Comment 335 for bug 1690085

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In , kai.heng.feng (kai.heng.feng-linux-kernel-bugs) wrote :

(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.