linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86, suspend: Save/restore THERM

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Date:	Mon, 17 Aug 2015 11:43:02 +0000
From:	"Chen, Yu C" <yu.c.chen@...el.com>
To:	"mingo@...nel.org" <mingo@...nel.org>
CC:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Zhang, Rui" <rui.zhang@...el.com>,
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	"mingo@...hat.com" <mingo@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86, suspend: Save/restore THERM_CONTROL register for
 suspend

Hi, Ingo, thanks for your review,
On Mon, 2015-08-17 at 12:11 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> So what your changelog fails to mention:
> 
>  - You only add this code to the 64-bit kernel. Are 32-bit kernels not affected?
Yes, 32-bit kernel should also do the save/restore operation. 
I'll adjust them to 64/32-bit common path. 
> 
>  - the MSR read is done unconditionally. Is MSR_IA32_THERM_CONTROL available
>    architecturally and readable (and has sensible values) on all 64-bit capable
>    x86 CPUs that run this code path?
MSR_IA32_THERM_CONTROL is available on Intel Pentium 4, Xeon, Pentium M and later
processors, so I think not all the 64/32-bit capable x86 CPUs have this
register. Maybe codes like the following would be more reasonable?

save:
ctxt->clock_modulation_saved = !rdmsrl_safe(MSR_IA32_THERM_CONTROL,
	&ctxt->clock_modulation);

restore:
if (ctxt->clock_modulation_saved)
	wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_THERM_CONTROL, ctxt->clock_modulation);

Thanks a lot.

Best Regards,
Yu