linux-kernel - [PATCH] x86: Don't write io_apic ID if it is not changed

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Message-ID: <4C66FEA9.3040303@kernel.org>
Date:	Sat, 14 Aug 2010 13:38:01 -0700
From:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
CC:	Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Subject: [PATCH] x86: Don't write io_apic ID if it is not changed


For 32bit mptable path, setup_ids_from_mpc() always write io apic id
register, even there is no change needed.

So try to do that when they are different bewteen reading out and mptable

Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>

---
 arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c |    8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
+++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/apic/io_apic.c
@@ -2125,7 +2125,6 @@ void __init setup_ioapic_ids_from_mpc(vo
 			physids_or(phys_id_present_map, phys_id_present_map, tmp);
 		}
 
-
 		/*
 		 * We need to adjust the IRQ routing table
 		 * if the ID changed.
@@ -2137,9 +2136,12 @@ void __init setup_ioapic_ids_from_mpc(vo
 						= mp_ioapics[apic_id].apicid;
 
 		/*
-		 * Read the right value from the MPC table and
-		 * write it into the ID register.
+		 * Update the ID register according to the right value from
+		 *  the MPC table if they are different.
 		 */
+		if (mp_ioapics[apic_id].apicid == reg_00.bits.ID)
+			continue;
+
 		apic_printk(APIC_VERBOSE, KERN_INFO
 			"...changing IO-APIC physical APIC ID to %d ...",
 			mp_ioapics[apic_id].apicid);
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