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-rw-r--r--arch/ia64/kernel/process.c2
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/process.c11
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/process.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/process.c
index 612b3c4a060..3ab8373103e 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/process.c
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ unsigned long boot_option_idle_override = 0;
EXPORT_SYMBOL(boot_option_idle_override);
unsigned long idle_halt;
EXPORT_SYMBOL(idle_halt);
+unsigned long idle_nomwait;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(idle_nomwait);
void
ia64_do_show_stack (struct unw_frame_info *info, void *arg)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index 7fc72949876..4d629c62f4f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
unsigned long idle_halt;
EXPORT_SYMBOL(idle_halt);
+unsigned long idle_nomwait;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(idle_nomwait);
struct kmem_cache *task_xstate_cachep;
@@ -340,6 +342,15 @@ static int __init idle_setup(char *str)
pm_idle = default_idle;
idle_halt = 1;
return 0;
+ } else if (!strcmp(str, "nomwait")) {
+ /*
+ * If the boot option of "idle=nomwait" is added,
+ * it means that mwait will be disabled for CPU C2/C3
+ * states. In such case it won't touch the variable
+ * of boot_option_idle_override.
+ */
+ idle_nomwait = 1;
+ return 0;
} else
return -1;