2
0
mirror of https://github.com/edk2-porting/linux-next.git synced 2024-12-21 11:44:01 +08:00
linux-next/arch
Srivatsa S. Bhat 19209bbb86 x86/sched: Make mwait_usable() heed to "idle=" kernel parameters properly
The checks that exist in mwait_usable() for "idle=" kernel
parameters are insufficient. As a result, mwait_usable() can
return 1 even if "idle=nomwait" or "idle=poll" or "idle=halt"
parameters are passed.

Of these cases, incorrect handling of idle=nomwait is a
universal problem since mwait can get used for usual CPU idling.
However the rest of the cases are problematic only during CPU
Hotplug (offline) because, in the CPU offline path, the function
mwait_play_dead() is called, which might result in mwait being
used in the offline CPUs, if mwait_usable() happens to return 1.

Fix these issues by checking for the boot time "idle=" kernel
parameter properly in mwait_usable().

The first issue (usual cpu idling) is demonstrated below:

Before applying the patch (dmesg snippet):

 [    0.000000] Command line: [...] idle=nomwait
 [    0.000000] Kernel command line: [...] idle=nomwait
 [    0.000000]  RCU dyntick-idle grace-period acceleration is enabled.
 [    0.140606] using mwait in idle threads.  <======= mwait being used
 [    4.303986] cpuidle: using governor ladder
 [    4.308232] cpuidle: using governor menu

After applying the patch:

 [    0.000000] Command line: [...] idle=nomwait
 [    0.000000] Kernel command line: [...] idle=nomwait
 [    0.000000]  RCU dyntick-idle grace-period acceleration is enabled.
 [    4.264100] cpuidle: using governor ladder
 [    4.268342] cpuidle: using governor menu

Signed-off-by: Srivatsa S. Bhat <srivatsa.bhat@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Deepthi Dharwar <deepthi@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: venki@google.com
Cc: suresh.b.siddha@intel.com
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@amd64.org>
Cc: lenb@kernel.org
Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/4F9E37B8.30001@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2012-05-07 16:27:20 +02:00
..
alpha alpha: silence 'const' warning in sys_marvel.c 2012-05-02 15:54:06 -04:00
arm Merge branch 'fixes' of git://git.linaro.org/people/rmk/linux-arm 2012-04-30 15:34:41 -07:00
avr32 avr32: fix nop compile fails from system.h split up 2012-04-04 08:23:44 -07:00
blackfin blackfin: fix ifdef fustercluck in mach-bf538/boards/ezkit.c 2012-04-26 14:46:51 -04:00
c6x irq: Kill pointless irqd_to_hw export 2012-04-10 22:39:17 -06:00
cris Merge branch 'x86-x32-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2012-03-29 18:12:23 -07:00
frv frv: fix warnings in mb93090-mb00/pci-dma.c about implicit EXPORT_SYMBOL 2012-04-02 14:41:26 -07:00
h8300 Merge branch 'x86-x32-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2012-03-29 18:12:23 -07:00
hexagon hexagon: add missing cpu.h include 2012-04-23 12:57:24 -05:00
ia64 kill mm argument of vm_munmap() 2012-04-21 01:58:20 -04:00
m32r Merge branch 'x86-x32-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2012-03-29 18:12:23 -07:00
m68k m68knommu: make sure 2nd FEC eth interface pins are enabled on 5275 ColdFire 2012-04-17 17:06:34 +10:00
microblaze Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.linaro.org/people/mszyprowski/linux-dma-mapping 2012-04-04 17:13:43 -07:00
mips MIPS: Remove get_current_pgd(). 2012-04-27 17:16:29 +01:00
mn10300 Merge branch 'x86-x32-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2012-03-29 18:12:23 -07:00
openrisc Disintegrate and delete asm/system.h 2012-03-28 15:58:21 -07:00
parisc TTY: pdc_cons, fix regression in close 2012-05-05 16:21:21 -07:00
powerpc Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2012-05-03 17:10:39 -07:00
s390 [S390] Fix compile error in swab.h 2012-04-11 14:28:26 +02:00
score Delete all instances of asm/system.h 2012-03-28 18:30:03 +01:00
sh sh: Fix up tracepoint build fallout from static key introduction. 2012-04-27 11:12:38 +09:30
sparc sparc32,leon: add notify_cpu_starting() 2012-04-21 16:35:06 -04:00
tile arch/tile: fix a couple of functions that should be __init 2012-04-25 12:45:26 -04:00
um um: uml_setup_stubs': warning: unused variable 'pages' 2012-04-10 00:13:45 +02:00
unicore32 Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.linaro.org/people/mszyprowski/linux-dma-mapping 2012-04-04 17:13:43 -07:00
x86 x86/sched: Make mwait_usable() heed to "idle=" kernel parameters properly 2012-05-07 16:27:20 +02:00
xtensa xtensa: fix build fail on undefined ack_bad_irq 2012-04-26 18:35:32 -04:00
.gitignore
Kconfig Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/cmetcalf/linux-tile 2012-03-29 14:49:45 -07:00