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author | Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@amd.com> | 2012-03-07 07:30:30 +0000 |
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committer | Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@amd.com> | 2012-03-07 07:30:30 +0000 |
commit | 92ba85ec925abeb25b7176d4963b3d7d4126e898 (patch) | |
tree | 875efe33230ae56437a41cda9210e4b01fb80a47 /xen | |
parent | 520cc68bac404b374596a550dbf5cf54beb30b8b (diff) | |
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x86: Use deep C states for off-lined CPUs
Currently when a core is taken off-line it is placed in C1 state
(unless MONITOR/MWAIT is used). This patch allows a core to go to
deeper C states resulting in significantly higher power savings.
Signed-off-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@amd.com>
Committed-by: Keir Fraser <keir@xen.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'xen')
-rw-r--r-- | xen/arch/x86/acpi/cpu_idle.c | 18 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/acpi/cpu_idle.c b/xen/arch/x86/acpi/cpu_idle.c index a675867f24..75593d146a 100644 --- a/xen/arch/x86/acpi/cpu_idle.c +++ b/xen/arch/x86/acpi/cpu_idle.c @@ -566,6 +566,7 @@ static void acpi_dead_idle(void) { struct acpi_processor_power *power; struct acpi_processor_cx *cx; + struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = ¤t_cpu_data; if ( (power = processor_powers[smp_processor_id()]) == NULL ) goto default_halt; @@ -601,6 +602,23 @@ static void acpi_dead_idle(void) mb(); __mwait(cx->address, 0); } + } + else if ( c->x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_AMD && + cx->entry_method == ACPI_CSTATE_EM_SYSIO ) + { + /* Intel prefers not to use SYSIO */ + + /* Avoid references to shared data after the cache flush */ + u32 address = cx->address; + u32 pmtmr_ioport_local = pmtmr_ioport; + + wbinvd(); + + while ( 1 ) + { + inb(address); + inl(pmtmr_ioport_local); + } } else if ( current_cpu_data.x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_AMD && cx->entry_method == ACPI_CSTATE_EM_SYSIO ) |