Hi Gautham,
On Tue, Nov 19, 2024 at 4:09 PM Gautham R. Shenoy
<gautham.shenoy@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hello Rafael,
>
> On Fri, Nov 15, 2024 at 10:00:25PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > After a previous change, cpuidle_play_dead(), which is the only caller
> > of idle state :enter_dead() callbacks, ignores their return values, so
> > they may as well be void.
> >
> > Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> > ---
> >
> > v1 -> v2: New patch
> >
> > Interestingly enough, the only user of :enter_dead() idle state callbacks
> > in the current mainline turns out to be ACPI idle.
>
> For that matter, the only user of cpuidle_play_dead() is the
> native_play_dead(). Was that always the case?
At least as long ago as of 4.20.
> Some of the other architectures select the deepest available idle
> state at boot time, and enter that state when a CPU is offlined.
That's fine as long as the state to use is already known at that time.
> In any case I am ok with this.
>
> Reviewed-by: Gautham R. Shenoy <gautham.shenoy@xxxxxxx>
> --
> Thanks and Regards
> gautham.
> >
> > ---
> > drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c | 7 ++-----
> > include/linux/cpuidle.h | 2 +-
> > 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> >
> > Index: linux-pm/include/linux/cpuidle.h
> > ===================================================================
> > --- linux-pm.orig/include/linux/cpuidle.h
> > +++ linux-pm/include/linux/cpuidle.h
> > @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ struct cpuidle_state {
> > struct cpuidle_driver *drv,
> > int index);
> >
> > - int (*enter_dead) (struct cpuidle_device *dev, int index);
> > + void (*enter_dead) (struct cpuidle_device *dev, int index);
> >
> > /*
> > * CPUs execute ->enter_s2idle with the local tick or entire timekeeping
> > Index: linux-pm/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
> > ===================================================================
> > --- linux-pm.orig/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
> > +++ linux-pm/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
> > @@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ static void __cpuidle acpi_idle_do_entry
> > * @dev: the target CPU
> > * @index: the index of suggested state
> > */
> > -static int acpi_idle_play_dead(struct cpuidle_device *dev, int index)
> > +static void acpi_idle_play_dead(struct cpuidle_device *dev, int index)
> > {
> > struct acpi_processor_cx *cx = per_cpu(acpi_cstate[index], dev->cpu);
> >
> > @@ -591,11 +591,8 @@ static int acpi_idle_play_dead(struct cp
> > else if (cx->entry_method == ACPI_CSTATE_SYSTEMIO) {
> > io_idle(cx->address);
> > } else
> > - return -ENODEV;
> > + return;
> > }
> > -
> > - /* Never reached */
> > - return 0;
> > }
> >
> > static __always_inline bool acpi_idle_fallback_to_c1(struct acpi_processor *pr)
> >
> >
> >
>
