linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] x86: Use HALT in default_idle when idle=nomwait cmdline arg is passed

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Date:   Thu, 5 May 2022 10:13:05 -0700
From:   Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
To:     Wyes Karny <wyes.karny@....com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Lewis.Carroll@....com, Mario.Limonciello@....com,
        gautham.shenoy@....com, Ananth.Narayan@....com, bharata@....com,
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        andrew.cooper3@...rix.com, jing2.liu@...el.com,
        jmattson@...gle.com, pawan.kumar.gupta@...ux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] x86: Use HALT in default_idle when idle=nomwait
 cmdline arg is passed

On 5/5/22 03:48, Wyes Karny wrote:
> When kernel is booted with idle=nomwait avoid selecting MWAIT
> as the  default idle state.
> 
> If the user boots the kernel with idle=nomwait, it is a clear
> indication that they do not prefer the use of mwait as the default
> idle state.  However, the current code does not take this into
> consideration while selecting the default idle state on x86.
> 
> This patch fixes it by checking for the idle=nomwait boot option in
> prefer_mwait_c1_over_halt().

There are a couple of places in the existing documentation that talk
about idle=nomwait.  Could you please fix those up to make it clear that
the option is no longer specific to intel_idle?  We don't need a rewrite
or anything, just some small tweaks in the language.