linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/3] cpuidle: powerpc: read mostly for common globals

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Date:   Wed, 14 Jun 2017 23:02:40 +1000
From:   Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>
To:     linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Cc:     Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Vaidyanathan Srinivasan <svaidy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        "Gautham R . Shenoy" <ego@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
        linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] cpuidle: powerpc: read mostly for common globals

Ensure these don't get put into bouncing cachelines.

Reviewed-by: Vaidyanathan Srinivasan <svaidy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Gautham R. Shenoy <ego@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>
---
 drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-powernv.c | 10 +++++-----
 drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-pseries.c |  8 ++++----
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-powernv.c b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-powernv.c
index 77bc50ad9f57..abf2ffcd4a0a 100644
--- a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-powernv.c
+++ b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-powernv.c
@@ -32,18 +32,18 @@ static struct cpuidle_driver powernv_idle_driver = {
 	.owner            = THIS_MODULE,
 };
 
-static int max_idle_state;
-static struct cpuidle_state *cpuidle_state_table;
+static int max_idle_state __read_mostly;
+static struct cpuidle_state *cpuidle_state_table __read_mostly;
 
 struct stop_psscr_table {
 	u64 val;
 	u64 mask;
 };
 
-static struct stop_psscr_table stop_psscr_table[CPUIDLE_STATE_MAX];
+static struct stop_psscr_table stop_psscr_table[CPUIDLE_STATE_MAX] __read_mostly;
 
-static u64 snooze_timeout;
-static bool snooze_timeout_en;
+static u64 snooze_timeout __read_mostly;
+static bool snooze_timeout_en __read_mostly;
 
 static int snooze_loop(struct cpuidle_device *dev,
 			struct cpuidle_driver *drv,
diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-pseries.c b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-pseries.c
index 7b12bb2ea70f..a404f352d284 100644
--- a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-pseries.c
+++ b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-pseries.c
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ struct cpuidle_driver pseries_idle_driver = {
 	.owner            = THIS_MODULE,
 };
 
-static int max_idle_state;
-static struct cpuidle_state *cpuidle_state_table;
-static u64 snooze_timeout;
-static bool snooze_timeout_en;
+static int max_idle_state __read_mostly;
+static struct cpuidle_state *cpuidle_state_table __read_mostly;
+static u64 snooze_timeout __read_mostly;
+static bool snooze_timeout_en __read_mostly;
 
 static inline void idle_loop_prolog(unsigned long *in_purr)
 {
-- 
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