sched: Feature to disable APERF/MPERF cpu_power

I suspect a feed-back loop between cpuidle and the aperf/mperf
cpu_power bits, where when we have idle C-states lower the ratio,
which leads to lower cpu_power and then less load, which generates
more idle time, etc..

Put in a knob to disable it.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
LKML-Reference: <new-submission>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/sched_features.h b/kernel/sched_features.h
index e98c2e8de1d..294e10edd3c 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_features.h
+++ b/kernel/sched_features.h
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ SCHED_FEAT(LAST_BUDDY, 1)
  */
 SCHED_FEAT(CACHE_HOT_BUDDY, 1)
 
+/*
+ * Use arch dependent cpu power functions
+ */
+SCHED_FEAT(ARCH_POWER, 0)
+
 SCHED_FEAT(HRTICK, 0)
 SCHED_FEAT(DOUBLE_TICK, 0)
 SCHED_FEAT(LB_BIAS, 1)