Re: [PATCH v4 1/4] powernv:idle: Add IDLE_STATE_ENTER_SEQ_NORET macro

From: Balbir Singh
Date: Tue Dec 13 2016 - 05:13:55 EST




On 10/12/16 00:32, Gautham R. Shenoy wrote:
> From: "Gautham R. Shenoy" <ego@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Currently all the low-power idle states are expected to wake up
> at reset vector 0x100. Which is why the macro IDLE_STATE_ENTER_SEQ
> that puts the CPU to an idle state and never returns.
>
> On ISA_300, when the ESL and EC bits in the PSSCR are zero, the
> CPU is expected to wake up at the next instruction of the idle
> instruction.
>
> This patch adds a new macro named IDLE_STATE_ENTER_SEQ_NORET for the
> no-return variant and reuses the name IDLE_STATE_ENTER_SEQ
> for a variant that allows resuming operation at the instruction next
> to the idle-instruction.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gautham R. Shenoy <ego@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/powerpc/include/asm/cpuidle.h | 5 ++++-
> arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S | 6 +++---
> arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_book3s.S | 10 +++++-----
> 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cpuidle.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cpuidle.h
> index 3919332..0a3255b 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cpuidle.h
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cpuidle.h
> @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
>
> /* Idle state entry routines */
> #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_P7_NAP
> -#define IDLE_STATE_ENTER_SEQ(IDLE_INST) \
> +#define IDLE_STATE_ENTER_SEQ(IDLE_INST) \
> /* Magic NAP/SLEEP/WINKLE mode enter sequence */ \
> std r0,0(r1); \
> ptesync; \
> @@ -29,6 +29,9 @@
> 1: cmpd cr0,r0,r0; \
> bne 1b; \
> IDLE_INST; \
> +

Is the power saving magic sequence the same as before for power 9
as well?

Balbir Singh