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Bug#838206: linux-image-4.7.0-1-amd64: [Linux Kernel 4.7] Power issue: Intel i7 CPU frequency get maxed on display idle



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On Sun, 2016-09-18 at 14:46 +0200, Alessio Gaeta wrote:
> Package: src:linux
> Version: 4.7.2-1+s1
> Severity: important
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I'm facing a power issue with the Linux 4.7 kernel.
> 
> Every time the system goes idle (the configured delay passes and the display
> goes black), the frequency of all cores get maxed, even if all cores are idle.
> 
> Evident symptoms are the fan spinning loudly and the errors logged in journal
> stating the thermal threshold being surpassed and the CPU throttled.
> 
> In detail, the frequency of all cores raises from ~800 MHz to 2.6 GHz for all 8
> cores of my i7. I can reproduce the behavior 100% of times, by connecting via
> ssh to the affected system and launching powertop.
> 
> The issue does not exists in Linux 4.6 (to wich I will stick for now), so I
> guess the problem resides in kernel, not in other packages.
> 
> You have all system information here below (gathered by repotbug). Ask any
> further info if needed. Thank you!
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Please test with bbswitch and acpi_call removed.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Klipstein's 4th Law of Prototyping and Production:
                                    A fail-safe circuit will destroy
others.

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