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[2/5] x86/cpuidle: really use C1 for "urgent" CPUs

Message ID 5CE68F650200007800231B38@prv1-mh.provo.novell.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series x86: CPU idle management adjustments | expand

Commit Message

Jan Beulich May 23, 2019, 12:17 p.m. UTC 
For one on recent AMD CPUs entering C1 (if available at all) requires
use of MWAIT, while HLT (i.e. default_idle()) would put the processor
into as deep as CC6. And then even on other vendors' CPUs we should
avoid entering default_idle() when the intended state can be reached
by using the active idle driver's facilities.

Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>

Comments

Andrew Cooper June 10, 2019, 3:50 p.m. UTC | #1 
On 23/05/2019 13:17, Jan Beulich wrote:
> For one on recent AMD CPUs entering C1 (if available at all) requires
> use of MWAIT, while HLT (i.e. default_idle()) would put the processor
> into as deep as CC6. And then even on other vendors' CPUs we should
> avoid entering default_idle() when the intended state can be reached
> by using the active idle driver's facilities.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
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--- a/xen/arch/x86/acpi/cpu_idle.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/acpi/cpu_idle.c
@@ -580,12 +580,15 @@  static void acpi_processor_idle(void)
     u32 exp = 0, pred = 0;
     u32 irq_traced[4] = { 0 };
 
-    if ( max_cstate > 0 && power && !sched_has_urgent_vcpu() &&
+    if ( max_cstate > 0 && power &&
          (next_state = cpuidle_current_governor->select(power)) > 0 )
     {
+        unsigned int max_state = sched_has_urgent_vcpu() ? ACPI_STATE_C1
+                                                         : max_cstate;
+
         do {
             cx = &power->states[next_state];
-        } while ( cx->type > max_cstate && --next_state );
+        } while ( cx->type > max_state && --next_state );
         if ( next_state )
         {
             if ( cx->type == ACPI_STATE_C3 && power->flags.bm_check &&
--- a/xen/arch/x86/cpu/mwait-idle.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/cpu/mwait-idle.c
@@ -724,11 +724,14 @@  static void mwait_idle(void)
 	u64 before, after;
 	u32 exp = 0, pred = 0, irq_traced[4] = { 0 };
 
-	if (max_cstate > 0 && power && !sched_has_urgent_vcpu() &&
+	if (max_cstate > 0 && power &&
 	    (next_state = cpuidle_current_governor->select(power)) > 0) {
+		unsigned int max_state = sched_has_urgent_vcpu() ? ACPI_STATE_C1
+								 : max_cstate;
+
 		do {
 			cx = &power->states[next_state];
-		} while (cx->type > max_cstate && --next_state);
+		} while (cx->type > max_state && --next_state);
 		if (!next_state)
 			cx = NULL;
 		else if (tb_init_done)