[v9 PATCH 5/9]: POWER: enable cpuidle for POWER.

Arun R Bharadwaj
2009-10-16T09:44:04Z

This patch enables the cpuidle option in Kconfig for pSeries.

Currently cpuidle infrastructure is enabled only for x86 and ARM.
This code is almost completely borrowed from x86 to enable
cpuidle for pSeries.

Signed-off-by: Arun R Bharadwaj <arun@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
arch/powerpc/Kconfig | 17 +++++++++++++++++
arch/powerpc/include/asm/system.h | 2 ++
arch/powerpc/kernel/idle.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 38 insertions(+)

Index: linux.trees.git/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
===================================================================
--- linux.trees.git.orig/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ linux.trees.git/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ config ARCH_HAS_ILOG2_U64
bool
default y if 64BIT

+config ARCH_HAS_CPU_IDLE_WAIT
+ def_bool y
+
config GENERIC_HWEIGHT
bool
default y
@@ -247,6 +250,20 @@ source "kernel/Kconfig.freezer"
source "arch/powerpc/sysdev/Kconfig"
source "arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig"

+menu "Power management options"
+
+source "drivers/cpuidle/Kconfig"
+
+config PSERIES_PROCESSOR_IDLE
+ bool "Idle Power Management Support for pSeries"
+ depends on PPC_PSERIES && CPU_IDLE
+ default y
+ help
+ Idle Power Management Support for pSeries. This hooks onto cpuidle
+ infrastructure to help in idle cpu power management.
+
+endmenu
+
menu "Kernel options"

config HIGHMEM
Index: linux.trees.git/arch/powerpc/include/asm/system.h
===================================================================
--- linux.trees.git.orig/arch/powerpc/include/asm/system.h
+++ linux.trees.git/arch/powerpc/include/asm/system.h
@@ -546,5 +546,7 @@ extern void account_system_vtime(struct

extern struct dentry *powerpc_debugfs_root;

+void cpu_idle_wait(void);
+
#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
#endif /* _ASM_POWERPC_SYSTEM_H */
Index: linux.trees.git/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle.c
===================================================================
--- linux.trees.git.orig/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle.c
+++ linux.trees.git/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle.c
@@ -102,6 +102,25 @@ void cpu_idle(void)
}
}

+static void do_nothing(void *unused)
+{
+}
+
+/*
+ * cpu_idle_wait - Used to ensure that all the CPUs come out of the old
+ * idle loop and start using the new idle loop.
+ * Required while changing idle handler on SMP systems.
+ * Caller must have changed idle handler to the new value before the call.
+ */
+void cpu_idle_wait(void)
+{
+ /* Ensure that new value of idle is set */
+ smp_mb();
+ /* kick all the CPUs so that they exit out of old idle routine */
+ smp_call_function(do_nothing, NULL, 1);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpu_idle_wait);
+
int powersave_nap;

#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL