aaron Tomlin
2026-01-19 10:21 ` Borislav Petkov
2026-01-19 12:41 ` Aaron Tomlin
2026-01-19 13:25 ` Borislav Petkov [this message]
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