linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86, acpi, idle: Restructure the mwait idle routines

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Date:	Tue, 19 Nov 2013 14:21:12 +0100
From:	Mike Galbraith <bitbucket@...ine.de>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	lenb@...nel.org, rjw@...ysocki.net, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, shaohua.li@...el.com,
	rui.zhang@...el.com, arjan@...ux.intel.com,
	jacob.jun.pan@...ux.intel.com, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, hpa@...or.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86, acpi, idle: Restructure the mwait idle routines

On Tue, 2013-11-19 at 12:31 +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote: 
> People seem to delight in writing wrong and broken mwait idle routines;
> collapse the lot.
> 
> This leaves mwait_play_dead() the sole remaining user of __mwait() and
> new __mwait() users are probably doing it wrong.
> 
> Also remove __sti_mwait() as its unused.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> ---
> 
> Mike, does this cure your core2?

Nope.  Maybe an acpi/bios thingy on this box since diags that fired on
lappy during boot did not fire on desktop, and both are core2 booting
same kernel.  I kinda suspect I'll either be stuck with default_idle or
have to resurrect mwait_idle and carry it locally if I want the thing to
work well.  Guess I'll find out if/when I have time to squabble with it.

Meanwhile, desktop box works fine modulo benchmarks, lappy works fine
too, modulo max_cstate=1 scaring mwait_idle_with_hints away, which I
don't care about much.  Neither box is wonderful at rt testing where I
usually boot max_cstate=1, both just became a bit _less_ wonderful :)

-Mike

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