Re: [v7 PATCH 3/7]: x86: refactor x86 idle power management code and remove all instances of pm_idle.

On Tue, 2009-10-06 at 21:01 +0530, Arun R Bharadwaj wrote:
+++ linux.trees.git/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
#include <linux/pm.h>
#include <linux/clockchips.h>
#include <linux/random.h>
+#include <linux/cpuidle.h>
#include <trace/events/power.h>
#include <asm/system.h>
#include <asm/apic.h>
@@ -244,12 +245,6 @@ int sys_vfork(struct pt_regs *regs)
unsigned long boot_option_idle_override = 0;
EXPORT_SYMBOL(boot_option_idle_override);

-/*
- * Powermanagement idle function, if any..
- */
-void (*pm_idle)(void);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(pm_idle);
-
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
/*
* This halt magic was a workaround for ancient floppy DMA
@@ -329,17 +324,15 @@ static void do_nothing(void *unused)
}

/*
- * cpu_idle_wait - Used to ensure that all the CPUs discard old value of
- * pm_idle and update to new pm_idle value. Required while changing pm_idle
- * handler on SMP systems.
+ * cpu_idle_wait - Required while changing idle routine handler on SMP systems.
*
- * Caller must have changed pm_idle to the new value before the call. Old
- * pm_idle value will not be used by any CPU after the return of this function.
+ * Caller must have changed idle routine to the new value before the call. Old
+ * value will not be used by any CPU after the return of this function.
*/
void cpu_idle_wait(void)
{
smp_mb();
- /* kick all the CPUs so that they exit out of pm_idle */
+ /* kick all the CPUs so that they exit out of idle loop */
smp_call_function(do_nothing, NULL, 1);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpu_idle_wait);
@@ -518,15 +511,59 @@ static void c1e_idle(void)
default_idle();
}

+static void (*local_idle)(void);
+DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct cpuidle_device, idle_devices);
+
+struct cpuidle_driver cpuidle_default_driver = {
+ .name = "cpuidle_default",
+};
+
+static int local_idle_loop(struct cpuidle_device *dev, struct cpuidle_state *st)
+{
+ ktime_t t1, t2;
+ s64 diff;
+ int ret;
+
+ t1 = ktime_get();
+ local_idle();
+ t2 = ktime_get();
+
+ diff = ktime_to_us(ktime_sub(t2, t1));
+ if (diff > INT_MAX)
+ diff = INT_MAX;
+ ret = (int) diff;
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
+static int setup_cpuidle_simple(void)
+{
+ struct cpuidle_device *dev;
+ int cpu;
+
+ if (!cpuidle_curr_driver)
+ cpuidle_register_driver(&cpuidle_default_driver);
+
+ for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
+ dev = &per_cpu(idle_devices, cpu);
+ dev->cpu = cpu;
+ dev->states[0].enter = local_idle_loop;
+ dev->state_count = 1;
+ cpuidle_register_device(dev);
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+device_initcall(setup_cpuidle_simple);
+
void __cpuinit select_idle_routine(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
- if (pm_idle == poll_idle && smp_num_siblings > 1) {
+ if (local_idle == poll_idle && smp_num_siblings > 1) {
printk(KERN_WARNING "WARNING: polling idle and HT enabled,"
" performance may degrade.\n");
}
#endif
- if (pm_idle)
+ if (local_idle)
return;

if (cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_MWAIT) && mwait_usable(c)) {
@@ -534,18 +571,20 @@ void __cpuinit select_idle_routine(const
* One CPU supports mwait => All CPUs supports mwait
*/
printk(KERN_INFO "using mwait in idle threads.\n");
- pm_idle = mwait_idle;
+ local_idle = mwait_idle;
} else if (check_c1e_idle(c)) {
printk(KERN_INFO "using C1E aware idle routine\n");
- pm_idle = c1e_idle;
+ local_idle = c1e_idle;
} else
- pm_idle = default_idle;
+ local_idle = default_idle;
+
+ return;
}

void __init init_c1e_mask(void)
{
/* If we're using c1e_idle, we need to allocate c1e_mask. */
- if (pm_idle == c1e_idle)
+ if (local_idle == c1e_idle)
zalloc_cpumask_var(&c1e_mask, GFP_KERNEL);
}

@@ -556,7 +595,7 @@ static int __init idle_setup(char *str)

if (!strcmp(str, "poll")) {
printk("using polling idle threads.\n");
- pm_idle = poll_idle;
+ local_idle = poll_idle;
} else if (!strcmp(str, "mwait"))
force_mwait = 1;
else if (!strcmp(str, "halt")) {
@@ -567,7 +606,7 @@ static int __init idle_setup(char *str)
* To continue to load the CPU idle driver, don't touch
* the boot_option_idle_override.
*/
- pm_idle = default_idle;
+ local_idle = default_idle;
idle_halt = 1;
return 0;
} else if (!strcmp(str, "nomwait")) {


What guarantees that the cpuidle bits actually select this
cpuidle_default driver when you do idle=poll?

Also, cpuidle already has a poll loop in it, why duplicate that?

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