x86 idle: remove mwait_idle() and "idle=mwait" cmdline param
mwait_idle() is a C1-only idle loop intended to be more efficient
than HLT, starting on Pentium-4 HT-enabled processors.
But mwait_idle() has been replaced by the more general
mwait_idle_with_hints(), which handles both C1 and deeper C-states.
ACPI processor_idle and intel_idle use only mwait_idle_with_hints(),
and no longer use mwait_idle().
Here we simplify the x86 native idle code by removing mwait_idle(),
and the "idle=mwait" bootparam used to invoke it.
Since Linux 3.0 there has been a boot-time warning when "idle=mwait"
was invoked saying it would be removed in 2012. This removal
was also noted in the (now removed:-) feature-removal-schedule.txt.
After this change, kernels configured with
(CONFIG_ACPI=n && CONFIG_INTEL_IDLE=n) when run on hardware
that supports MWAIT will simply use HLT. If MWAIT is desired
on those systems, cpuidle and the cpuidle drivers above
can be enabled.
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Cc: x86@kernel.org
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 363e348..3b0cd1e 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1039,16 +1039,11 @@
Claim all unknown PCI IDE storage controllers.
idle= [X86]
- Format: idle=poll, idle=mwait, idle=halt, idle=nomwait
+ Format: idle=poll, idle=halt, idle=nomwait
Poll forces a polling idle loop that can slightly
improve the performance of waking up a idle CPU, but
will use a lot of power and make the system run hot.
Not recommended.
- idle=mwait: On systems which support MONITOR/MWAIT but
- the kernel chose to not use it because it doesn't save
- as much power as a normal idle loop, use the
- MONITOR/MWAIT idle loop anyways. Performance should be
- the same as idle=poll.
idle=halt: Halt is forced to be used for CPU idle.
In such case C2/C3 won't be used again.
idle=nomwait: Disable mwait for CPU C-states
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
index c2f7f47..8a28fea 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@
extern bool amd_e400_c1e_detected;
enum idle_boot_override {IDLE_NO_OVERRIDE=0, IDLE_HALT, IDLE_NOMWAIT,
- IDLE_POLL, IDLE_FORCE_MWAIT};
+ IDLE_POLL};
extern void enable_sep_cpu(void);
extern int sysenter_setup(void);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index 7ed9f6b0..cd5a4c9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -421,27 +421,6 @@
}
}
-/* Default MONITOR/MWAIT with no hints, used for default C1 state */
-static void mwait_idle(void)
-{
- if (!need_resched()) {
- trace_power_start_rcuidle(POWER_CSTATE, 1, smp_processor_id());
- trace_cpu_idle_rcuidle(1, smp_processor_id());
- if (this_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_CLFLUSH_MONITOR))
- clflush((void *)¤t_thread_info()->flags);
-
- __monitor((void *)¤t_thread_info()->flags, 0, 0);
- smp_mb();
- if (!need_resched())
- __sti_mwait(0, 0);
- else
- local_irq_enable();
- trace_power_end_rcuidle(smp_processor_id());
- trace_cpu_idle_rcuidle(PWR_EVENT_EXIT, smp_processor_id());
- } else
- local_irq_enable();
-}
-
/*
* On SMP it's slightly faster (but much more power-consuming!)
* to poll the ->work.need_resched flag instead of waiting for the
@@ -458,53 +437,6 @@
trace_cpu_idle_rcuidle(PWR_EVENT_EXIT, smp_processor_id());
}
-/*
- * 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.
- */
-
-#define MWAIT_INFO 0x05
-#define MWAIT_ECX_EXTENDED_INFO 0x01
-#define MWAIT_EDX_C1 0xf0
-
-int mwait_usable(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
-{
- u32 eax, ebx, ecx, edx;
-
- /* Use mwait if idle=mwait boot option is given */
- if (boot_option_idle_override == IDLE_FORCE_MWAIT)
- return 1;
-
- /*
- * Any idle= boot option other than idle=mwait means that we must not
- * use mwait. Eg: idle=halt or idle=poll or idle=nomwait
- */
- if (boot_option_idle_override != IDLE_NO_OVERRIDE)
- return 0;
-
- if (c->cpuid_level < MWAIT_INFO)
- return 0;
-
- cpuid(MWAIT_INFO, &eax, &ebx, &ecx, &edx);
- /* Check, whether EDX has extended info about MWAIT */
- if (!(ecx & MWAIT_ECX_EXTENDED_INFO))
- return 1;
-
- /*
- * edx enumeratios MONITOR/MWAIT extensions. Check, whether
- * C1 supports MWAIT
- */
- return (edx & MWAIT_EDX_C1);
-}
-
bool amd_e400_c1e_detected;
EXPORT_SYMBOL(amd_e400_c1e_detected);
@@ -576,13 +508,7 @@
if (pm_idle)
return;
- if (cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_MWAIT) && mwait_usable(c)) {
- /*
- * One CPU supports mwait => All CPUs supports mwait
- */
- pr_info("using mwait in idle threads\n");
- pm_idle = mwait_idle;
- } else if (cpu_has_amd_erratum(amd_erratum_400)) {
+ if (cpu_has_amd_erratum(amd_erratum_400)) {
/* E400: APIC timer interrupt does not wake up CPU from C1e */
pr_info("using AMD E400 aware idle routine\n");
pm_idle = amd_e400_idle;
@@ -606,9 +532,6 @@
pr_info("using polling idle threads\n");
pm_idle = poll_idle;
boot_option_idle_override = IDLE_POLL;
- } else if (!strcmp(str, "mwait")) {
- boot_option_idle_override = IDLE_FORCE_MWAIT;
- WARN_ONCE(1, "\"idle=mwait\" will be removed in 2012\n");
} else if (!strcmp(str, "halt")) {
/*
* When the boot option of idle=halt is added, halt is
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
index ed0fe38..a6ceaed 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -1369,7 +1369,7 @@
void *mwait_ptr;
struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = __this_cpu_ptr(&cpu_info);
- if (!(this_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_MWAIT) && mwait_usable(c)))
+ if (!this_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_MWAIT))
return;
if (!this_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_CLFLSH))
return;
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
index ed9a1cc..52a5e3a 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@
static int disabled_by_idle_boot_param(void)
{
return boot_option_idle_override == IDLE_POLL ||
- boot_option_idle_override == IDLE_FORCE_MWAIT ||
boot_option_idle_override == IDLE_HALT;
}
