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Date:	Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:53:35 +0200
From:	Michal Schmidt <mschmidt@...hat.com>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CC:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@....com>,
	x86 <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: [RESEND PATCH] x86: fix keeping track of AMD C1E

Accomodate the original C1E-aware idle routine to the different times
during boot when the BIOS enables C1E. While at it, remove the synthetic
CPUID flag in favor of a single global setting which denotes C1E status
on the system.

Signed-off-by: Michal Schmidt <mschmidt@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>
---

Peter, can we please queue this for .36 merge window? Thanks.

 arch/x86/include/asm/acpi.h       |    2 +-
 arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h |    2 +-
 arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h  |    1 +
 arch/x86/kernel/process.c         |    6 ++++--
 drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c     |    2 +-
 5 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/acpi.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/acpi.h
index aa2c39d..92091de 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/acpi.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/acpi.h
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ static inline unsigned int acpi_processor_cstate_check(unsigned int max_cstate)
 	    boot_cpu_data.x86_model <= 0x05 &&
 	    boot_cpu_data.x86_mask < 0x0A)
 		return 1;
-	else if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_AMDC1E))
+	else if (c1e_detected)
 		return 1;
 	else
 		return max_cstate;
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
index 4681459..353154e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeature.h
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
 #define X86_FEATURE_LFENCE_RDTSC (3*32+18) /* "" Lfence synchronizes RDTSC */
 #define X86_FEATURE_11AP	(3*32+19) /* "" Bad local APIC aka 11AP */
 #define X86_FEATURE_NOPL	(3*32+20) /* The NOPL (0F 1F) instructions */
-#define X86_FEATURE_AMDC1E	(3*32+21) /* AMD C1E detected */
+					  /* 21 missing, was AMD_C1E workaround */
 #define X86_FEATURE_XTOPOLOGY	(3*32+22) /* cpu topology enum extensions */
 #define X86_FEATURE_TSC_RELIABLE (3*32+23) /* TSC is known to be reliable */
 #define X86_FEATURE_NONSTOP_TSC	(3*32+24) /* TSC does not stop in C states */
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
index 7e5c6a6..336851e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -762,6 +762,7 @@ extern void init_c1e_mask(void);
 extern unsigned long		boot_option_idle_override;
 extern unsigned long		idle_halt;
 extern unsigned long		idle_nomwait;
+extern int			c1e_detected;
 
 /*
  * on systems with caches, caches must be flashed as the absolute
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index e7e3521..1b44a5c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -561,8 +561,10 @@ no_c1e_idle:
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int c1e_detected;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(c1e_detected);
+
 static cpumask_var_t c1e_mask;
-static int c1e_detected;
 
 void c1e_remove_cpu(int cpu)
 {
@@ -584,12 +586,12 @@ static void c1e_idle(void)
 		u32 lo, hi;
 
 		rdmsr(MSR_K8_INT_PENDING_MSG, lo, hi);
+
 		if (lo & K8_INTP_C1E_ACTIVE_MASK) {
 			c1e_detected = 1;
 			if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_NONSTOP_TSC))
 				mark_tsc_unstable("TSC halt in AMD C1E");
 			printk(KERN_INFO "System has AMD C1E enabled\n");
-			set_cpu_cap(&boot_cpu_data, X86_FEATURE_AMDC1E);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
index b1b3856..7cd95eb 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ static void lapic_timer_check_state(int state, struct acpi_processor *pr,
 	if (cpu_has(&cpu_data(pr->id), X86_FEATURE_ARAT))
 		return;
 
-	if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_AMDC1E))
+	if (c1e_detected)
 		type = ACPI_STATE_C1;
 
 	/*
-- 
1.7.1


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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

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