The hardware can execute stop in any context, and KVM does not require real mode because siblings do not share MMU state. This saves a switch to real-mode when going idle. Acked-by: Gautham R. Shenoy <ego@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxxxx> --- arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_book3s.S | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_book3s.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_book3s.S index 3b701b1a5e87..fc5145339277 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_book3s.S +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_book3s.S @@ -141,7 +141,16 @@ pnv_powersave_common: std r5,_CCR(r1) std r1,PACAR1(r13) +BEGIN_FTR_SECTION + /* + * POWER9 does not require real mode to stop, and does not set + * hwthread_state for KVM (threads don't share MMU context), so + * we can remain in virtual mode for this. + */ + bctr +END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_ARCH_300) /* + * POWER8 * Go to real mode to do the nap, as required by the architecture. * Also, we need to be in real mode before setting hwthread_state, * because as soon as we do that, another thread can switch -- 2.13.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm-ppc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
