aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/process.c')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/process.c56
1 files changed, 54 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index e127ddaa2d5a..a388bb883128 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -24,10 +24,12 @@
#include <asm/syscalls.h>
#include <asm/idle.h>
#include <asm/uaccess.h>
+#include <asm/mwait.h>
#include <asm/i387.h>
#include <asm/fpu-internal.h>
#include <asm/debugreg.h>
#include <asm/nmi.h>
+#include <asm/tlbflush.h>
/*
* per-CPU TSS segments. Threads are completely 'soft' on Linux,
@@ -141,7 +143,7 @@ void flush_thread(void)
static void hard_disable_TSC(void)
{
- write_cr4(read_cr4() | X86_CR4_TSD);
+ cr4_set_bits(X86_CR4_TSD);
}
void disable_TSC(void)
@@ -158,7 +160,7 @@ void disable_TSC(void)
static void hard_enable_TSC(void)
{
- write_cr4(read_cr4() & ~X86_CR4_TSD);
+ cr4_clear_bits(X86_CR4_TSD);
}
static void enable_TSC(void)
@@ -398,6 +400,53 @@ static void amd_e400_idle(void)
default_idle();
}
+/*
+ * Intel Core2 and older machines prefer MWAIT over HALT for C1.
+ * We can't rely on cpuidle installing MWAIT, because it will not load
+ * on systems that support only C1 -- so the boot default must be MWAIT.
+ *
+ * Some AMD machines are the opposite, they depend on using HALT.
+ *
+ * So for default C1, which is used during boot until cpuidle loads,
+ * use MWAIT-C1 on Intel HW that has it, else use HALT.
+ */
+static int prefer_mwait_c1_over_halt(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
+{
+ if (c->x86_vendor != X86_VENDOR_INTEL)
+ return 0;
+
+ if (!cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_MWAIT))
+ return 0;
+
+ return 1;
+}
+
+/*
+ * MONITOR/MWAIT with no hints, used for default default C1 state.
+ * This invokes MWAIT with interrutps enabled and no flags,
+ * which is backwards compatible with the original MWAIT implementation.
+ */
+
+static void mwait_idle(void)
+{
+ if (!current_set_polling_and_test()) {
+ if (this_cpu_has(X86_BUG_CLFLUSH_MONITOR)) {
+ smp_mb(); /* quirk */
+ clflush((void *)&current_thread_info()->flags);
+ smp_mb(); /* quirk */
+ }
+
+ __monitor((void *)&current_thread_info()->flags, 0, 0);
+ if (!need_resched())
+ __sti_mwait(0, 0);
+ else
+ local_irq_enable();
+ } else {
+ local_irq_enable();
+ }
+ __current_clr_polling();
+}
+
void select_idle_routine(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
@@ -411,6 +460,9 @@ void select_idle_routine(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
/* E400: APIC timer interrupt does not wake up CPU from C1e */
pr_info("using AMD E400 aware idle routine\n");
x86_idle = amd_e400_idle;
+ } else if (prefer_mwait_c1_over_halt(c)) {
+ pr_info("using mwait in idle threads\n");
+ x86_idle = mwait_idle;
} else
x86_idle = default_idle;
}