linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86, acpi, idle: Restructure the mwait idle routines

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Message-ID: <20131119144642.GJ10022@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:	Tue, 19 Nov 2013 15:46:42 +0100
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	lenb@...nel.org, rjw@...ysocki.net, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, shaohua.li@...el.com,
	rui.zhang@...el.com, jacob.jun.pan@...ux.intel.com,
	Mike Galbraith <bitbucket@...ine.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, hpa@...or.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86, acpi, idle: Restructure the mwait idle routines

On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 06:22:43AM -0800, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> >diff --git a/drivers/thermal/intel_powerclamp.c b/drivers/thermal/intel_powerclamp.c
> >index 8f181b3f842b..e8275f2df9af 100644
> >--- a/drivers/thermal/intel_powerclamp.c
> >+++ b/drivers/thermal/intel_powerclamp.c
> >@@ -438,9 +438,7 @@ static int clamp_thread(void *arg)
> >  			 */
> >  			local_touch_nmi();
> >  			stop_critical_timings();
> >-			__monitor((void *)&current_thread_info()->flags, 0, 0);
> >-			cpu_relax(); /* allow HT sibling to run */
> >-			__mwait(eax, ecx);
> >+			mwait_idle_with_hints(eax, ecx);
> >  			start_critical_timings();
> >  			atomic_inc(&idle_wakeup_counter);
> >  		}
> >
> 
> hmm I take it that mwait_idle_with_hints is the one that also checks need_resched() ?
> if so... powerclamp may not want to use that (the whole point is to NOT give the cpu
> to tasks!)

Of course, you're very much not getting something that wins from
stop_machine or a fifo-99 task.
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