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1 files changed, 21 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
index c11c8238797..54b998f2750 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ static int alloc_dispatch_log_kmem_cache(void)
}
early_initcall(alloc_dispatch_log_kmem_cache);
-static void pSeries_idle(void)
+static void pseries_lpar_idle(void)
{
/* This would call on the cpuidle framework, and the back-end pseries
* driver to go to idle states
@@ -362,10 +362,22 @@ static void pSeries_idle(void)
if (cpuidle_idle_call()) {
/* On error, execute default handler
* to go into low thread priority and possibly
- * low power mode.
+ * low power mode by cedeing processor to hypervisor
*/
- HMT_low();
- HMT_very_low();
+
+ /* Indicate to hypervisor that we are idle. */
+ get_lppaca()->idle = 1;
+
+ /*
+ * Yield the processor to the hypervisor. We return if
+ * an external interrupt occurs (which are driven prior
+ * to returning here) or if a prod occurs from another
+ * processor. When returning here, external interrupts
+ * are enabled.
+ */
+ cede_processor();
+
+ get_lppaca()->idle = 0;
}
}
@@ -456,15 +468,14 @@ static void __init pSeries_setup_arch(void)
pSeries_nvram_init();
- if (firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_SPLPAR)) {
+ if (firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_LPAR)) {
vpa_init(boot_cpuid);
- ppc_md.power_save = pSeries_idle;
- }
-
- if (firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_LPAR))
+ ppc_md.power_save = pseries_lpar_idle;
ppc_md.enable_pmcs = pseries_lpar_enable_pmcs;
- else
+ } else {
+ /* No special idle routine */
ppc_md.enable_pmcs = power4_enable_pmcs;
+ }
ppc_md.pcibios_root_bridge_prepare = pseries_root_bridge_prepare;