linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH v2 4/4] cpuidle: (POWER) Handle power

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Date:	Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:59:12 +0530
From:	Deepthi Dharwar <deepthi@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	linux-pm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [RFC PATCH v2 4/4] cpuidle: (POWER) Handle power_save=off

This patch makes pseries_idle_driver not to be registered when
power_save=off kernel boot option is specified. The
boot_option_idle_override variable used here is similar to
its usage on x86.

Signed-off-by: Deepthi Dharwar <deepthi@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Trinabh Gupta <g.trinabh@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Arun R Bharadwaj <arun.r.bharadwaj@...il.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h            |    1 +
 arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/processor_idle.c |    4 ++++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
index 811b7e7..b286fb7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -382,6 +382,7 @@ static inline unsigned long get_clean_sp(struct pt_regs *regs, int is_32)
 }
 #endif
 
+extern unsigned long  boot_option_idle_override;
 enum idle_boot_override {IDLE_NO_OVERRIDE = 0, IDLE_POWERSAVE_OFF};
 
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/processor_idle.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/processor_idle.c
index b5addd7..5f74b4e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/processor_idle.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/processor_idle.c
@@ -260,6 +260,10 @@ static int pseries_idle_probe(void)
 		return -EPERM;
 	}
 
+	if (boot_option_idle_override != IDLE_NO_OVERRIDE) {
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+
 	if (!firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_SPLPAR)) {
 		printk(KERN_DEBUG "Using default idle\n");
 		return -ENODEV;

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