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SubjectRe: [67/90] intel idle: Make idle driver more robust
On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 07:59:25AM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 05:54:27PM +0200, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 07:47:17PM +0400, Michael Tokarev wrote:
> > > 26.01.2012 18:45, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> > >
> > > >>From: Thomas Renninger<trenn@suse.de>
> > > >>
> > > >>commit 5c2a9f06a9cd7194f884cdc88144866235dec07d upstream.
> > > >>
> > > >>kvm -cpu host passes the original cpuid info to the guest.
> > > >>
> > > >>Latest kvm version seem to return true for mwait_leaf cpuid
> > > >>function on recent Intel CPUs. But it does not return mwait
> > > >>C-states (mwait_substates), instead zero is returned.
> > > >>
> > > []
> > > >> drivers/idle/intel_idle.c | 3 ++-
> > > >> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > >>
> > > >>--- a/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c
> > > >>+++ b/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c
> > > >>@@ -321,7 +321,8 @@ static int intel_idle_probe(void)
> > > >> cpuid(CPUID_MWAIT_LEAF,&eax,&ebx,&ecx,&mwait_substates);
> > > >>
> > > >> if (!(ecx& CPUID5_ECX_EXTENSIONS_SUPPORTED) ||
> > > >>- !(ecx& CPUID5_ECX_INTERRUPT_BREAK))
> > > >>+ !(ecx& CPUID5_ECX_INTERRUPT_BREAK) ||
> > > >>+ !mwait_substates)
> > > >> return -ENODEV;
> > > >
> > > >It breaks build for me.
> > > []
> > > > CC drivers/idle/intel_idle.o
> > > >/home/space/kas/git/public/linux-3.0-mid/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c: In function ‘intel_idle_probe’:
> > > >/home/space/kas/git/public/linux-3.0-mid/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c:508:7: error: ‘mwait_substates’ undeclared (first use in this function)
> > > >/home/space/kas/git/public/linux-3.0-mid/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c:508:7: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in
> > > >make[3]: *** [drivers/idle/intel_idle.o] Error 1
> > > >
> > > >Variable 'substates' hasn't renamed to 'mwait_substates' in 3.0.
> > > >See c423628 intel_idle: delete substates DEBUG modparam
> > >
> > > I wonder why in my 3.0.18 this variable is properly defined
> > > in the same file, in line 77:
> > >
> > > ...
> > > 74 /* intel_idle.max_cstate=0 disables driver */
> > > 75 static int max_cstate = MWAIT_MAX_NUM_CSTATES - 1;
> > > 76
> > > 77 static unsigned int mwait_substates;
> > > 78
> > > 79 #define LAPIC_TIMER_ALWAYS_RELIABLE 0xFFFFFFFF
> > > ...
> >
> > Oosp. Sorry for noise. My local patch breaks it.
>
> So, 3.0.18 is just fine, right?

Yes.

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Kirill A. Shutemov
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