[PATCH 1/2] sched / idle: Drop default_idle_call() fallback from call_cpuidle()

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Fri Jan 15 2016 - 18:57:39 EST


From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>

After commit 9c4b2867ed7c (cpuidle: menu: Fix menu_select() for
CPUIDLE_DRIVER_STATE_START == 0) it is clear that menu_select()
cannot return negative values. Moreover, ladder_select_state()
will never return a negative value too, so make find_deepest_state()
return non-negative values too and drop the default_idle_call()
fallback from call_cpuidle().

This eliminates one branch from the idle loop and makes the governors
and find_deepest_state() handle the case when all states have been
disabled from sysfs consistently.

Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
---

Note: Commit 9c4b2867ed7c (cpuidle: menu: Fix menu_select() for
CPUIDLE_DRIVER_STATE_START == 0) is in linux-next only ATM.

---
drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c | 6 +++---
kernel/sched/idle.c | 6 ------
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

Index: linux-pm/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c
===================================================================
--- linux-pm.orig/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c
+++ linux-pm/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ static int find_deepest_state(struct cpu
bool freeze)
{
unsigned int latency_req = 0;
- int i, ret = -ENXIO;
+ int i, ret = 0;

- for (i = 0; i < drv->state_count; i++) {
+ for (i = 1; i < drv->state_count; i++) {
struct cpuidle_state *s = &drv->states[i];
struct cpuidle_state_usage *su = &dev->states_usage[i];

@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ int cpuidle_enter_state(struct cpuidle_d
* @drv: the cpuidle driver
* @dev: the cpuidle device
*
- * Returns the index of the idle state.
+ * Returns the index of the idle state. The return value must not be negative.
*/
int cpuidle_select(struct cpuidle_driver *drv, struct cpuidle_device *dev)
{
Index: linux-pm/kernel/sched/idle.c
===================================================================
--- linux-pm.orig/kernel/sched/idle.c
+++ linux-pm/kernel/sched/idle.c
@@ -97,12 +97,6 @@ void default_idle_call(void)
static int call_cpuidle(struct cpuidle_driver *drv, struct cpuidle_device *dev,
int next_state)
{
- /* Fall back to the default arch idle method on errors. */
- if (next_state < 0) {
- default_idle_call();
- return next_state;
- }
-
/*
* The idle task must be scheduled, it is pointless to go to idle, just
* update no idle residency and return.