cpuidle: Ignore interval prediction result when timer is shorter

This patch prevents cpuidle menu governor from using repeating interval
prediction result if the idle period predicted is longer than the one
allowed by shortest running timer.

Signed-off-by: Tuukka Tikkanen <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <[email protected]>
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Tuukka Tikkanen 2013-08-14 19:02:34 +03:00 • committed by Rafael J. Wysocki
commit 330647a950

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@ -238,10 +238,13 @@ again:
*
* The typical interval is obtained when standard deviation is small
* or standard deviation is small compared to the average interval.
*
* Use this result only if there is no timer to wake us up sooner.
*/
if (((avg > stddev * 6) && (divisor * 4 >= INTERVALS * 3))
|| stddev <= 20) {
data->predicted_us = avg;
if (data->expected_us > avg)
data->predicted_us = avg;
return;
} else if ((divisor * 4) > INTERVALS * 3) {