[RFC PATCH v1 04/11] sched/idle: make the fast idle path for short idle periods

[Aubrey Li]

From: Aubrey Li <aubrey.li@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

The system will enter a fast idle loop if the predicted idle period
is shorter than the threshold.
---
 kernel/sched/idle.c | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/idle.c b/kernel/sched/idle.c
index cf6c11f..16a766c 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/idle.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/idle.c
@@ -280,6 +280,8 @@ static void cpuidle_generic(void)
  */
 static void do_idle(void)
 {
+	unsigned int predicted_idle_us;
+	unsigned int short_idle_threshold = jiffies_to_usecs(1) / 2;
 	/*
 	 * If the arch has a polling bit, we maintain an invariant:
 	 *
@@ -291,7 +293,12 @@ static void do_idle(void)
 
 	__current_set_polling();
 
-	cpuidle_generic();
+	predicted_idle_us = cpuidle_predict();
+
+	if (likely(predicted_idle_us < short_idle_threshold))
+		cpuidle_fast();
+	else
+		cpuidle_generic();
 
 	__current_clr_polling();
 
-- 
2.7.4