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    x86/sched: Make mwait_usable() heed to "idle=" kernel parameters properly · 19209bbb
    Srivatsa S. Bhat 提交于
    The checks that exist in mwait_usable() for "idle=" kernel
    parameters are insufficient. As a result, mwait_usable() can
    return 1 even if "idle=nomwait" or "idle=poll" or "idle=halt"
    parameters are passed.
    
    Of these cases, incorrect handling of idle=nomwait is a
    universal problem since mwait can get used for usual CPU idling.
    However the rest of the cases are problematic only during CPU
    Hotplug (offline) because, in the CPU offline path, the function
    mwait_play_dead() is called, which might result in mwait being
    used in the offline CPUs, if mwait_usable() happens to return 1.
    
    Fix these issues by checking for the boot time "idle=" kernel
    parameter properly in mwait_usable().
    
    The first issue (usual cpu idling) is demonstrated below:
    
    Before applying the patch (dmesg snippet):
    
     [    0.000000] Command line: [...] idle=nomwait
     [    0.000000] Kernel command line: [...] idle=nomwait
     [    0.000000]  RCU dyntick-idle grace-period acceleration is enabled.
     [    0.140606] using mwait in idle threads.  <======= mwait being used
     [    4.303986] cpuidle: using governor ladder
     [    4.308232] cpuidle: using governor menu
    
    After applying the patch:
    
     [    0.000000] Command line: [...] idle=nomwait
     [    0.000000] Kernel command line: [...] idle=nomwait
     [    0.000000]  RCU dyntick-idle grace-period acceleration is enabled.
     [    4.264100] cpuidle: using governor ladder
     [    4.268342] cpuidle: using governor menu
    Signed-off-by: NSrivatsa S. Bhat <srivatsa.bhat@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
    Acked-by: NDeepthi Dharwar <deepthi@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
    Acked-by: NThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
    Cc: venki@google.com
    Cc: suresh.b.siddha@intel.com
    Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@amd64.org>
    Cc: lenb@kernel.org
    Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
    Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/4F9E37B8.30001@linux.vnet.ibm.comSigned-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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