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[1/2] pm: cpupower: bindings: Improve disable c_state block

Message ID 20240930232158.29024-2-jwyatt@redhat.com (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
Delegated to: Shuah Khan
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Series pm: cpupower: bindings: improve test script | expand

Commit Message

John B. Wyatt IV Sept. 30, 2024, 11:21 p.m. UTC 
This commit fixes a bad comment, removes an unneeded code block, and
catches a few more states that cpuidle_state_disable with the test
script. Part of the motivation for this commit was I kept forgetting to
use sudo.

Signed-off-by: "John B. Wyatt IV" <jwyatt@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: "John B. Wyatt IV" <sageofredondo@gmail.com>
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 .../bindings/python/test_raw_pylibcpupower.py        | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/tools/power/cpupower/bindings/python/test_raw_pylibcpupower.py b/tools/power/cpupower/bindings/python/test_raw_pylibcpupower.py
index 3d6f62b9556a..bb2b26db8b10 100755
--- a/tools/power/cpupower/bindings/python/test_raw_pylibcpupower.py
+++ b/tools/power/cpupower/bindings/python/test_raw_pylibcpupower.py
@@ -15,21 +15,21 @@  else:
     print(f"cstate count error: return code: {cpu_cstates_count}")
 
 """
-Disable cstate (will fail if the above is 0, ex: a virtual machine)
+Disable cstate (will fail if the above returns is under 1, ex: a virtual machine)
 """
 cstate_disabled = p.cpuidle_state_disable(0, 0, 1)
-if cpu_cstates_count == 0:
-    print(f"CPU 0 has {cpu_cstates_count} c-states")
-else:
-    print(f"cstate count error: return code: {cpu_cstates_count}")
 
 match cstate_disabled:
     case 0:
         print(f"CPU state disabled")
     case -1:
         print(f"Idlestate not available")
+    case -2:
+        print(f"Disabling is not supported by the kernel")
+    case -3:
+        print(f"No write access to disable/enable C-states: try using sudo")
     case _:
-        print(f"Not documented")
+        print(f"Not documented: {cstate_disabled}")
 
 
 # Pointer example