Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] x86, mwaitt: introduce mwaix delay with a configurable timer

[Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>]

On Tue, Jun 09, 2015 at 11:13:40AM +0800, Huang Rui wrote:
> +static void delay_mwaitx(unsigned long __loops)
> +{
> +	u32 end, now, delay, addr;
> +
> +	delay = __loops;
> +	rdtsc_barrier();
> +	rdtscl(end);
> +	end += delay;
> +
> +	while (1) {
> +		__monitorx(&addr, 0, 0);
> +		mwaitx(delay, true);
> +
> +		rdtsc_barrier();
> +		rdtscl(now);
> +		if (end <= now)
> +			break;
> +		delay = end - now;
> +	}

How about you think instead and do something like:

	rdtsc(start);
	rdtsc_barrier();

	for (;;) {
		delay = min(MWAIT_MAX_LOOPS, loops);

		__monitorx(&addr, 0, 0);
		mwaitx(delay, true);

		rdtsc_barrier();
		rdtsc(end);
		rdtsc_barrier();

		loops -= end - start;
		if (loops <= 0)
			break;

		start = end;
	}

> +}
> +
> +/*
>   * Since we calibrate only once at boot, this
>   * function should be set once at boot and not changed
>   */
> @@ -118,7 +145,12 @@ int read_current_timer(unsigned long *timer_val)
>  
>  void __delay(unsigned long loops)
>  {
> -	delay_fn(loops);
> +	if (loops > MWAITX_MAX_LOOPS ||
> +			!static_cpu_has_safe(X86_FEATURE_MWAITT) ||
> +			boot_option_delay != DELAY_MWAITX)
> +		delay_fn(loops);
> +	else
> +		delay_mwaitx(loops);
>  }

Then you can do away with that fallback entirely.