Re: [tip:x86/idle] x86, acpi, idle: Restructure the mwait idle routines

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Thu Dec 19 2013 - 15:14:14 EST


On 12/19/2013 12:09 PM, tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> diff --git a/drivers/thermal/intel_powerclamp.c b/drivers/thermal/intel_powerclamp.c
> index 8f181b3..e8275f2 100644
> --- a/drivers/thermal/intel_powerclamp.c
> +++ b/drivers/thermal/intel_powerclamp.c
> @@ -438,9 +438,7 @@ static int clamp_thread(void *arg)
> */
> local_touch_nmi();
> stop_critical_timings();
> - __monitor((void *)&current_thread_info()->flags, 0, 0);
> - cpu_relax(); /* allow HT sibling to run */
> - __mwait(eax, ecx);
> + mwait_idle_with_hints(eax, ecx);
> start_critical_timings();
> atomic_inc(&idle_wakeup_counter);
> }
>

Should this cpu_relax() be in the common code as well?

-hpa

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