In function acpi_idle_do_entry(), we do an io port access to guarantee hardware behavior. But it could trigger unnecessary vmexit for virtualization environemnt. >From the comments of this part of code, we could use busy wait instead of io port access to guarantee hardware behavior and avoid unnecessary vmexit. Signed-off-by: Yin Fengwei <fengwei.yin@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c index ed56c6d20b08..676553228e8f 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c @@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ struct cpuidle_driver acpi_idle_driver = { }; #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR_CSTATE +static struct timespec64 dummy_delta = {0L, 0L}; + static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct acpi_processor_cx * [CPUIDLE_STATE_MAX], acpi_cstate); @@ -64,6 +66,18 @@ static int disabled_by_idle_boot_param(void) boot_option_idle_override == IDLE_HALT; } +static void dummy_wait(void) +{ + struct timespec64 now, target; + + ktime_get_real_ts64(&now); + target = timespec64_add(now, dummy_delta); + + do { + ktime_get_real_ts64(&now); + } while (timespec64_compare(&now, &target) < 0); +} + /* * IBM ThinkPad R40e crashes mysteriously when going into C2 or C3. * For now disable this. Probably a bug somewhere else. @@ -660,8 +674,12 @@ static void __cpuidle acpi_idle_do_entry(struct acpi_processor_cx *cx) inb(cx->address); /* Dummy wait op - must do something useless after P_LVL2 read because chipsets cannot guarantee that STPCLK# signal - gets asserted in time to freeze execution properly. */ - inl(acpi_gbl_FADT.xpm_timer_block.address); + gets asserted in time to freeze execution properly. + + Previously, we do io port access here which could trigger + unnecessary trap to HV for virtualization env. We use dead + loop here to avoid the impact to virtualization env. */ + dummy_wait(); } } @@ -683,7 +701,7 @@ static int acpi_idle_play_dead(struct cpuidle_device *dev, int index) else if (cx->entry_method == ACPI_CSTATE_SYSTEMIO) { inb(cx->address); /* See comment in acpi_idle_do_entry() */ - inl(acpi_gbl_FADT.xpm_timer_block.address); + dummy_wait(); } else return -ENODEV; } @@ -902,6 +920,7 @@ static inline void acpi_processor_cstate_first_run_checks(void) { acpi_status status; static int first_run; + struct timespec64 ts0, ts1; if (first_run) return; @@ -912,6 +931,13 @@ static inline void acpi_processor_cstate_first_run_checks(void) max_cstate); first_run++; + /* profiling the time used for dummy wait op */ + ktime_get_real_ts64(&ts0); + inl(acpi_gbl_FADT.xpm_timer_block.address); + ktime_get_real_ts64(&ts1); + + dummy_delta = timespec64_sub(ts1, ts0); + if (acpi_gbl_FADT.cst_control && !nocst) { status = acpi_os_write_port(acpi_gbl_FADT.smi_command, acpi_gbl_FADT.cst_control, 8); @@ -920,6 +946,7 @@ static inline void acpi_processor_cstate_first_run_checks(void) "Notifying BIOS of _CST ability failed")); } } + #else static inline int disabled_by_idle_boot_param(void) { return 0; } -- 2.19.1