Merge branch 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6

* 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6: (72 commits)
  asus-laptop: remove EXPERIMENTAL dependency
  asus-laptop: use pr_fmt and pr_<level>
  eeepc-laptop: cpufv updates
  eeepc-laptop: sync eeepc-laptop with asus_acpi
  asus_acpi: Deprecate in favor of asus-laptop
  acpi4asus: update MAINTAINER and KConfig links
  asus-laptop: platform dev as parent for led and backlight
  eeepc-laptop: enable camera by default
  ACPI: Rename ACPI processor device bus ID
  acerhdf: Acer Aspire One fan control
  ACPI: video: DMI workaround broken Acer 7720 BIOS enabling display brightness
  ACPI: run ACPI device hot removal in kacpi_hotplug_wq
  ACPI: Add the reference count to avoid unloading ACPI video bus twice
  ACPI: DMI to disable Vista compatibility on some Sony laptops
  ACPI: fix a deadlock in hotplug case
  Show the physical device node of backlight class device.
  ACPI: pdc init related memory leak with physical CPU hotplug
  ACPI: pci_root: remove unused dev/fn information
  ACPI: pci_root: simplify list traversals
  ACPI: pci_root: use driver data rather than list lookup
  ...

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/cstate.c b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/cstate.c
index bbbe4bbb6f34..8c44c232efcb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/cstate.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/cstate.c
@@ -34,12 +34,22 @@ void acpi_processor_power_init_bm_check(struct acpi_processor_flags *flags,
 		flags->bm_check = 1;
 	else if (c->x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_INTEL) {
 		/*
-		 * Today all CPUs that support C3 share cache.
-		 * TBD: This needs to look at cache shared map, once
-		 * multi-core detection patch makes to the base.
+		 * Today all MP CPUs that support C3 share cache.
+		 * And caches should not be flushed by software while
+		 * entering C3 type state.
 		 */
 		flags->bm_check = 1;
 	}
+
+	/*
+	 * On all recent Intel platforms, ARB_DISABLE is a nop.
+	 * So, set bm_control to zero to indicate that ARB_DISABLE
+	 * is not required while entering C3 type state on
+	 * P4, Core and beyond CPUs
+	 */
+	if (c->x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_INTEL &&
+	    (c->x86 > 0x6 || (c->x86 == 6 && c->x86_model >= 14)))
+			flags->bm_control = 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_processor_power_init_bm_check);