linux-kernel - [PATCH v1 2/3] cpuidle: governors: menu: Rearrange main loop in menu

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Message-ID: <2389215.ElGaqSPkdT@rafael.j.wysocki>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2025 12:26:35 +0200
From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
To: Linux PM <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>,
 LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
 Christian Loehle <christian.loehle@....com>
Subject:
 [PATCH v1 2/3] cpuidle: governors: menu: Rearrange main loop in menu_select()

From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>

Reduce the indentation level in the main loop of menu_select() by
rearranging some checks and assignments in it.

No intentional functional impact.

Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
---
 drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c |   72 ++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c
+++ b/drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c
@@ -314,45 +314,47 @@
 		if (s->exit_latency_ns > latency_req)
 			break;
 
-		if (s->target_residency_ns > predicted_ns) {
-			/*
-			 * Use a physical idle state, not busy polling, unless
-			 * a timer is going to trigger soon enough.
-			 */
-			if ((drv->states[idx].flags & CPUIDLE_FLAG_POLLING) &&
-			    s->target_residency_ns <= data->next_timer_ns) {
-				predicted_ns = s->target_residency_ns;
-				idx = i;
-				break;
-			}
-			if (predicted_ns < TICK_NSEC)
-				break;
-
-			if (!tick_nohz_tick_stopped()) {
-				/*
-				 * If the state selected so far is shallow,
-				 * waking up early won't hurt, so retain the
-				 * tick in that case and let the governor run
-				 * again in the next iteration of the loop.
-				 */
-				predicted_ns = drv->states[idx].target_residency_ns;
-				break;
-			}
+		if (s->target_residency_ns <= predicted_ns) {
+			idx = i;
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * Use a physical idle state, not busy polling, unless a timer
+		 * is going to trigger soon enough.
+		 */
+		if ((drv->states[idx].flags & CPUIDLE_FLAG_POLLING) &&
+		    s->target_residency_ns <= data->next_timer_ns) {
+			predicted_ns = s->target_residency_ns;
+			idx = i;
+			break;
+		}
 
+		if (predicted_ns < TICK_NSEC)
+			break;
+
+		if (!tick_nohz_tick_stopped()) {
 			/*
-			 * If the state selected so far is shallow and this
-			 * state's target residency matches the time till the
-			 * closest timer event, select this one to avoid getting
-			 * stuck in the shallow one for too long.
+			 * If the state selected so far is shallow, waking up
+			 * early won't hurt, so retain the tick in that case and
+			 * let the governor run again in the next iteration of
+			 * the idle loop.
 			 */
-			if (drv->states[idx].target_residency_ns < TICK_NSEC &&
-			    s->target_residency_ns <= delta_tick)
-				idx = i;
-
-			return idx;
+			predicted_ns = drv->states[idx].target_residency_ns;
+			break;
 		}
 
-		idx = i;
+		/*
+		 * If the state selected so far is shallow and this state's
+		 * target residency matches the time till the closest timer
+		 * event, select this one to avoid getting stuck in the shallow
+		 * one for too long.
+		 */
+		if (drv->states[idx].target_residency_ns < TICK_NSEC &&
+		    s->target_residency_ns <= delta_tick)
+			idx = i;
+
+		return idx;
 	}
 
 	if (idx == -1)