Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755231AbZJNGY4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:24:56 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754769AbZJNGYz (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:24:55 -0400 Received: from e28smtp07.in.ibm.com ([59.145.155.7]:41331 "EHLO e28smtp07.in.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754737AbZJNGYy (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:24:54 -0400 Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:54:12 +0530 From: Arun R Bharadwaj To: Balbir Singh Cc: Peter Zijlstra , Benjamin Herrenschmidt , Ingo Molnar , Vaidyanathan Srinivasan , Dipankar Sarma , Arjan van de Ven , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, Arun Bharadwaj Subject: Re: [v8 PATCH 1/8]: cpuidle: cleanup drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c Message-ID: <20091014062412.GB8605@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Reply-To: arun@linux.vnet.ibm.com References: <20091008094828.GA20595@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20091008094942.GB20595@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20091012113602.GC3007@balbir.in.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20091012113602.GC3007@balbir.in.ibm.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2165 Lines: 69 * Balbir Singh [2009-10-12 17:06:02]: > * Arun R B [2009-10-08 15:19:42]: > > > * Arun R Bharadwaj [2009-10-08 15:18:28]: > > > > This patch cleans up drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c > > Earlier cpuidle assumed pm_idle as the default idle loop. Break that > > assumption and make it more generic. cpuidle_idle_call() which is the > > main idle loop of cpuidle is to be called by architectures which have > > registered to cpuidle. > > > > Remove routines cpuidle_install/uninstall_idle_handler() which are not > > needed anymore. > > > > > > [snip] > > /** > > - * cpuidle_install_idle_handler - installs the cpuidle idle loop handler > > - */ > > -void cpuidle_install_idle_handler(void) > > -{ > > - if (enabled_devices && (pm_idle != cpuidle_idle_call)) { > > - /* Make sure all changes finished before we switch to new idle */ > > - smp_wmb(); > > - pm_idle = cpuidle_idle_call; > > - } > > -} > > - > > -/** > > - * cpuidle_uninstall_idle_handler - uninstalls the cpuidle idle loop handler > > - */ > > -void cpuidle_uninstall_idle_handler(void) > > -{ > > - if (enabled_devices && pm_idle_old && (pm_idle != pm_idle_old)) { > > - pm_idle = pm_idle_old; > > - cpuidle_kick_cpus(); > > - } > > -} > > - > > I see the routines above being called in from > cpuidle_pause/resume_and_lock/unlock below and they are entries from > ACPI on ACPI_PROCESSOR_NOTIFY_POWER and from the hotplug path, could > you test them to make sure they are not broken. We also seem to be > missing a cpuidle_kick_cpus() in cpuidle_pause_and_lock() > > [snip] > Hi Balbir, yes, we definitely need a cpuidle_kick_cpus() in cpuidle_pause_and_lock() since this is used while disabling the cpuidle_device and the cpus need to be kicked out of the idle states. I will test this modified code and see if it breaks hotplug. thanks, arun > -- > Balbir -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/