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-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
index 54a52437265..71c634e0b87 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
@@ -501,7 +501,8 @@ static void pseries_dedicated_idle_sleep(void)
}
/*
- * Cede if the other thread is not idle, so that it can
+ * If not SMT, cede processor. If CPU is running SMT
+ * cede if the other thread is not idle, so that it can
* go single-threaded. If the other thread is idle,
* we ask the hypervisor if it has pending work it
* wants to do and cede if it does. Otherwise we keep
@@ -514,7 +515,8 @@ static void pseries_dedicated_idle_sleep(void)
* very low priority. The cede enables interrupts, which
* doesn't matter here.
*/
- if (!lppaca[cpu ^ 1].idle || poll_pending() == H_PENDING)
+ if (!cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_SMT) || !lppaca[cpu ^ 1].idle
+ || poll_pending() == H_PENDING)
cede_processor();
out: