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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-05-17 14:21:43 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-05-17 14:21:43 -0700
commit08c18964a247b412acab56599a643e6f73e1ec5a (patch)
tree467a028ec1d1b351577216d3c2bf1d2d46e8d0c5 /arch
parent20a249896bb53536b69b228593dbdb6eb0d18113 (diff)
parente9623b35599fcdbc00c16535cbefbb4d5578f4ab (diff)
Merge branch 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: x86: disable mwait for AMD family 10H/11H CPUs x86: fix crash on cpu hotplug on pat-incapable machines x86: remove mwait capability C-state check
Diffstat (limited to 'arch')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/process.c36
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/mm/pat.c2
2 files changed, 28 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index 67e9b4a1e89..ba370dc8685 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -99,15 +99,6 @@ static void mwait_idle(void)
local_irq_enable();
}
-
-static int __cpuinit mwait_usable(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
-{
- if (force_mwait)
- return 1;
- /* Any C1 states supported? */
- return c->cpuid_level >= 5 && ((cpuid_edx(5) >> 4) & 0xf) > 0;
-}
-
/*
* On SMP it's slightly faster (but much more power-consuming!)
* to poll the ->work.need_resched flag instead of waiting for the
@@ -119,6 +110,33 @@ static void poll_idle(void)
cpu_relax();
}
+/*
+ * mwait selection logic:
+ *
+ * It depends on the CPU. For AMD CPUs that support MWAIT this is
+ * wrong. Family 0x10 and 0x11 CPUs will enter C1 on HLT. Powersavings
+ * then depend on a clock divisor and current Pstate of the core. If
+ * all cores of a processor are in halt state (C1) the processor can
+ * enter the C1E (C1 enhanced) state. If mwait is used this will never
+ * happen.
+ *
+ * idle=mwait overrides this decision and forces the usage of mwait.
+ */
+static int __cpuinit mwait_usable(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
+{
+ if (force_mwait)
+ return 1;
+
+ if (c->x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_AMD) {
+ switch(c->x86) {
+ case 0x10:
+ case 0x11:
+ return 0;
+ }
+ }
+ return 1;
+}
+
void __cpuinit select_idle_routine(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
{
static int selected;
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c b/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
index bcb1a8e4b2d..de3a9981245 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_PAT
int __read_mostly pat_wc_enabled = 1;
-void __init pat_disable(char *reason)
+void __cpuinit pat_disable(char *reason)
{
pat_wc_enabled = 0;
printk(KERN_INFO "%s\n", reason);