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Message-ID: <CAJZ5v0jckgZfuh=yAqoftG1Q-1z0ngLXQa4TX-iwuy54UmWMng@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2025 18:13:44 +0200
From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
To: Huisong Li <lihuisong@...wei.com>
Cc: rafael@...nel.org, lenb@...nel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxarm@...wei.com, 
	jonathan.cameron@...wei.com, zhanjie9@...ilicon.com, zhenglifeng1@...wei.com, 
	yubowen8@...wei.com, liuyonglong@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] ACPI: processor: idle: Optimize acpi idle driver registration

On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 9:06 AM Huisong Li <lihuisong@...wei.com> wrote:
>
> Currently, the acpi idle driver is registered from within a CPU
> hotplug callback. Although this didn't cause any functional issues,
> this is questionable and confusing. And it is better to register
> the cpuidle driver when all of the CPUs have been brought up.
>
> So add a new function to initialize acpi_idle_driver based on the
> power management information of an available CPU and register cpuidle
> driver in acpi_processor_driver_init().
>
> Signed-off-by: Huisong Li <lihuisong@...wei.com>
> ---
>  drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c |  3 ++
>  drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c   | 65 +++++++++++++++++++++------------
>  include/acpi/processor.h        |  8 ++++
>  3 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c
> index 65e779be64ff..bc9f58a02c1d 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c
> @@ -263,6 +263,8 @@ static int __init acpi_processor_driver_init(void)
>         if (result < 0)
>                 return result;
>
> +       acpi_processor_register_idle_driver();
> +
>         result = cpuhp_setup_state(CPUHP_AP_ONLINE_DYN,
>                                    "acpi/cpu-drv:online",
>                                    acpi_soft_cpu_online, NULL);
> @@ -301,6 +303,7 @@ static void __exit acpi_processor_driver_exit(void)
>
>         cpuhp_remove_state_nocalls(hp_online);
>         cpuhp_remove_state_nocalls(CPUHP_ACPI_CPUDRV_DEAD);
> +       acpi_processor_unregister_idle_driver();
>         driver_unregister(&acpi_processor_driver);
>  }
>
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
> index 031738390f2d..c71802d42e8a 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
> @@ -1360,7 +1360,48 @@ int acpi_processor_power_state_has_changed(struct acpi_processor *pr)
>         return 0;
>  }
>
> -static int acpi_processor_registered;
> +void acpi_processor_register_idle_driver(void)
> +{
> +       struct acpi_processor *pr;
> +       int ret = -ENODEV;
> +       int cpu;
> +
> +       /*
> +        * Acpi idle driver is used by all possible CPUs.
> +        * Install the idle handler by the processor power info of one in them.
> +        * Note that we use previously set idle handler will be used on
> +        * platforms that only support C1.
> +        */
> +       for_each_cpu(cpu, (struct cpumask *)cpu_possible_mask) {
> +               pr = per_cpu(processors, cpu);
> +               if (!pr)
> +                       continue;
> +
> +               ret = acpi_processor_get_power_info(pr);
> +               if (!ret) {
> +                       pr->flags.power_setup_done = 1;
> +                       acpi_processor_setup_cpuidle_states(pr);
> +                       break;
> +               }
> +       }
> +
> +       if (ret) {
> +               pr_debug("No ACPI power information from any CPUs.\n");
> +               return;
> +       }
> +
> +       ret = cpuidle_register_driver(&acpi_idle_driver);
> +       if (ret) {
> +               pr_debug("register %s failed.\n", acpi_idle_driver.name);
> +               return;
> +       }
> +       pr_debug("%s registered with cpuidle.\n", acpi_idle_driver.name);
> +}
> +
> +void acpi_processor_unregister_idle_driver(void)
> +{
> +       cpuidle_unregister_driver(&acpi_idle_driver);
> +}
>
>  int acpi_processor_power_init(struct acpi_processor *pr)
>  {
> @@ -1375,22 +1416,7 @@ int acpi_processor_power_init(struct acpi_processor *pr)
>         if (!acpi_processor_get_power_info(pr))
>                 pr->flags.power_setup_done = 1;
>
> -       /*
> -        * Install the idle handler if processor power management is supported.
> -        * Note that we use previously set idle handler will be used on
> -        * platforms that only support C1.
> -        */
>         if (pr->flags.power) {
> -               /* Register acpi_idle_driver if not already registered */
> -               if (!acpi_processor_registered) {
> -                       acpi_processor_setup_cpuidle_states(pr);
> -                       retval = cpuidle_register_driver(&acpi_idle_driver);
> -                       if (retval)
> -                               return retval;
> -                       pr_debug("%s registered with cpuidle\n",
> -                                acpi_idle_driver.name);
> -               }
> -
>                 dev = kzalloc(sizeof(*dev), GFP_KERNEL);
>                 if (!dev)
>                         return -ENOMEM;
> @@ -1403,13 +1429,10 @@ int acpi_processor_power_init(struct acpi_processor *pr)
>                  */
>                 retval = cpuidle_register_device(dev);
>                 if (retval) {
> -                       if (acpi_processor_registered == 0)
> -                               cpuidle_unregister_driver(&acpi_idle_driver);
>                         kfree(dev);
>                         per_cpu(acpi_cpuidle_device, pr->id) = NULL;
>                         return retval;
>                 }
> -               acpi_processor_registered++;
>         }
>         return 0;
>  }
> @@ -1423,10 +1446,6 @@ int acpi_processor_power_exit(struct acpi_processor *pr)
>
>         if (pr->flags.power) {
>                 cpuidle_unregister_device(dev);
> -               acpi_processor_registered--;
> -               if (acpi_processor_registered == 0)
> -                       cpuidle_unregister_driver(&acpi_idle_driver);
> -
>                 kfree(dev);
>         }
>
> diff --git a/include/acpi/processor.h b/include/acpi/processor.h
> index d0eccbd920e5..1249f5e81d92 100644
> --- a/include/acpi/processor.h
> +++ b/include/acpi/processor.h
> @@ -423,6 +423,8 @@ int acpi_processor_power_init(struct acpi_processor *pr);
>  int acpi_processor_power_exit(struct acpi_processor *pr);
>  int acpi_processor_power_state_has_changed(struct acpi_processor *pr);
>  int acpi_processor_hotplug(struct acpi_processor *pr);
> +void acpi_processor_register_idle_driver(void);
> +void acpi_processor_unregister_idle_driver(void);
>  #else
>  static inline int acpi_processor_power_init(struct acpi_processor *pr)
>  {
> @@ -443,6 +445,12 @@ static inline int acpi_processor_hotplug(struct acpi_processor *pr)
>  {
>         return -ENODEV;
>  }
> +static void acpi_processor_register_idle_driver(void)
> +{
> +}
> +static void acpi_processor_unregister_idle_driver(void)
> +{
> +}
>  #endif /* CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR_IDLE */
>
>  /* in processor_thermal.c */
> --

Applied as 6.18 material, thanks!

While at it, in the future, please always spell ACPI in capitals in
patch subjects, changelogs and code comments.

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