From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1164648AbeCBENX (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Mar 2018 23:13:23 -0500 Received: from zxshcas1.zhaoxin.com ([180.169.121.91]:48863 "EHLO ZXSHCAS1.zhaoxin.com" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1164198AbeCBENW (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Mar 2018 23:13:22 -0500 From: David Wang To: , , , , , , , , CC: , , , , , , , , David Wang Subject: [PATCH] Delete some unusefull operations for centaur CPU/platform Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2018 12:11:48 +0800 Message-ID: <1519963908-4359-1-git-send-email-davidwang@zhaoxin.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.9.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Originating-IP: [10.29.8.93] X-ClientProxiedBy: zxbjmbx1.zhaoxin.com (10.29.252.163) To zxbjmbx3.zhaoxin.com (10.29.252.165) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org For Centaur CPU, the ucode will make sure that each CPU core can keep cache coherency with each other when the CPU core entering to any C state. So the cache flush operations when enter C3 is not necessary and will cause large C3 enter/exit latency. And the bus master disable operation when CPU core entering C3 state is not needed too. Because the chipset will automatically do this operation. Signed-off-by: David Wang --- arch/x86/kernel/acpi/cstate.c | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/cstate.c b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/cstate.c index dde437f..1cd357b 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/cstate.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/cstate.c @@ -51,6 +51,18 @@ void acpi_processor_power_init_bm_check(struct acpi_processor_flags *flags, if (c->x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_INTEL && (c->x86 > 0xf || (c->x86 == 6 && c->x86_model >= 0x0f))) flags->bm_control = 0; + + if (c->x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_CENTAUR) { + /* + * on all centaur CPUs, sw need not execute cache flush operation + * when entering C3 type State. + * + * On all Centaur platforms, sw need not execute ARB_DISABLE while + * entering C3 type state. + */ + flags->bm_check = 1; + flags->bm_control = 0; + } } EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_processor_power_init_bm_check); -- 1.9.1