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| author | Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> | 2011-01-18 20:48:27 -0500 |
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| committer | Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> | 2011-02-17 17:08:46 -0500 |
| commit | 14796fca2bd22acc73dd0887248d003b0f441d08 (patch) | |
| tree | 45281c00405077fe1a099d585588d2173ee90fea /drivers/idle | |
| parent | 100b33c8bd8a3235fd0b7948338d6cbb3db3c63d (diff) | |
| download | linux-14796fca2bd22acc73dd0887248d003b0f441d08.tar.gz | |
intel_idle: disable NHM/WSM HW C-state auto-demotion
Hardware C-state auto-demotion is a mechanism where the HW overrides
the OS C-state request, instead demoting to a shallower state,
which is less expensive, but saves less power.
Modern Linux should generally get exactly the states it requests.
In particular, when a CPU is taken off-line, it must not be demoted, else
it can prevent the entire package from reaching deep C-states.
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25252
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/idle')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/idle/intel_idle.c | 20 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c b/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c index 1fa091e05690..32b25bcaf865 100644 --- a/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c +++ b/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c @@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ #include <linux/notifier.h> #include <linux/cpu.h> #include <asm/mwait.h> +#include <asm/msr.h> #define INTEL_IDLE_VERSION "0.4" #define PREFIX "intel_idle: " @@ -85,6 +86,12 @@ static int intel_idle(struct cpuidle_device *dev, struct cpuidle_state *state); static struct cpuidle_state *cpuidle_state_table; /* + * Hardware C-state auto-demotion may not always be optimal. + * Indicate which enable bits to clear here. + */ +static unsigned long long auto_demotion_disable_flags; + +/* * Set this flag for states where the HW flushes the TLB for us * and so we don't need cross-calls to keep it consistent. * If this flag is set, SW flushes the TLB, so even if the @@ -281,6 +288,15 @@ static struct notifier_block setup_broadcast_notifier = { .notifier_call = setup_broadcast_cpuhp_notify, }; +static void auto_demotion_disable(void *dummy) +{ + unsigned long long msr_bits; + + rdmsrl(MSR_NHM_SNB_PKG_CST_CFG_CTL, msr_bits); + msr_bits &= ~auto_demotion_disable_flags; + wrmsrl(MSR_NHM_SNB_PKG_CST_CFG_CTL, msr_bits); +} + /* * intel_idle_probe() */ @@ -324,6 +340,8 @@ static int intel_idle_probe(void) case 0x25: /* Westmere */ case 0x2C: /* Westmere */ cpuidle_state_table = nehalem_cstates; + auto_demotion_disable_flags = + (NHM_C1_AUTO_DEMOTE | NHM_C3_AUTO_DEMOTE); break; case 0x1C: /* 28 - Atom Processor */ @@ -436,6 +454,8 @@ static int intel_idle_cpuidle_devices_init(void) return -EIO; } } + if (auto_demotion_disable_flags) + smp_call_function(auto_demotion_disable, NULL, 1); return 0; } |