Power limit notification feature is published in Intel 64 and IA-32
Architectures SDMV Vol 3A 14.5.6 Power Limit Notification.
It is implemented first on Intel Sandy Bridge platform.
The patch handles notification interrupt. Interrupt handler dumps power limit
information in log_buf, logs the event in mce log, and increases the event
counters (core_power_limit and package_power_limit). Upper level applications
could use the data to detect system health or diagnose functionality/performance
issues.
In the future, the event could be handled in a more fancy way.
Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
LKML-Reference: <1280448826-12004-5-git-send-email-fenghua.yu@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
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