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Message-ID: <20081022235103.GA31369@linux-os.sc.intel.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:51:03 -0700
From: Venki Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@...el.com>
To: lenb@...nel.org
Cc: randy.dunlap@...cle.com, Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
"linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
"Henroid, Andrew D" <andrew.d.henroid@...el.com>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Cleanup of i7300_idle based on review comments
Cleanup of i7300 idle driver based on review comments from Randy Dunlap,
Andi Kleen and Len Brown.
Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@...el.com>
---
drivers/idle/Kconfig | 11 ++++++-----
drivers/idle/i7300_idle.c | 33 ++++++++++++++++++---------------
2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
Index: linux-acpi-2.6/drivers/idle/Kconfig
===================================================================
--- linux-acpi-2.6.orig/drivers/idle/Kconfig 2008-10-22 11:43:08.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-acpi-2.6/drivers/idle/Kconfig 2008-10-22 11:43:37.000000000 -0700
@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@ config I7300_IDLE_IOAT_CHANNEL
bool
config I7300_IDLE
- tristate "Intel chipset idle power saving driver"
+ tristate "Intel chipset idle memory power saving driver"
select I7300_IDLE_IOAT_CHANNEL
- depends on X86_64
+ depends on X86_64 && EXPERIMENTAL
help
- Enable idle power savings with certain Intel server chipsets.
- The chipset must have I/O AT support, such as the Intel 7300.
- The power savings depends on the type and quantity of DRAM devices.
+ Enable memory power savings when idle with certain Intel server
+ chipsets. The chipset must have I/O AT support, such as the
+ Intel 7300. The power savings depends on the type and quantity of
+ DRAM devices.
endmenu
Index: linux-acpi-2.6/drivers/idle/i7300_idle.c
===================================================================
--- linux-acpi-2.6.orig/drivers/idle/i7300_idle.c 2008-10-22 11:43:08.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-acpi-2.6/drivers/idle/i7300_idle.c 2008-10-22 11:43:37.000000000 -0700
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
#define I7300_IDLE_DRIVER_VERSION "1.55"
#define I7300_PRINT "i7300_idle:"
+#define MAX_STOP_RETRIES 10
+
static int debug;
module_param_named(debug, debug, uint, 0644);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug, "Enable debug printks in this driver");
@@ -47,12 +49,12 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug, "Enable debug pr
* 0 = No throttling
* 1 = Throttle when > 4 activations per eval window (Maximum throttling)
* 2 = Throttle when > 8 activations
- * 168 = Throttle when > 168 activations (Minimum throttling)
+ * 168 = Throttle when > 672 activations (Minimum throttling)
*/
-#define MAX_THRTLWLIMIT 168
-static uint i7300_idle_thrtlowlm = 1;
-module_param_named(thrtlwlimit, i7300_idle_thrtlowlm, uint, 0644);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(thrtlwlimit,
+#define MAX_THROTTLE_LOW_LIMIT 168
+static uint throttle_low_limit = 1;
+module_param_named(throttle_low_limit, throttle_low_limit, uint, 0644);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(throttle_low_limit,
"Value for THRTLOWLM activation field "
"(0 = disable throttle, 1 = Max throttle, 168 = Min throttle)");
@@ -111,9 +113,9 @@ static int i7300_idle_ioat_start(void)
static void i7300_idle_ioat_stop(void)
{
int i;
- u8 sts;
+ u64 sts;
- for (i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+ for (i = 0; i < MAX_STOP_RETRIES; i++) {
writeb(IOAT_CHANCMD_RESET,
ioat_chanbase + IOAT1_CHANCMD_OFFSET);
@@ -127,9 +129,10 @@ static void i7300_idle_ioat_stop(void)
}
- if (i == 5)
- dprintk("failed to suspend+reset I/O AT after 5 retries\n");
-
+ if (i == MAX_STOP_RETRIES) {
+ dprintk("failed to stop I/O AT after %d retries\n",
+ MAX_STOP_RETRIES);
+ }
}
/* Test I/O AT by copying 1024 byte from 2k to 1k */
@@ -276,7 +279,7 @@ static void __exit i7300_idle_ioat_exit(
i7300_idle_ioat_stop();
/* Wait for a while for the channel to halt before releasing */
- for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+ for (i = 0; i < MAX_STOP_RETRIES; i++) {
writeb(IOAT_CHANCMD_RESET,
ioat_chanbase + IOAT1_CHANCMD_OFFSET);
@@ -390,9 +393,9 @@ static void i7300_idle_start(void)
new_ctl = i7300_idle_thrtctl_saved & ~DIMM_THRTCTL_THRMHUNT;
pci_write_config_byte(fbd_dev, DIMM_THRTCTL, new_ctl);
- limit = i7300_idle_thrtlowlm;
- if (unlikely(limit > MAX_THRTLWLIMIT))
- limit = MAX_THRTLWLIMIT;
+ limit = throttle_low_limit;
+ if (unlikely(limit > MAX_THROTTLE_LOW_LIMIT))
+ limit = MAX_THROTTLE_LOW_LIMIT;
pci_write_config_byte(fbd_dev, DIMM_THRTLOW, limit);
@@ -441,7 +444,7 @@ static int i7300_idle_notifier(struct no
static ktime_t idle_begin_time;
static int time_init = 1;
- if (!i7300_idle_thrtlowlm)
+ if (!throttle_low_limit)
return 0;
if (unlikely(time_init)) {
--
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