From: Len Brown <len.brown@xxxxxxxxx>
mwait_idle() is a C1-only idle loop intended to be more efficient
than HLT on SMP hardware that supports it.
But mwait_idle() has been replaced by the more general
mwait_idle_with_hints(), which handles both C1 and deeper C-states.
ACPI uses only mwait_idle_with_hints(), and never uses mwait_idle().
Deprecate mwait_idle() and the "idle=mwait" cmdline param
to simplify the x86 idle code.
After this change, kernels configured with
(!CONFIG_ACPI=n && !CONFIG_INTEL_IDLE=n) when run on hardware
that support MWAIT will simply use HLT. If MWAIT is desired
on those systems, cpuidle and the cpuidle drivers above
can be used.
cc: x86@xxxxxxxxxx
cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx # .39.x
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 7 +++++++
arch/x86/kernel/process.c | 1 +
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index f1b0eb0..13f0bb3 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@ Who: Len Brown <len.brown@xxxxxxxxx>
----------------------------
+What: x86 "idle=mwait" cmdline param
+When: 2012
+Why: simplify x86 idle code
+Who: Len Brown <len.brown@xxxxxxxxx>
+
+----------------------------
+
What: PRISM54
When: 2.6.34
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index 84f3cda..8fb1829 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -645,6 +645,7 @@ static int __init idle_setup(char *str)
boot_option_idle_override = IDLE_POLL;
} else if (!strcmp(str, "mwait")) {
boot_option_idle_override = IDLE_FORCE_MWAIT;
+ WARN_ONCE(1, "\idle=mwait\" will be removed in 2012\"\n");
} else if (!strcmp(str, "halt")) {
/*
* When the boot option of idle=halt is added, halt is
--
1.7.5.3.367.ga9930.dirty
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