From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: davidwang Subject: [PATCH] x86/acpi/cstate: Delete some unuseful operations for centaur Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:57:51 +0800 Message-ID: <1516701471-25374-1-git-send-email-davidwang@zhaoxin.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: rjw@rjwysocki.net, len.brown@intel.com, pavel@ucw.cz, tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com, hpa@zytor.com, x86@kernel.org, linux-pm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: brucechang@via-alliance.com, cooperyan@zhaoxin.com, qiyuanwang@zhaoxin.com, benjaminpan@viatech.com, lukelin@viacpu.com, timguo@zhaoxin.com, cobechen@zhaoxin.com, jiangbowang@zhaoxin.com, chiachinchu@viacpu.com, davidwang List-Id: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org For Centaur CPU, the ucode will make sure that each cpu core can keep cache coherency with each other when the CPU core entering to any C State. So the cache flush operations when enter C3 is not necessary and will cause large C3 enter/exit latency. And the bus master disable operation when CPU core entering C3 state is not needed too. Because the chipset will automatically do this operation. Signed-off-by: davidwang --- arch/x86/kernel/acpi/cstate.c | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/cstate.c b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/cstate.c index dde437f..1cd357b 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/cstate.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/cstate.c @@ -51,6 +51,18 @@ void acpi_processor_power_init_bm_check(struct acpi_processor_flags *flags, if (c->x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_INTEL && (c->x86 > 0xf || (c->x86 == 6 && c->x86_model >= 0x0f))) flags->bm_control = 0; + + if (c->x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_CENTAUR) { + /* + * on all centaur CPUs, sw need not execute cache flush operation + * when entering C3 type State. + * + * On all Centaur platforms, sw need not execute ARB_DISABLE while + * entering C3 type state. + */ + flags->bm_check = 1; + flags->bm_control = 0; + } } EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_processor_power_init_bm_check); -- 1.9.1