Re: [PATCH][RFC] PM / s2idle: Clear _TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG before suspend to idle

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Mon Jun 15 2020 - 15:32:19 EST


On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 08:40:41PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:

> > @@ -186,8 +187,10 @@ int cpuidle_enter_s2idle(struct cpuidle_driver *drv, struct cpuidle_device *dev)
> > * be frozen safely.
> > */
> > index = find_deepest_state(drv, dev, U64_MAX, 0, true);
> > - if (index > 0)
> > + if (index > 0) {
> > + __current_clr_polling();
> > enter_s2idle_proper(drv, dev, index);
> > + }
> >
> > return index;
> > }
>
> So how is that commit 08e237fa56a1 not suffient? That makes
> mwait_idle_with_hints() DTRT for this 'functionally challenged' piece of
> hardware.
>
> AFAICT intel_enter_s2idle() uses mwait_idle_with_hints().
>
> What am I missing?

What's missing is that cpuidle_enter_s2idle() doesn't properly match
call_cpuidle().

Something like so then. Your version is racy, if someone already set
TIF_NEED_RESCHED you just clear POLLING and go to sleep.

---

diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c
index c149d9e20dfd..81bee8d03c6d 100644
--- a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c
+++ b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c
@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ int cpuidle_find_deepest_state(struct cpuidle_driver *drv,
}

#ifdef CONFIG_SUSPEND
-static void enter_s2idle_proper(struct cpuidle_driver *drv,
- struct cpuidle_device *dev, int index)
+static void s2idle_enter(struct cpuidle_driver *drv,
+ struct cpuidle_device *dev, int index)
{
ktime_t time_start, time_end;

@@ -168,6 +168,15 @@ static void enter_s2idle_proper(struct cpuidle_driver *drv,
dev->states_usage[index].s2idle_usage++;
}

+static int call_s2idle(struct cpuidle_driver *drv, struct cpuidle_device *dev,
+ int index)
+{
+ if (!current_clr_polling_and_test())
+ s2idle_enter(drv, dev, index);
+
+ return index;
+}
+
/**
* cpuidle_enter_s2idle - Enter an idle state suitable for suspend-to-idle.
* @drv: cpuidle driver for the given CPU.
@@ -187,7 +196,7 @@ int cpuidle_enter_s2idle(struct cpuidle_driver *drv, struct cpuidle_device *dev)
*/
index = find_deepest_state(drv, dev, U64_MAX, 0, true);
if (index > 0)
- enter_s2idle_proper(drv, dev, index);
+ call_s2idle(drv, dev, index);

return index;
}