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author | kfraser@localhost.localdomain <kfraser@localhost.localdomain> | 2007-01-03 14:08:42 +0000 |
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committer | kfraser@localhost.localdomain <kfraser@localhost.localdomain> | 2007-01-03 14:08:42 +0000 |
commit | 0550678b74b1afac96ff8e823bf50b436f66dc57 (patch) | |
tree | fdff9abbc9543e8e9022f02a2c1084ff9ba9672a | |
parent | 49f1cd42a181a4123c28e8262bc3c219e2dc74d4 (diff) | |
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[LINUX] Implement the idle=poll option in the kernel when running on Xen.
This causes the kernel to use a polling loop rather than hypercall
down to block. I have found this useful to profile the amount of sleep
cycles when using xenoprof, there may be other uses.
Signed-off-by: Amitabha Roy <amitabha.roy@gmail.com>
-rw-r--r-- | linux-2.6-xen-sparse/arch/i386/kernel/process-xen.c | 43 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | linux-2.6-xen-sparse/arch/x86_64/kernel/process-xen.c | 45 |
2 files changed, 76 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/linux-2.6-xen-sparse/arch/i386/kernel/process-xen.c b/linux-2.6-xen-sparse/arch/i386/kernel/process-xen.c index e6724a00b1..00a8d8a8eb 100644 --- a/linux-2.6-xen-sparse/arch/i386/kernel/process-xen.c +++ b/linux-2.6-xen-sparse/arch/i386/kernel/process-xen.c @@ -101,8 +101,24 @@ void enable_hlt(void) EXPORT_SYMBOL(enable_hlt); -/* XXX XEN doesn't use default_idle(), poll_idle(). Use xen_idle() instead. */ -void xen_idle(void) +/* + * On SMP it's slightly faster (but much more power-consuming!) + * to poll the ->work.need_resched flag instead of waiting for the + * cross-CPU IPI to arrive. Use this option with caution. + */ +static void poll_idle(void) +{ + local_irq_enable(); + + asm volatile( + "2:" + "testl %0, %1;" + "rep; nop;" + "je 2b;" + : : "i"(_TIF_NEED_RESCHED), "m" (current_thread_info()->flags)); +} + +static void xen_idle(void) { local_irq_disable(); @@ -162,7 +178,7 @@ void cpu_idle(void) play_dead(); __get_cpu_var(irq_stat).idle_timestamp = jiffies; - xen_idle(); + pm_idle(); } preempt_enable_no_resched(); schedule(); @@ -198,9 +214,24 @@ void cpu_idle_wait(void) } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpu_idle_wait); -/* XXX XEN doesn't use mwait_idle(), select_idle_routine(), idle_setup(). */ -/* Always use xen_idle() instead. */ -void __devinit select_idle_routine(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c) {} +void __devinit select_idle_routine(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c) +{ + if (!pm_idle) + pm_idle = xen_idle; +} + +static int __init idle_setup (char *str) +{ + if (!strncmp(str, "poll", 4)) { + printk("using polling idle threads.\n"); + pm_idle = poll_idle; + } + + boot_option_idle_override = 1; + return 1; +} + +__setup("idle=", idle_setup); void show_regs(struct pt_regs * regs) { diff --git a/linux-2.6-xen-sparse/arch/x86_64/kernel/process-xen.c b/linux-2.6-xen-sparse/arch/x86_64/kernel/process-xen.c index 65ba83c625..c12ebe0e01 100644 --- a/linux-2.6-xen-sparse/arch/x86_64/kernel/process-xen.c +++ b/linux-2.6-xen-sparse/arch/x86_64/kernel/process-xen.c @@ -119,8 +119,26 @@ void exit_idle(void) __exit_idle(); } -/* XXX XEN doesn't use default_idle(), poll_idle(). Use xen_idle() instead. */ -void xen_idle(void) +/* + * On SMP it's slightly faster (but much more power-consuming!) + * to poll the ->need_resched flag instead of waiting for the + * cross-CPU IPI to arrive. Use this option with caution. + */ +static void poll_idle(void) +{ + local_irq_enable(); + + asm volatile( + "2:" + "testl %0,%1;" + "rep; nop;" + "je 2b;" + : : + "i" (_TIF_NEED_RESCHED), + "m" (current_thread_info()->flags)); +} + +static void xen_idle(void) { local_irq_disable(); @@ -171,7 +189,7 @@ void cpu_idle (void) if (cpu_is_offline(smp_processor_id())) play_dead(); enter_idle(); - xen_idle(); + pm_idle(); __exit_idle(); } @@ -210,9 +228,24 @@ void cpu_idle_wait(void) } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpu_idle_wait); -/* XXX XEN doesn't use mwait_idle(), select_idle_routine(), idle_setup(). */ -/* Always use xen_idle() instead. */ -void __cpuinit select_idle_routine(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c) {} +void __cpuinit select_idle_routine(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c) +{ + if (!pm_idle) + pm_idle = xen_idle; +} + +static int __init idle_setup (char *str) +{ + if (!strncmp(str, "poll", 4)) { + printk("using polling idle threads.\n"); + pm_idle = poll_idle; + } + + boot_option_idle_override = 1; + return 1; +} + +__setup("idle=", idle_setup); /* Prints also some state that isn't saved in the pt_regs */ void __show_regs(struct pt_regs * regs) |