linux-kernel - acpi_pad mwait usage

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Date:	Tue, 19 Nov 2013 10:00:19 +0100
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	lenb@...nel.org, rjw@...ysocki.net, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	shaohua.li@...el.com
Subject: acpi_pad mwait usage

Hi Len, Rafeal,

I stumbled over acpi_pad (yuck! ;-), but noticed that you don't set the
task in polling mode while using mwait. This means we'll still happily
send an IPI to wake you up.

A little something like the below should do; you might even be able to
remove the smp_mb() but since it is completely undocumented (another
fail) I couldn't tell if the implied barrier in
current_set_polling_and_test() suffices to replace it, so I left it.

If it compiles and works; change it to a proper SOB:

Maybe-Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
---
 drivers/acpi/acpi_pad.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_pad.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_pad.c
index fc6008fbce35..e9126efe7786 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_pad.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_pad.c
@@ -195,8 +195,10 @@ static int power_saving_thread(void *data)

 			__monitor((void *)&current_thread_info()->flags, 0, 0);
 			smp_mb();
-			if (!need_resched())
+			if (!current_set_polling_and_test()) {
 				__mwait(power_saving_mwait_eax, 1);
+				__current_clr_polling();
+			}

 			start_critical_timings();
 			if (lapic_marked_unstable)
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