linux-kernel - [PATCH] thermal: intel: powerclamp: Remove dead code for target mwait value

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Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2024 04:23:40 -0800
From: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>
To: rafael@...nel.org,
	daniel.lezcano@...aro.org,
	lukasz.luba@....com
Cc: linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH] thermal: intel: powerclamp: Remove dead code for target mwait value

After conversion of this driver to use powercap idle_inject core, this
driver doesn't use target_mwait value. So remove dead code.

Signed-off-by: Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>
---
Non urgent patch. For 6.9+ kernel.

 drivers/thermal/intel/intel_powerclamp.c | 32 ------------------------
 1 file changed, 32 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/thermal/intel/intel_powerclamp.c b/drivers/thermal/intel/intel_powerclamp.c
index 5ac5cb60bae6..bc6eb0dd66a4 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/intel/intel_powerclamp.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/intel/intel_powerclamp.c
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
  */
 #define DEFAULT_DURATION_JIFFIES (6)
 
-static unsigned int target_mwait;
 static struct dentry *debug_dir;
 static bool poll_pkg_cstate_enable;
 
@@ -312,34 +311,6 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(window_size, "sliding window in number of clamping cycles\n"
 	"\twindow size results in slower response time but more smooth\n"
 	"\tclamping results. default to 2.");
 
-static void find_target_mwait(void)
-{
-	unsigned int eax, ebx, ecx, edx;
-	unsigned int highest_cstate = 0;
-	unsigned int highest_subcstate = 0;
-	int i;
-
-	if (boot_cpu_data.cpuid_level < CPUID_MWAIT_LEAF)
-		return;
-
-	cpuid(CPUID_MWAIT_LEAF, &eax, &ebx, &ecx, &edx);
-
-	if (!(ecx & CPUID5_ECX_EXTENSIONS_SUPPORTED) ||
-	    !(ecx & CPUID5_ECX_INTERRUPT_BREAK))
-		return;
-
-	edx >>= MWAIT_SUBSTATE_SIZE;
-	for (i = 0; i < 7 && edx; i++, edx >>= MWAIT_SUBSTATE_SIZE) {
-		if (edx & MWAIT_SUBSTATE_MASK) {
-			highest_cstate = i;
-			highest_subcstate = edx & MWAIT_SUBSTATE_MASK;
-		}
-	}
-	target_mwait = (highest_cstate << MWAIT_SUBSTATE_SIZE) |
-		(highest_subcstate - 1);
-
-}
-
 struct pkg_cstate_info {
 	bool skip;
 	int msr_index;
@@ -759,9 +730,6 @@ static int __init powerclamp_probe(void)
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
-	/* find the deepest mwait value */
-	find_target_mwait();
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
-- 
2.40.1