From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Balbir Singh Subject: Re: [v8 PATCH 1/8]: cpuidle: cleanup drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:06:02 +0530 Message-ID: <20091012113602.GC3007@balbir.in.ibm.com> References: <20091008094828.GA20595@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20091008094942.GB20595@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Reply-To: balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20091008094942.GB20595@linux.vnet.ibm.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linuxppc-dev-bounces+glppd-linuxppc64-dev=m.gmane.org@lists.ozlabs.org Errors-To: linuxppc-dev-bounces+glppd-linuxppc64-dev=m.gmane.org@lists.ozlabs.org To: Arun R Bharadwaj Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, Peter Zijlstra , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar , linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, Arjan van de Ven List-Id: linux-arch.vger.kernel.org * Arun R B [2009-10-08 15:19:42]: > * Arun R Bharadwaj [2009-10-08 15:18:28]: > > This patch cleans up drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c > Earlier cpuidle assumed pm_idle as the default idle loop. Break that > assumption and make it more generic. cpuidle_idle_call() which is the > main idle loop of cpuidle is to be called by architectures which have > registered to cpuidle. > > Remove routines cpuidle_install/uninstall_idle_handler() which are not > needed anymore. > > [snip] /** > - * cpuidle_install_idle_handler - installs the cpuidle idle loop handler > - */ > -void cpuidle_install_idle_handler(void) > -{ > - if (enabled_devices && (pm_idle != cpuidle_idle_call)) { > - /* Make sure all changes finished before we switch to new idle */ > - smp_wmb(); > - pm_idle = cpuidle_idle_call; > - } > -} > - > -/** > - * cpuidle_uninstall_idle_handler - uninstalls the cpuidle idle loop handler > - */ > -void cpuidle_uninstall_idle_handler(void) > -{ > - if (enabled_devices && pm_idle_old && (pm_idle != pm_idle_old)) { > - pm_idle = pm_idle_old; > - cpuidle_kick_cpus(); > - } > -} > - I see the routines above being called in from cpuidle_pause/resume_and_lock/unlock below and they are entries from ACPI on ACPI_PROCESSOR_NOTIFY_POWER and from the hotplug path, could you test them to make sure they are not broken. We also seem to be missing a cpuidle_kick_cpus() in cpuidle_pause_and_lock() [snip] -- Balbir From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from e28smtp01.in.ibm.com ([59.145.155.1]:47535 "EHLO e28smtp01.in.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756380AbZJLLgr (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:36:47 -0400 Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:06:02 +0530 From: Balbir Singh Subject: Re: [v8 PATCH 1/8]: cpuidle: cleanup drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c Message-ID: <20091012113602.GC3007@balbir.in.ibm.com> Reply-To: balbir@linux.vnet.ibm.com References: <20091008094828.GA20595@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20091008094942.GB20595@linux.vnet.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20091008094942.GB20595@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Sender: linux-arch-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Arun R Bharadwaj Cc: Peter Zijlstra , Benjamin Herrenschmidt , Ingo Molnar , Vaidyanathan Srinivasan , Dipankar Sarma , Arjan van de Ven , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20091012113602.ycCRVEYHL46dPHvaeXc1wPUa0EoHuKg1avIuKFZaq_c@z> * Arun R B [2009-10-08 15:19:42]: > * Arun R Bharadwaj [2009-10-08 15:18:28]: > > This patch cleans up drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c > Earlier cpuidle assumed pm_idle as the default idle loop. Break that > assumption and make it more generic. cpuidle_idle_call() which is the > main idle loop of cpuidle is to be called by architectures which have > registered to cpuidle. > > Remove routines cpuidle_install/uninstall_idle_handler() which are not > needed anymore. > > [snip] /** > - * cpuidle_install_idle_handler - installs the cpuidle idle loop handler > - */ > -void cpuidle_install_idle_handler(void) > -{ > - if (enabled_devices && (pm_idle != cpuidle_idle_call)) { > - /* Make sure all changes finished before we switch to new idle */ > - smp_wmb(); > - pm_idle = cpuidle_idle_call; > - } > -} > - > -/** > - * cpuidle_uninstall_idle_handler - uninstalls the cpuidle idle loop handler > - */ > -void cpuidle_uninstall_idle_handler(void) > -{ > - if (enabled_devices && pm_idle_old && (pm_idle != pm_idle_old)) { > - pm_idle = pm_idle_old; > - cpuidle_kick_cpus(); > - } > -} > - I see the routines above being called in from cpuidle_pause/resume_and_lock/unlock below and they are entries from ACPI on ACPI_PROCESSOR_NOTIFY_POWER and from the hotplug path, could you test them to make sure they are not broken. We also seem to be missing a cpuidle_kick_cpus() in cpuidle_pause_and_lock() [snip] -- Balbir