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SubjectRe: [RFC] Extend mwait idle to optimize away IPIs when possible
On 02/06/2012 04:26 PM, David Daney wrote:
> On 02/06/2012 12:42 PM, Venkatesh Pallipadi wrote:
> [...]
>> index 5bed94e..6a56cb0 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
>> +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
>> @@ -170,6 +170,11 @@ config GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL
>> bool
>> default X86_64
>>
>> +config AVOID_IPI_ON_IDLE
>> + bool
>> + depends on X86_64
>> + default X86_64
>> +
>
> Can you get rid of this part...
>
>> config ARCH_HAS_CPU_RELAX
>> def_bool y
>>
> [...]
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/cstate.c
>> b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/cstate.c
>> index f50e7fb..340c4e9 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/cstate.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/cstate.c
>> @@ -161,6 +161,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(acpi_processor_ffh_cstate_probe);
>> */
>> void mwait_idle_with_hints(unsigned long ax, unsigned long cx)
>> {
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_AVOID_IPI_ON_IDLE
>
>
> ... and change all of these to #ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
>
>> + int oldval, cpu = smp_processor_id();
>> +

Why should this be 64-bit specific??

-hpa


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