Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758483Ab3DXLrR (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Apr 2013 07:47:17 -0400 Received: from mail-da0-f52.google.com ([209.85.210.52]:47082 "EHLO mail-da0-f52.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758456Ab3DXLrL (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Apr 2013 07:47:11 -0400 From: Viresh Kumar To: tj@kernel.org Cc: davem@davemloft.net, airlied@redhat.com, axboe@kernel.dk, tglx@linutronix.de, peterz@infradead.org, mingo@redhat.com, rostedt@goodmis.org, linux-rt-users@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, robin.randhawa@arm.com, Steve.Bannister@arm.com, Liviu.Dudau@arm.com, charles.garcia-tobin@arm.com, arvind.chauhan@arm.com, linaro-kernel@lists.linaro.org, patches@linaro.org, Viresh Kumar , linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH V5 5/5] fbcon: queue work on power efficient wq Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:12:57 +0530 Message-Id: <89924f001e3ddd66ab41a16500569a976ea846fd.1366803121.git.viresh.kumar@linaro.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.12.rc2.18.g61b472e In-Reply-To: References: In-Reply-To: References: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1358 Lines: 37 fbcon uses workqueues and it has no real dependency of scheduling these on the cpu which scheduled them. On a idle system, it is observed that and idle cpu wakes up many times just to service this work. It would be better if we can schedule it on a cpu which the scheduler believes to be the most appropriate one. This patch replaces system_wq with system_power_efficient_wq. Cc: Dave Airlie Cc: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar --- drivers/video/console/fbcon.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c b/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c index 3cd6759..0cae83d 100644 --- a/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c +++ b/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c @@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ static void cursor_timer_handler(unsigned long dev_addr) struct fb_info *info = (struct fb_info *) dev_addr; struct fbcon_ops *ops = info->fbcon_par; - schedule_work(&info->queue); + queue_work(system_power_efficient_wq, &info->queue); mod_timer(&ops->cursor_timer, jiffies + HZ/5); } -- 1.7.12.rc2.18.g61b472e -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/