linux-kernel - Re: [v4,4/4] powernv: powerpc: Add winkle support for offline cpus

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Date:	Sun, 14 Dec 2014 17:22:46 +0530
From:	Shreyas B Prabhu <shreyas@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
CC:	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Subject: Re: [v4,4/4] powernv: powerpc: Add winkle support for offline cpus



On Sunday 14 December 2014 03:35 PM, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> On Tue, 2014-09-12 at 18:56:53 UTC, "Shreyas B. Prabhu" wrote:
>> Winkle is a deep idle state supported in power8 chips. A core enters
>> winkle when all the threads of the core enter winkle. In this state
>> power supply to the entire chiplet i.e core, private L2 and private L3
>> is turned off. As a result it gives higher powersavings compared to
>> sleep.
> ...
> 
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/subcore.h b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/subcore.h
>> index 148abc9..604eb40 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/subcore.h
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/subcore.h
>> @@ -15,4 +15,5 @@
>>  
>>  #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
>>  void split_core_secondary_loop(u8 *state);
>> +extern void update_subcore_sibling_mask(void);
>>  #endif
> 
> subcore.c isn't built for CONFIG_SMP=n, resulting in:
> 
>   setup.c:(.init.text+0x34b0): undefined reference to `.update_subcore_sibling_mask'
> 
> I needed to add:
> 
> +#else
> +static inline void update_subcore_sibling_mask(void) { };
> +#endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
> 
> 
Sorry I missed that.

> I also got quite a few conflicts, with this and the previous patch, mainly in
> the paca and asm-offsets. Please check I resolved them correctly:
> 
>   https://github.com/mpe/powerpc-merge/commits/test
>
This looks fine to me.

Thanks,
Shreyas
> cheers
> 

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