smp_cond_load_relaxed(), in its generic polling variant, polls on the loop condition waiting for it to change, eventually exiting the loop if the time limit has been exceeded. To limit the frequency of the relatively expensive time check it is limited to once every POLL_IDLE_RELAX_COUNT iterations. arm64, however uses an event based mechanism, where instead of polling, we wait for store to a region. Limit the POLL_IDLE_RELAX_COUNT to 1 for that case. Suggested-by: Haris Okanovic <harisokn@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ankur Arora <ankur.a.arora@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/cpuidle/poll_state.c | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/poll_state.c b/drivers/cpuidle/poll_state.c index fc1204426158..61df2395585e 100644 --- a/drivers/cpuidle/poll_state.c +++ b/drivers/cpuidle/poll_state.c @@ -8,7 +8,18 @@ #include <linux/sched/clock.h> #include <linux/sched/idle.h> +#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64 +/* + * POLL_IDLE_RELAX_COUNT determines how often we check for timeout + * while polling for TIF_NEED_RESCHED in thread_info->flags. + * + * Set this to a low value since arm64, instead of polling, uses a + * event based mechanism. + */ +#define POLL_IDLE_RELAX_COUNT 1 +#else #define POLL_IDLE_RELAX_COUNT 200 +#endif static int __cpuidle poll_idle(struct cpuidle_device *dev, struct cpuidle_driver *drv, int index) -- 2.43.5
