Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753973AbaDYSnl (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Apr 2014 14:43:41 -0400 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([198.137.202.9]:38689 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751706AbaDYSnk (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Apr 2014 14:43:40 -0400 Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 20:43:27 +0200 From: Peter Zijlstra To: Daniel Lezcano Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" , Amit Kucheria , Ingo Molnar , Lists linaro-kernel , Linux PM list , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] sched: idle: Add sched balance option Message-ID: <20140425184327.GH26782@laptop.programming.kicks-ass.net> References: <1398342291-16322-1-git-send-email-daniel.lezcano@linaro.org> <535911DC.9050109@linaro.org> <2713863.BLQTYQm2Oa@vostro.rjw.lan> <20140425132055.GC11096@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net> <535A94E3.5080004@linaro.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <535A94E3.5080004@linaro.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2012-12-30) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 07:01:23PM +0200, Daniel Lezcano wrote: > As the sysctl is some kind of ABI, I would like to make sure we reach a > consensus and discuss a bit about that. We could make it a sysfs file, like /sys/power/state, which when read provides the words it takes. That is more flexible than a numeric sysctl for which we have to keep an enumeration. -- 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/