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On 14/10/2022 15:17, André Almeida wrote:
> [...]
> 
> Tested-by: André Almeida <andrealmeid@igalia.com>
> 
> Tested on an Intel i7-1165G7 using a small benchmarking script, the 
> behavior is effectively reverted when using the sysctl option.
> 
> Also, you might want to document this option somewhere? Maybe at 
> Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst

Thanks André!

About documenting, it seems it's already done in the patch, right?
Cheers,


Guilherme