# Idle power management Source: [https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-70014-30/topic/idlepowermanagement.html](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-70014-30/topic/idlepowermanagement.html) Idle power management, also known as CPU idle power management, keeps the CPU cores in the appropriate sleep state for efficient use of energy when the platform is idle. ## CPU Sleep states A CPU core supports multiple sleep states. Each sleep state has associated entry and exit latencies and different levels of power consumption. The selection of sleep state of a core depends on how quickly that core is required again for another execution. Each CPU Sleep state is represented by a C-state number. Each C-state is associated with two key parameters: - Power saving: The power savings of CPU increases as you select higher C-states, but this results in increased wake-up latency. - Wake-up latency: This is the time taken to transition a CPU core from sleep state to running state. For example, deeper sleep state (C4) has higher wake-up latency and lower power consumption as shown in the following figure. 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Figure : Tradeoff between power and latency You can view the latencies of CPU Sleep state using the following command: cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu/cpuidle/state/latencyCopy to clipboard Note: Here `` represents the core ID ( which varies from 0 to 7) and `` represents index of Linux Power state (0, 1, 2). Linux Power states are defined in the following table. You can study and configure sleep states to tune applications for balanced power and performance. The following table lists the supported CPU Sleep states and their associated C-state numbers: Note: The CPU Sleep states are enabled by default. Table : Supported Core Power state | CPU Sleep state | Description | Linux Power state | | --- | --- | --- | | C1 |

  • CPU core clock domain off


  • Power domains VDD_APC0/ VDD_APC1
    on


  • Generic interrupt controller (GIC) clock on


| State0 (S0) | | C3 |

  • CPU core clock domain off


  • Core power collapse with L1 and L2 cache flushed


  • Power domains VDD_APC0/ VDD_APC1
    on


| State1 (S1) | | C4 |

  • C3 + PLL off for Silver cluster


  • C3+ PLL power domains off for Gold and Prime
    clusters


| State2 (S2) | ## Enable/Disable CPU Sleep states The following table lists how to configure CPU Sleep states. Note: If you change the configuration of a sleep state, you should check the power impact on the platform. | Linux Power state | Enable/Disable | Commands | | --- | --- | --- | | S0 | Enable | echo 0 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpuidle/state0/disableCopy to clipboard | | S0 | Disable | echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpuidle/state0/disableCopy to clipboard | | S1 | Enable | echo 0 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpuidle/state1/disableCopy to clipboard | | S1 | Disable | echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpuidle/state1/disableCopy to clipboard | | S2 | Enable | echo 0 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpuidle/state2/disableCopy to clipboard | | S2 | Disable | echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/cpuidle/state2/disableCopy to clipboard | | | | | Note: `` denotes the core ID (which varies from 0 to 7). ## Check CPU idle statistics To check the statistics of CPU Core Sleep states run the following command: cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu/cpuidle/state/usageCopy to clipboard Here `` is the core ID (which varies from 0 to 7) and `` is the index of the Linux Power state (0,1, and 2). Following is an example of the output: cd /sys/devices/system/cpu grep -r "" cpu*/cpuidle/*/usage cpu0/cpuidle/state0/usage:97681 cpu0/cpuidle/state1/usage:95 cpu1/cpuidle/state0/usage:180055 cpu1/cpuidle/state1/usage:59 Note: The `usage` count represents the number of times `cpu` enters a Linux Power state. **Parent Topic:** [CPU power management](https://docs.qualcomm.com/doc/80-70014-30/topic/cpupowermanagement.html) Last Published: Jul 15, 2024 [Previous Topic Dynamic voltage and frequency scaling](https://docs.qualcomm.com/bundle/publicresource/80-70014-30/topics/dcvs.md) [Next Topic Suspend Power Management state](https://docs.qualcomm.com/bundle/publicresource/80-70014-30/topics/suspendpowermanagement_0.md)