Intel: Documentation: admin-guide: PM: Add cpuidle document

task #29239886

commit aa5eee355b466cb33f97f79bed9740a472c4ab73 upstream

Important information is missing from user/admin cpuidle documentation
available today, so add a new user/admin document for cpuidle containing
current and comprehensive information to admin-guide and drop the old
.txt documents it is replacing.
Signed-off-by: NRafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: NViresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: NUlf Hansson <ulf.hansson@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Nyjia <yingbao.jia@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: NErwei Deng <erwei@linux.alibaba.com>
Reviewed-by: NArtie Ding <artie.ding@linux.alibaba.com>

Documentation/admin-guide/pm/working-state.rst

@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ Working-State Power Management
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2
 
+   cpuidle
    cpufreq
    intel_pstate

Documentation/cpuidle/core.txt

-
-		Supporting multiple CPU idle levels in kernel
-
-				cpuidle
-
-General Information:
-
-Various CPUs today support multiple idle levels that are differentiated
-by varying exit latencies and power consumption during idle.
-cpuidle is a generic in-kernel infrastructure that separates
-idle policy (governor) from idle mechanism (driver) and provides a
-standardized infrastructure to support independent development of
-governors and drivers.
-
-cpuidle resides under drivers/cpuidle.
-
-Boot options:
-"cpuidle_sysfs_switch"
-enables current_governor interface in /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/,
-which can be used to switch governors at run time. This boot option
-is meant for developer testing only. In normal usage, kernel picks the
-best governor based on governor ratings.
-SEE ALSO: sysfs.txt in this directory.

Documentation/cpuidle/sysfs.txt

-
-
-		Supporting multiple CPU idle levels in kernel
-
-				cpuidle sysfs
-
-System global cpuidle related information and tunables are under
-/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle
-
-The current interfaces in this directory has self-explanatory names:
-* current_driver
-* current_governor_ro
-
-With cpuidle_sysfs_switch boot option (meant for developer testing)
-following objects are visible instead.
-* current_driver
-* available_governors
-* current_governor
-In this case users can switch the governor at run time by writing
-to current_governor.
-
-
-Per logical CPU specific cpuidle information are under
-/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpuidle
-for each online cpu X
-
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# ls -lR /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpuidle/
-/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpuidle/:
-total 0
-drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Feb  8 10:42 state0
-drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Feb  8 10:42 state1
-drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Feb  8 10:42 state2
-drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Feb  8 10:42 state3
-
-/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpuidle/state0:
-total 0
--r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb  8 10:42 desc
--rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb  8 10:42 disable
--r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb  8 10:42 latency
--r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb  8 10:42 name
--r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb  8 10:42 power
--r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb  8 10:42 residency
--r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb  8 10:42 time
--r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb  8 10:42 usage
-
-/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpuidle/state1:
-total 0
--r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb  8 10:42 desc
--rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb  8 10:42 disable
--r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb  8 10:42 latency
--r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb  8 10:42 name
--r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb  8 10:42 power
--r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb  8 10:42 residency
--r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb  8 10:42 time
--r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb  8 10:42 usage
-
-/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpuidle/state2:
-total 0
--r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb  8 10:42 desc
--rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb  8 10:42 disable
--r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb  8 10:42 latency
--r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb  8 10:42 name
--r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb  8 10:42 power
--r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb  8 10:42 residency
--r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb  8 10:42 time
--r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb  8 10:42 usage
-
-/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpuidle/state3:
-total 0
--r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb  8 10:42 desc
--rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb  8 10:42 disable
--r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb  8 10:42 latency
--r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb  8 10:42 name
--r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb  8 10:42 power
--r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb  8 10:42 residency
--r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb  8 10:42 time
--r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb  8 10:42 usage
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-* desc : Small description about the idle state (string)
-* disable : Option to disable this idle state (bool) -> see note below
-* latency : Latency to exit out of this idle state (in microseconds)
-* residency : Time after which a state becomes more effecient than any
-  shallower state (in microseconds)
-* name : Name of the idle state (string)
-* power : Power consumed while in this idle state (in milliwatts)
-* time : Total time spent in this idle state (in microseconds)
-* usage : Number of times this state was entered (count)
-
-Note:
-The behavior and the effect of the disable variable depends on the
-implementation of a particular governor. In the ladder governor, for
-example, it is not coherent, i.e. if one is disabling a light state,
-then all deeper states are disabled as well, but the disable variable
-does not reflect it. Likewise, if one enables a deep state but a lighter
-state still is disabled, then this has no effect.