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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/acpi/cstate.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/acpi/cstate.c | 23 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/cstate.c b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/cstate.c index 5812404..f50e7fb 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/cstate.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/cstate.c @@ -149,6 +149,29 @@ int acpi_processor_ffh_cstate_probe(unsigned int cpu, } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(acpi_processor_ffh_cstate_probe); +/* + * This uses new MONITOR/MWAIT instructions on P4 processors with PNI, + * which can obviate IPI to trigger checking of need_resched. + * We execute MONITOR against need_resched and enter optimized wait state + * through MWAIT. Whenever someone changes need_resched, we would be woken + * up from MWAIT (without an IPI). + * + * New with Core Duo processors, MWAIT can take some hints based on CPU + * capability. + */ +void mwait_idle_with_hints(unsigned long ax, unsigned long cx) +{ + if (!need_resched()) { + if (this_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_CLFLUSH_MONITOR)) + clflush((void *)¤t_thread_info()->flags); + + __monitor((void *)¤t_thread_info()->flags, 0, 0); + smp_mb(); + if (!need_resched()) + __mwait(ax, cx); + } +} + void acpi_processor_ffh_cstate_enter(struct acpi_processor_cx *cx) { unsigned int cpu = smp_processor_id(); |
