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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/ia64/kernel/process.c | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/process.c | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/acpi/processor_core.c | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/asm-ia64/processor.h | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/asm-x86/processor.h | 1 |
7 files changed, 35 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 65db7f4711aa..5e497d16fb51 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file See Documentation/ide/ide.txt. idle= [X86] - Format: idle=poll or idle=mwait, idle=halt + Format: idle=poll or idle=mwait, idle=halt, idle=nomwait Poll forces a polling idle loop that can slightly improves the performance of waking up a idle CPU, but will use a lot of power and make the system run hot. Not recommended. @@ -828,6 +828,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file 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 ide-pci-generic.all-generic-ide [HW] (E)IDE subsystem Claim all unknown PCI IDE storage controllers. diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/process.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/process.c index 612b3c4a0603..3ab8373103ec 100644 --- a/arch/ia64/kernel/process.c +++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/process.c @@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ unsigned long boot_option_idle_override = 0; EXPORT_SYMBOL(boot_option_idle_override); unsigned long idle_halt; EXPORT_SYMBOL(idle_halt); +unsigned long idle_nomwait; +EXPORT_SYMBOL(idle_nomwait); void ia64_do_show_stack (struct unw_frame_info *info, void *arg) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c index 7fc729498760..4d629c62f4f8 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c @@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ unsigned long idle_halt; EXPORT_SYMBOL(idle_halt); +unsigned long idle_nomwait; +EXPORT_SYMBOL(idle_nomwait); struct kmem_cache *task_xstate_cachep; @@ -340,6 +342,15 @@ static int __init idle_setup(char *str) pm_idle = default_idle; idle_halt = 1; return 0; + } else if (!strcmp(str, "nomwait")) { + /* + * If the boot option of "idle=nomwait" is added, + * it means that mwait will be disabled for CPU C2/C3 + * states. In such case it won't touch the variable + * of boot_option_idle_override. + */ + idle_nomwait = 1; + return 0; } else return -1; diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_core.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_core.c index 9a803f85ccfe..4e1bb89fd6c3 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/processor_core.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_core.c @@ -265,7 +265,20 @@ static int acpi_processor_set_pdc(struct acpi_processor *pr) if (!pdc_in) return status; + if (idle_nomwait) { + /* + * If mwait is disabled for CPU C-states, the C2C3_FFH access + * mode will be disabled in the parameter of _PDC object. + * Of course C1_FFH access mode will also be disabled. + */ + union acpi_object *obj; + u32 *buffer = NULL; + obj = pdc_in->pointer; + buffer = (u32 *)(obj->buffer.pointer); + buffer[2] &= ~(ACPI_PDC_C_C2C3_FFH | ACPI_PDC_C_C1_FFH); + + } status = acpi_evaluate_object(pr->handle, "_PDC", pdc_in, NULL); if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c index c75c7ace8c13..d592dbb1d12a 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c @@ -957,13 +957,17 @@ static int acpi_processor_get_power_info_cst(struct acpi_processor *pr) } else { continue; } - if (cx.type == ACPI_STATE_C1 && idle_halt) { + if (cx.type == ACPI_STATE_C1 && + (idle_halt || idle_nomwait)) { /* * In most cases the C1 space_id obtained from * _CST object is FIXED_HARDWARE access mode. * But when the option of idle=halt is added, * the entry_method type should be changed from * CSTATE_FFH to CSTATE_HALT. + * When the option of idle=nomwait is added, + * the C1 entry_method type should be + * CSTATE_HALT. */ cx.entry_method = ACPI_CSTATE_HALT; snprintf(cx.desc, ACPI_CX_DESC_LEN, "ACPI HLT"); diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/processor.h b/include/asm-ia64/processor.h index f36e28a5f61e..f88fa054d01d 100644 --- a/include/asm-ia64/processor.h +++ b/include/asm-ia64/processor.h @@ -764,6 +764,7 @@ prefetchw (const void *x) extern unsigned long boot_option_idle_override; extern unsigned long idle_halt; +extern unsigned long idle_nomwait; #endif /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */ diff --git a/include/asm-x86/processor.h b/include/asm-x86/processor.h index bc221623248e..55402d2ab938 100644 --- a/include/asm-x86/processor.h +++ b/include/asm-x86/processor.h @@ -728,6 +728,7 @@ extern void select_idle_routine(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c); extern unsigned long boot_option_idle_override; extern unsigned long idle_halt; +extern unsigned long idle_nomwait; extern void enable_sep_cpu(void); extern int sysenter_setup(void); |