From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
Add a new module parameter called "no_acpi" to the intel_idle driver
to allow the driver to be prevented from using ACPI _CST via kernel
command line.
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
---
No changes from the RFC version.
---
drivers/idle/intel_idle.c | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c b/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c
index a072b84d9595..26fe383bb921 100644
--- a/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c
+++ b/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c
@@ -1138,6 +1138,10 @@ static bool intel_idle_max_cstate_reached(int cstate)
#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR_CSTATE
#include <acpi/processor.h>
+static bool no_acpi __read_mostly;
+module_param(no_acpi, bool, 0444);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(no_acpi, "Do not use ACPI _CST for building the idle states list");
+
static struct acpi_processor_power acpi_state_table;
/**
@@ -1167,6 +1171,11 @@ static bool intel_idle_acpi_cst_extract(void)
{
unsigned int cpu;
+ if (no_acpi) {
+ pr_debug("Not allowed to use ACPI _CST\n");
+ return false;
+ }
+
for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
struct acpi_processor *pr = per_cpu(processors, cpu);
--
2.16.4
