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x86 idle: remove mwait_idle() and "idle=mwait" cmdline param

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mwait_idle() is a C1-only idle loop intended to be more efficient
than HLT, starting on Pentium-4 HT-enabled processors.

But mwait_idle() has been replaced by the more general
mwait_idle_with_hints(), which handles both C1 and deeper C-states.
ACPI processor_idle and intel_idle use only mwait_idle_with_hints(),
and no longer use mwait_idle().

Here we simplify the x86 native idle code by removing mwait_idle(),
and the "idle=mwait" bootparam used to invoke it.

Since Linux 3.0 there has been a boot-time warning when "idle=mwait"
was invoked saying it would be removed in 2012.  This removal
was also noted in the (now removed:-) feature-removal-schedule.txt.

After this change, kernels configured with
(CONFIG_ACPI=n && CONFIG_INTEL_IDLE=n) when run on hardware
that supports MWAIT will simply use HLT.  If MWAIT is desired
on those systems, cpuidle and the cpuidle drivers above
can be enabled.

Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Cc: x86@kernel.org
This commit is contained in:
Len Brown 2013-02-10 01:38:39 -05:00
commit 69fb3676df
5 changed files with 4 additions and 87 deletions
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Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
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@ -1039,16 +1039,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
Claim all unknown PCI IDE storage controllers.
idle= [X86]
Format: idle=poll, idle=mwait, idle=halt, idle=nomwait
Format: idle=poll, idle=halt, idle=nomwait
Poll forces a polling idle loop that can slightly
improve the performance of waking up a idle CPU, but
will use a lot of power and make the system run hot.
Not recommended.
idle=mwait: On systems which support MONITOR/MWAIT but
the kernel chose to not use it because it doesn't save
as much power as a normal idle loop, use the
MONITOR/MWAIT idle loop anyways. Performance should be
the same 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

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arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
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@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ extern unsigned long boot_option_idle_override;
extern bool amd_e400_c1e_detected;
enum idle_boot_override {IDLE_NO_OVERRIDE=0, IDLE_HALT, IDLE_NOMWAIT,
IDLE_POLL, IDLE_FORCE_MWAIT};
IDLE_POLL};
extern void enable_sep_cpu(void);
extern int sysenter_setup(void);

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arch/x86/kernel/process.c
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@ -421,27 +421,6 @@ void stop_this_cpu(void *dummy)
}
}
/* Default MONITOR/MWAIT with no hints, used for default C1 state */
static void mwait_idle(void)
{
if (!need_resched()) {
trace_power_start_rcuidle(POWER_CSTATE, 1, smp_processor_id());
trace_cpu_idle_rcuidle(1, smp_processor_id());
if (this_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_CLFLUSH_MONITOR))
clflush((void *)&current_thread_info()->flags);
__monitor((void *)&current_thread_info()->flags, 0, 0);
smp_mb();
if (!need_resched())
__sti_mwait(0, 0);
else
local_irq_enable();
trace_power_end_rcuidle(smp_processor_id());
trace_cpu_idle_rcuidle(PWR_EVENT_EXIT, smp_processor_id());
} else
local_irq_enable();
}
/*
* On SMP it's slightly faster (but much more power-consuming!)
* to poll the ->work.need_resched flag instead of waiting for the
@ -458,53 +437,6 @@ static void poll_idle(void)
trace_cpu_idle_rcuidle(PWR_EVENT_EXIT, smp_processor_id());
}
/*
* mwait selection logic:
*
* It depends on the CPU. For AMD CPUs that support MWAIT this is
* wrong. Family 0x10 and 0x11 CPUs will enter C1 on HLT. Powersavings
* then depend on a clock divisor and current Pstate of the core. If
* all cores of a processor are in halt state (C1) the processor can
* enter the C1E (C1 enhanced) state. If mwait is used this will never
* happen.
*
* idle=mwait overrides this decision and forces the usage of mwait.
*/
#define MWAIT_INFO 0x05
#define MWAIT_ECX_EXTENDED_INFO 0x01
#define MWAIT_EDX_C1 0xf0
int mwait_usable(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
{
u32 eax, ebx, ecx, edx;
/* Use mwait if idle=mwait boot option is given */
if (boot_option_idle_override == IDLE_FORCE_MWAIT)
return 1;
/*
* Any idle= boot option other than idle=mwait means that we must not
* use mwait. Eg: idle=halt or idle=poll or idle=nomwait
*/
if (boot_option_idle_override != IDLE_NO_OVERRIDE)
return 0;
if (c->cpuid_level < MWAIT_INFO)
return 0;
cpuid(MWAIT_INFO, &eax, &ebx, &ecx, &edx);
/* Check, whether EDX has extended info about MWAIT */
if (!(ecx & MWAIT_ECX_EXTENDED_INFO))
return 1;
/*
* edx enumeratios MONITOR/MWAIT extensions. Check, whether
* C1 supports MWAIT
*/
return (edx & MWAIT_EDX_C1);
}
bool amd_e400_c1e_detected;
EXPORT_SYMBOL(amd_e400_c1e_detected);
@ -576,13 +508,7 @@ void __cpuinit select_idle_routine(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
if (pm_idle)
return;
if (cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_MWAIT) && mwait_usable(c)) {
/*
* One CPU supports mwait => All CPUs supports mwait
*/
pr_info("using mwait in idle threads\n");
pm_idle = mwait_idle;
} else if (cpu_has_amd_erratum(amd_erratum_400)) {
if (cpu_has_amd_erratum(amd_erratum_400)) {
/* E400: APIC timer interrupt does not wake up CPU from C1e */
pr_info("using AMD E400 aware idle routine\n");
pm_idle = amd_e400_idle;
@ -606,9 +532,6 @@ static int __init idle_setup(char *str)
pr_info("using polling idle threads\n");
pm_idle = poll_idle;
boot_option_idle_override = IDLE_POLL;
} else if (!strcmp(str, "mwait")) {
boot_option_idle_override = IDLE_FORCE_MWAIT;
WARN_ONCE(1, "\"idle=mwait\" will be removed in 2012\n");
} else if (!strcmp(str, "halt")) {
/*
* When the boot option of idle=halt is added, halt is

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arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
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@ -1369,7 +1369,7 @@ static inline void mwait_play_dead(void)
void *mwait_ptr;
struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = __this_cpu_ptr(&cpu_info);
if (!(this_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_MWAIT) && mwait_usable(c)))
if (!this_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_MWAIT))
return;
if (!this_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_CLFLSH))
return;

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drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
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@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct cpuidle_device *, acpi_cpuidle_device);
static int disabled_by_idle_boot_param(void)
{
return boot_option_idle_override == IDLE_POLL ||
boot_option_idle_override == IDLE_FORCE_MWAIT ||
boot_option_idle_override == IDLE_HALT;
}