linux/drivers/cpuidle/Kconfig
Marcelo Tosatti 2cffe9f6b9 cpuidle: add haltpoll governor
The cpuidle_haltpoll governor, in conjunction with the haltpoll cpuidle
driver, allows guest vcpus to poll for a specified amount of time before
halting.
This provides the following benefits to host side polling:

        1) The POLL flag is set while polling is performed, which allows
           a remote vCPU to avoid sending an IPI (and the associated
           cost of handling the IPI) when performing a wakeup.

        2) The VM-exit cost can be avoided.

The downside of guest side polling is that polling is performed
even with other runnable tasks in the host.

Results comparing halt_poll_ns and server/client application
where a small packet is ping-ponged:

host                                        --> 31.33
halt_poll_ns=300000 / no guest busy spin    --> 33.40   (93.8%)
halt_poll_ns=0 / guest_halt_poll_ns=300000  --> 32.73   (95.7%)

For the SAP HANA benchmarks (where idle_spin is a parameter
of the previous version of the patch, results should be the
same):

hpns == halt_poll_ns

                          idle_spin=0/   idle_spin=800/    idle_spin=0/
                          hpns=200000    hpns=0            hpns=800000
DeleteC06T03 (100 thread) 1.76           1.71 (-3%)        1.78   (+1%)
InsertC16T02 (100 thread) 2.14           2.07 (-3%)        2.18   (+1.8%)
DeleteC00T01 (1 thread)   1.34           1.28 (-4.5%)      1.29   (-3.7%)
UpdateC00T03 (1 thread)   4.72           4.18 (-12%)       4.53   (-5%)

Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
2019-07-30 17:27:37 +02:00

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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
menu "CPU Idle"
config CPU_IDLE
bool "CPU idle PM support"
default y if ACPI || PPC_PSERIES
select CPU_IDLE_GOV_LADDER if (!NO_HZ && !NO_HZ_IDLE)
select CPU_IDLE_GOV_MENU if (NO_HZ || NO_HZ_IDLE) && !CPU_IDLE_GOV_TEO
help
CPU idle is a generic framework for supporting software-controlled
idle processor power management. It includes modular cross-platform
governors that can be swapped during runtime.
If you're using an ACPI-enabled platform, you should say Y here.
if CPU_IDLE
config CPU_IDLE_MULTIPLE_DRIVERS
bool
config CPU_IDLE_GOV_LADDER
bool "Ladder governor (for periodic timer tick)"
config CPU_IDLE_GOV_MENU
bool "Menu governor (for tickless system)"
config CPU_IDLE_GOV_TEO
bool "Timer events oriented (TEO) governor (for tickless systems)"
help
This governor implements a simplified idle state selection method
focused on timer events and does not do any interactivity boosting.
Some workloads benefit from using it and it generally should be safe
to use. Say Y here if you are not happy with the alternatives.
config CPU_IDLE_GOV_HALTPOLL
bool "Haltpoll governor (for virtualized systems)"
depends on KVM_GUEST
help
This governor implements haltpoll idle state selection, to be
used in conjunction with the haltpoll cpuidle driver, allowing
for polling for a certain amount of time before entering idle
state.
Some virtualized workloads benefit from using it.
config DT_IDLE_STATES
bool
menu "ARM CPU Idle Drivers"
depends on ARM || ARM64
source "drivers/cpuidle/Kconfig.arm"
endmenu
menu "MIPS CPU Idle Drivers"
depends on MIPS
source "drivers/cpuidle/Kconfig.mips"
endmenu
menu "POWERPC CPU Idle Drivers"
depends on PPC
source "drivers/cpuidle/Kconfig.powerpc"
endmenu
config HALTPOLL_CPUIDLE
tristate "Halt poll cpuidle driver"
depends on X86 && KVM_GUEST
default y
help
This option enables halt poll cpuidle driver, which allows to poll
before halting in the guest (more efficient than polling in the
host via halt_poll_ns for some scenarios).
endif
config ARCH_NEEDS_CPU_IDLE_COUPLED
def_bool n
endmenu