[tip: x86/cpu] x86/acpi/cstate: Optimize ARB_DISABLE on Centaur CPUs

From: tip-bot2 for Tony W Wang-oc
Date: Fri Nov 11 2022 - 12:50:12 EST


The following commit has been merged into the x86/cpu branch of tip:

Commit-ID: dacca1e5e75d7c1297f1334cdc10491dcdd1b2b8
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/dacca1e5e75d7c1297f1334cdc10491dcdd1b2b8
Author: Tony W Wang-oc <TonyWWang-oc@xxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Mon, 07 Nov 2022 11:34:49 +08:00
Committer: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Fri, 11 Nov 2022 09:42:05 -08:00

x86/acpi/cstate: Optimize ARB_DISABLE on Centaur CPUs

On all recent Centaur platforms, ARB_DISABLE is handled by PMU
automatically while entering C3 type state. No need for OS to
issue the ARB_DISABLE, so set bm_control to zero to indicate that.

Signed-off-by: Tony W Wang-oc <TonyWWang-oc@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/1667792089-4904-1-git-send-email-TonyWWang-oc%40zhaoxin.com
---
arch/x86/kernel/acpi/cstate.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/cstate.c b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/cstate.c
index 7945eae..401808b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/cstate.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/cstate.c
@@ -52,17 +52,25 @@ 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;
- /*
- * For all recent Centaur CPUs, the ucode will make sure that each
- * core can keep cache coherence with each other while entering C3
- * type state. So, set bm_check to 1 to indicate that the kernel
- * doesn't need to execute a cache flush operation (WBINVD) when
- * entering C3 type state.
- */
+
if (c->x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_CENTAUR) {
if (c->x86 > 6 || (c->x86 == 6 && c->x86_model == 0x0f &&
- c->x86_stepping >= 0x0e))
+ c->x86_stepping >= 0x0e)) {
+ /*
+ * For all recent Centaur CPUs, the ucode will make sure that each
+ * core can keep cache coherence with each other while entering C3
+ * type state. So, set bm_check to 1 to indicate that the kernel
+ * doesn't need to execute a cache flush operation (WBINVD) when
+ * entering C3 type state.
+ */
flags->bm_check = 1;
+ /*
+ * For all recent Centaur platforms, ARB_DISABLE is a nop.
+ * Set bm_control to zero to indicate that ARB_DISABLE is
+ * not required while entering C3 type state.
+ */
+ flags->bm_control = 0;
+ }
}

if (c->x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_ZHAOXIN) {