linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/4] intel_idle: Remove a broadcast MSR fixup at boot

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Date:	Sun, 13 Mar 2016 21:48:11 -0700
From:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
To:	len.brown@...el.com
Cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] intel_idle: Remove a broadcast MSR fixup at boot

intel_idle already fixes MSRs on each CPU when it registers for that
CPU, so it doesn't need to separately broadcast to all CPUs on
startup.

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
---
 drivers/idle/intel_idle.c | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c b/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c
index 32b3e6049994..338df09ad60b 100644
--- a/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c
+++ b/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c
@@ -1079,8 +1079,6 @@ static int __init intel_idle_cpuidle_driver_init(void)
 		wrmsrl(MSR_MC6_DEMOTION_POLICY_CONFIG, 0);
 	}
 
-	on_each_cpu(fix_this_cpu, NULL, 1);
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
-- 
2.5.0