linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH] delete unnecessary wbinvd while entering C3 for Intel CPU

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:06:54 +0800
From:	Luming Yu <luming.yu@...il.com>
To:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	"Pallipadi, Venkatesh" <venkatesh.pallipadi@...el.com>,
	"Siddha, Suresh B" <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [RFC PATCH] delete unnecessary wbinvd while entering C3 for Intel CPU

Hi there,

I came across acpi_idle_enter_simple, noticed wbinvd
is an unnecessary overhead for all Intel MP CPUs that
support C3 share cache. And caches should not be
flushed by software while entering C3 type state.

Please review. If make sense, please apply.

Ps. The patch is enclosed in attachment. The inlined one
is c&p of it for reading.


Thanks,
Luming

Signed-off-by: Yu Luming <luming.yu@...el.com>

 processor_idle.c |    4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
index 66393d5..4a2355b 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
@@ -894,10 +894,6 @@ static int acpi_idle_enter_simple(struct
cpuidle_device *dev,
 	 * access HPET !
 	 */
 	lapic_timer_state_broadcast(pr, cx, 1);
-
-	if (cx->type == ACPI_STATE_C3)
-		ACPI_FLUSH_CPU_CACHE();
-
 	kt1 = ktime_get_real();
 	/* Tell the scheduler that we are going deep-idle: */
 	sched_clock_idle_sleep_event();

Download attachment "11.patch" of type "application/octet-stream" (507 bytes)