[PATCH] x86/acpi/cstate: Delete some unuseful operations for centaur

[PATCH] x86/acpi/cstate: Delete some unuseful operations for centaur

[davidwang]

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 <davidwang@zhaoxin.com>
---
 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

Re: [PATCH] x86/acpi/cstate: Delete some unuseful operations for centaur

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Tuesday, January 23, 2018 10:57:51 AM CET davidwang wrote:
> 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 <davidwang@zhaoxin.com>

I was about to apply this, but then I realized that your full name (as you
formally spell it) is needed in the Signed-off-by tag.  Can you please provide it?

> ---
>  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);
>  
>