linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/2][v2] cpuidle-haltpoll: Replace default_idle with arch_cpu

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-Id: <1670416895-50172-1-git-send-email-lirongqing@baidu.com>
Date:   Wed,  7 Dec 2022 20:41:34 +0800
From:   lirongqing@...du.com
To:     tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, bp@...en8.de,
        dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com, x86@...nel.org, rafael@...nel.org,
        daniel.lezcano@...aro.org, peterz@...radead.org,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, tony.luck@...el.com,
        jpoimboe@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-pm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/2][v2] cpuidle-haltpoll: Replace default_idle with arch_cpu_idle

From: Li RongQing <lirongqing@...du.com>

When KVM guest has MWAIT and mwait_idle is used as default idle function,
but once cpuidle-haltpoll is loaded, default_idle in default_enter_idle is
used, which is using HLT, and cause a performance regression. As the commit
aebef63cf7ff ("x86: Remove vendor checks from prefer_mwait_c1_over_halt")
explains that mwait is preferred

so replace default_idle with arch_cpu_idle which can using MWAIT
optimization.

latency of sockperf ping-pong localhost test is reduced by more 20%
unixbench has 5% performance improvements for single core

Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Suggested-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Li RongQing <lirongqing@...du.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/process.c          | 1 +
 drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-haltpoll.c | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index c21b734..303afad 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -721,6 +721,7 @@ void arch_cpu_idle(void)
 {
 	x86_idle();
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(arch_cpu_idle);
 
 /*
  * We use this if we don't have any better idle routine..
diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-haltpoll.c b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-haltpoll.c
index 3a39a7f..e66df22 100644
--- a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-haltpoll.c
+++ b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-haltpoll.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ static int default_enter_idle(struct cpuidle_device *dev,
 		local_irq_enable();
 		return index;
 	}
-	default_idle();
+	arch_cpu_idle();
 	return index;
 }
 
-- 
2.9.4