(In reply to Tobias Klausmann from comment #248)
> I for one have a stable system *without* disabling C6, but just
> rcu_nocbs=0-15 on the kernel command line. If C6 was hard-disabled, it
> wouldn't help me, but likely make the power consumption a lot worse.
I guess RCU_NOCBS only papers over the bug by let the CPU hard to enter Package C6.
Regarding to power consumption, we need real world test results before making any judgment.
(In reply to Tobias Klausmann from comment #248)
> I for one have a stable system *without* disabling C6, but just
> rcu_nocbs=0-15 on the kernel command line. If C6 was hard-disabled, it
> wouldn't help me, but likely make the power consumption a lot worse.
I guess RCU_NOCBS only papers over the bug by let the CPU hard to enter Package C6.
Regarding to power consumption, we need real world test results before making any judgment.