From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Daniel Lezcano Subject: Re: [PATCH] cpuidle: Fix the CPU stuck at C0 for 2-3s after PM_QOS back to DEFAULT Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 16:17:15 +0200 Message-ID: <53ECC4EB.20407@linaro.org> References: <1407982309-4863-1-git-send-email-chuansheng.liu@intel.com> <20140814105336.GH16043@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net> <27240C0AC20F114CBF8149A2696CBE4A01E5B61C@SHSMSX101.ccr.corp.intel.com> <20140814131304.GK16043@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net> <27240C0AC20F114CBF8149A2696CBE4A01E5B73B@SHSMSX101.ccr.corp.intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <27240C0AC20F114CBF8149A2696CBE4A01E5B73B@SHSMSX101.ccr.corp.intel.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org To: "Liu, Chuansheng" , Peter Zijlstra Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" , "linux-pm@vger.kernel.org" , LKML , "Liu, Changcheng" , "Wang, Xiaoming" , "Chakravarty, Souvik K" List-Id: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org On 08/14/2014 04:10 PM, Liu, Chuansheng wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Peter Zijlstra [mailto:peterz@infradead.org] >> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2014 9:13 PM >> To: Liu, Chuansheng >> Cc: Daniel Lezcano; Rafael J. Wysocki; linux-pm@vger.kernel.org; LKM= L; Liu, >> Changcheng; Wang, Xiaoming; Chakravarty, Souvik K >> Subject: Re: [PATCH] cpuidle: Fix the CPU stuck at C0 for 2-3s after= PM_QOS >> back to DEFAULT >> >> On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 11:24:06AM +0000, Liu, Chuansheng wrote: >>> If inspecting the polling flag, we can not fix the race between pol= l_idle and >> smp_callback, >>> since in poll_idle(), before set polling flag, if the smp_callback = come in, then >> no resched bit set, >>> after that, poll_idle() will do the polling action, without reselec= tion >> immediately, it will bring power >>> regression here. >> >> -ENOPARSE. Is there a question there? > > Lezcano suggest to inspect the polling flag, then code is like below: > smp_callback() { > if (polling_flag) > set_resched_bit; > } > > And the poll_idle code is like below: > static int poll_idle(struct cpuidle_device *dev, > struct cpuidle_driver *drv, int index) > { > local_irq_enable(); > if (!current_set_polling_and_test()) { > while (!need_resched()) Or alternatively, something like: while (!need_resched() || kickme) { ... } =09 smp_callback() { kickme =3D 1; } kickme is a percpu variable and set to zero when exiting the 'enter'=20 callback. So we don't mess with the polling flag, which is already a bit tricky. This patch is very straightforward to illustrate the idea. > cpu_relax(); > } > current_clr_polling(); > > return index; > } > > The race is: > Idle task: > poll_idle > local_irq_enable() > <=3D=3D IPI interrupt coming, check the polling flag is not set yet, = do nothing; > Come back to poll_idle, it will stay in the poll loop for a while, in= stead break > it immediately to let governor reselect the right C-state. > > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kerne= l" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > --=20 Linaro.org =E2=94=82 Open source software fo= r ARM SoCs =46ollow Linaro: Facebook | Twitter | Blog