linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] ACPI/processor_idle: Remove dummy wait if kernel is in guest

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Date:   Fri, 25 Oct 2019 17:59:36 +0800
From:   "Yin, Fengwei" <fengwei.yin@...el.com>
To:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] ACPI/processor_idle: Remove dummy wait if kernel is in
 guest

On 10/25/2019 5:06 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 9:04 AM Yin Fengwei <fengwei.yin@...el.com> wrote:
>>
>> In function acpi_idle_do_entry(), an ioport access is used for
>> dummy wait to guarantee hardware behavior. But it could trigger
>> unnecessary VMexit if kernel is running as guest in virtualization
>> environment.
>>
>> If it's in virtualization environment, the deeper C state enter
>> operation (inb()) will trap to hypervisor. It's not needed to do
>> dummy wait after the inb() call. So we could just remove the
>> dummy io port access to avoid unnecessary VMexit.
>>
>> And keep dummy io port access to maintain timing for native
>> environment.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Yin Fengwei <fengwei.yin@...el.com>
>> ---
>> ChangeLog:
>> v3 -> v4:
>>   - Drop overengineered function pointer and do check whether
>>     we are in guest before dummy inl call.
>>
>> v2 -> v3:
>>   - Remove dummy io port access totally for virtualization env.
>>
>> v1 -> v2:
>>   - Use ndelay instead of dead loop for dummy delay.
>>
>>   drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c | 21 +++++++++++++++------
>>   1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
>> index ed56c6d20b08..2ae95df2e74f 100644
>> --- a/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
>> +++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
>> @@ -642,6 +642,19 @@ static int acpi_idle_bm_check(void)
>>          return bm_status;
>>   }
>>
>> +static void wait_for_freeze(void)
>> +{
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_X86
>> +       /* No delay is needed if we are in guest */
>> +       if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR))
>> +               return;
>> +#endif
>> +       /* Dummy wait op - must do something useless after P_LVL2 read
>> +          because chipsets cannot guarantee that STPCLK# signal
>> +          gets asserted in time to freeze execution properly. */
>> +       inl(acpi_gbl_FADT.xpm_timer_block.address);
>> +}
>> +
>>   /**
>>    * acpi_idle_do_entry - enter idle state using the appropriate method
>>    * @cx: cstate data
>> @@ -658,10 +671,7 @@ static void __cpuidle acpi_idle_do_entry(struct acpi_processor_cx *cx)
>>          } else {
>>                  /* IO port based C-state */
>>                  inb(cx->address);
>> -               /* Dummy wait op - must do something useless after P_LVL2 read
>> -                  because chipsets cannot guarantee that STPCLK# signal
>> -                  gets asserted in time to freeze execution properly. */
>> -               inl(acpi_gbl_FADT.xpm_timer_block.address);
>> +               wait_for_freeze();
>>          }
>>   }
>>
>> @@ -682,8 +692,7 @@ static int acpi_idle_play_dead(struct cpuidle_device *dev, int index)
>>                          safe_halt();
>>                  else if (cx->entry_method == ACPI_CSTATE_SYSTEMIO) {
>>                          inb(cx->address);
>> -                       /* See comment in acpi_idle_do_entry() */
>> -                       inl(acpi_gbl_FADT.xpm_timer_block.address);
>> +                       wait_for_freeze();
>>                  } else
>>                          return -ENODEV;
>>          }
>> --
> 
> Applying as 5.5 material, thanks!
Thanks a lot.

Regards
Yin, Fengwei

>