From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> In drv_read(), check to see whether we can run the rdmsr() on the current CPU. If so, do that. So smp_call_function_single() can avoid the IPI. Arguably, cpumask_any() should do this. Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> Cc: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Len Brown <len.brown@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Zhao Yakui <yakui.zhao@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Mike Galbraith <efault@xxxxxx> Cc: "Zhang, Yanmin" <yanmin_zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c | 17 +++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c~arch-x86-kernel-cpu-cpufreq-acpi-cpufreqc-avoid-cross-cpu-interrupts arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c~arch-x86-kernel-cpu-cpufreq-acpi-cpufreqc-avoid-cross-cpu-interrupts +++ a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c @@ -197,9 +197,22 @@ static void do_drv_write(void *_cmd) static void drv_read(struct drv_cmd *cmd) { - cmd->val = 0; + int target_cpu; /* The CPU on which to perform thr rdmsr() */ + int this_cpu; + + /* + * If the current CPU is in cmd->mask then run the rdmsr() on this + * CPU to avoid the cross-cpu interrupt. + */ + this_cpu = get_cpu(); + if (cpu_isset(this_cpu, *(cmd->mask))) + target_cpu = this_cpu; + else + target_cpu = cpumask_any(cmd->mask); - smp_call_function_single(cpumask_any(cmd->mask), do_drv_read, cmd, 1); + cmd->val = 0; + smp_call_function_single(target_cpu, do_drv_read, cmd, 1); + put_cpu(); } static void drv_write(struct drv_cmd *cmd) _ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html