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From:   Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@linutronix.de>
To:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@rjwysocki.net>
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        Kajetan Puchalski <kajetan.puchalski@arm.com>
Subject: Re: [RFT][PATCH v2 2/3] cpuidle: teo: Skip tick_nohz_get_sleep_length()
 call in some cases
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Hi Rafael,

On Thu, 3 Aug 2023, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:

> Index: linux-pm/drivers/cpuidle/governors/teo.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-pm.orig/drivers/cpuidle/governors/teo.c
> +++ linux-pm/drivers/cpuidle/governors/teo.c
> @@ -166,6 +166,12 @@
>   */
>  #define NR_RECENT	9
>  
> +/*
> + * Idle state target residency threshold used for deciding whether or not to
> + * check the time till the closest expected timer event.
> + */
> +#define RESIDENCY_THRESHOLD_NS	(15 * NSEC_PER_USEC)
> +

I would like to understand why this residency threshold is a fixed value
and not related to TICK_NSEC. I'm sure there is a reason for it - but for
me it is not obvious. Can you please explain it to me?

Thanks,

	Anna-Maria