[PATCH 3/3] cpuidle: powerpc: no memory barrier after break from idle

From: Nicholas Piggin
Date: Wed Jun 14 2017 - 09:03:29 EST


A memory barrier is not required after the task wakes up,
only if we clear the polling flag before waking. The case
where we have work to do is the important one, so optimise
for it.

Reviewed-by: Vaidyanathan Srinivasan <svaidy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-powernv.c | 11 +++++++++--
drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-pseries.c | 11 +++++++++--
2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-powernv.c b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-powernv.c
index abf2ffcd4a0a..722b81b03593 100644
--- a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-powernv.c
+++ b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-powernv.c
@@ -59,14 +59,21 @@ static int snooze_loop(struct cpuidle_device *dev,
ppc64_runlatch_off();
HMT_very_low();
while (!need_resched()) {
- if (likely(snooze_timeout_en) && get_tb() > snooze_exit_time)
+ if (likely(snooze_timeout_en) && get_tb() > snooze_exit_time) {
+ /*
+ * Task has not woken up but we are exiting the polling
+ * loop anyway. Require a barrier after polling is
+ * cleared to order subsequent test of need_resched().
+ */
+ clear_thread_flag(TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG);
+ smp_mb();
break;
+ }
}

HMT_medium();
ppc64_runlatch_on();
clear_thread_flag(TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG);
- smp_mb();

return index;
}
diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-pseries.c b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-pseries.c
index a404f352d284..e9b3853d93ea 100644
--- a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-pseries.c
+++ b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-pseries.c
@@ -71,13 +71,20 @@ static int snooze_loop(struct cpuidle_device *dev,
while (!need_resched()) {
HMT_low();
HMT_very_low();
- if (snooze_timeout_en && get_tb() > snooze_exit_time)
+ if (likely(snooze_timeout_en) && get_tb() > snooze_exit_time) {
+ /*
+ * Task has not woken up but we are exiting the polling
+ * loop anyway. Require a barrier after polling is
+ * cleared to order subsequent test of need_resched().
+ */
+ clear_thread_flag(TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG);
+ smp_mb();
break;
+ }
}

HMT_medium();
clear_thread_flag(TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG);
- smp_mb();

idle_loop_epilog(in_purr);

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