[PATCH 9/9] x86 idle: delete mwait_idle()

From: Len Brown
Date: Thu Mar 31 2011 - 02:04:01 EST


From: Len Brown <len.brown@xxxxxxxxx>

For ACPI mode, mwait_with_hints() in cstate.c is used instead of
process.c's mwait_idle().

For INTEL_IDLE mode, the mwait in intel_idle() is used instead of
process.c's mwait_idle().

So delete process.c's mwait_idle().
This will change the behaviour of SMP sysgtems that are
running !ACPI and !INTEL_IDLE kernels -- they will use
HALT instead of MWAIT.

This deletes the "idle=mwait" parameter, and thus the
boot_option_idle_override == IDLE_FORCE_MWAIT flag.

Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 7 +------
arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h | 2 +-
arch/x86/kernel/process.c | 34 +---------------------------------
drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c | 1 -
4 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index e6b4843..ce9624a 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -917,16 +917,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
Claim all unknown PCI IDE storage controllers.

idle= [X86]
- Format: idle=poll, idle=mwait, idle=halt, idle=nomwait
+ Format: idle=poll, idle=halt, idle=nomwait
Poll forces a polling idle loop that can slightly
improve the performance of waking up a idle CPU, but
will use a lot of power and make the system run hot.
Not recommended.
- idle=mwait: On systems which support MONITOR/MWAIT but
- the kernel chose to not use it because it doesn't save
- as much power as a normal idle loop, use the
- MONITOR/MWAIT idle loop anyways. Performance should be
- the same as idle=poll.
idle=halt: Halt is forced to be used for CPU idle.
In such case C2/C3 won't be used again.
idle=nomwait: Disable mwait for CPU C-states
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
index 3b288ca..0d8d2a4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ extern unsigned long boot_option_idle_override;
extern bool c1e_detected;

enum idle_boot_override {IDLE_NO_OVERRIDE=0, IDLE_HALT, IDLE_NOMWAIT,
- IDLE_POLL, IDLE_FORCE_MWAIT};
+ IDLE_POLL};

extern void enable_sep_cpu(void);
extern int sysenter_setup(void);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index 9f08e7b..4b93d50 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -399,27 +399,6 @@ void cpu_idle_wait(void)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpu_idle_wait);

-/* Default MONITOR/MWAIT with no hints, used for default C1 state */
-static void mwait_idle(void)
-{
- if (!need_resched()) {
- trace_power_start(POWER_CSTATE, 1, smp_processor_id());
- trace_cpu_idle(1, smp_processor_id());
- if (cpu_has(__this_cpu_ptr(&cpu_info), X86_FEATURE_CLFLUSH_MONITOR))
- clflush((void *)&current_thread_info()->flags);
-
- __monitor((void *)&current_thread_info()->flags, 0, 0);
- smp_mb();
- if (!need_resched())
- __sti_mwait(0, 0);
- else
- local_irq_enable();
- trace_power_end(smp_processor_id());
- trace_cpu_idle(PWR_EVENT_EXIT, smp_processor_id());
- } else
- local_irq_enable();
-}
-
/*
* On SMP it's slightly faster (but much more power-consuming!)
* to poll the ->work.need_resched flag instead of waiting for the
@@ -457,9 +436,6 @@ int mwait_usable(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
{
u32 eax, ebx, ecx, edx;

- if (boot_option_idle_override == IDLE_FORCE_MWAIT)
- return 1;
-
if (c->cpuid_level < MWAIT_INFO)
return 0;

@@ -548,13 +524,7 @@ void __cpuinit select_idle_routine(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
if (pm_idle)
return;

- if (cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_MWAIT) && mwait_usable(c)) {
- /*
- * One CPU supports mwait => All CPUs supports mwait
- */
- printk(KERN_INFO "using mwait in idle threads.\n");
- pm_idle = mwait_idle;
- } else if (cpu_has_amd_erratum(amd_erratum_400)) {
+ if (cpu_has_amd_erratum(amd_erratum_400)) {
/* E400: APIC timer interrupt does not wake up CPU from C1e */
printk(KERN_INFO "using C1E aware idle routine\n");
pm_idle = c1e_idle;
@@ -578,8 +548,6 @@ static int __init idle_setup(char *str)
printk("using polling idle threads.\n");
pm_idle = poll_idle;
boot_option_idle_override = IDLE_POLL;
- } else if (!strcmp(str, "mwait")) {
- boot_option_idle_override = IDLE_FORCE_MWAIT;
} else if (!strcmp(str, "halt")) {
/*
* When the boot option of idle=halt is added, halt is
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
index d615b7d..a15390c 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ module_param(latency_factor, uint, 0644);
static int disabled_by_idle_boot_param(void)
{
return boot_option_idle_override == IDLE_POLL ||
- boot_option_idle_override == IDLE_FORCE_MWAIT ||
boot_option_idle_override == IDLE_HALT;
}

--
1.7.4.2.406.gbe91

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