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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86_64/kernel/process.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86_64/kernel/process.c | 22 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/process.c index 5e95b257ee2..49f7fac6229 100644 --- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/process.c +++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/process.c @@ -238,20 +238,28 @@ void cpu_idle (void) * We execute MONITOR against need_resched and enter optimized wait state * through MWAIT. Whenever someone changes need_resched, we would be woken * up from MWAIT (without an IPI). + * + * New with Core Duo processors, MWAIT can take some hints based on CPU + * capability. */ -static void mwait_idle(void) +void mwait_idle_with_hints(unsigned long eax, unsigned long ecx) { - local_irq_enable(); - - while (!need_resched()) { + if (!need_resched()) { __monitor((void *)¤t_thread_info()->flags, 0, 0); smp_mb(); - if (need_resched()) - break; - __mwait(0, 0); + if (!need_resched()) + __mwait(eax, ecx); } } +/* Default MONITOR/MWAIT with no hints, used for default C1 state */ +static void mwait_idle(void) +{ + local_irq_enable(); + while (!need_resched()) + mwait_idle_with_hints(0,0); +} + void __cpuinit select_idle_routine(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c) { static int printed; |