Re: [PATCH 1/2][v2] cpuidle-haltpoll: Replace default_idle with arch_cpu_idle

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Wed, Dec 7, 2022 at 1:42 PM <lirongqing@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Li RongQing <lirongqing@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> When KVM guest has MWAIT and mwait_idle is used as default idle function,
> but once cpuidle-haltpoll is loaded, default_idle in default_enter_idle is
> used, which is using HLT, and cause a performance regression. As the commit
> aebef63cf7ff ("x86: Remove vendor checks from prefer_mwait_c1_over_halt")
> explains that mwait is preferred
>
> so replace default_idle with arch_cpu_idle which can using MWAIT
> optimization.
>
> latency of sockperf ping-pong localhost test is reduced by more 20%
> unixbench has 5% performance improvements for single core
>
> Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Li RongQing <lirongqing@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/process.c          | 1 +
>  drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-haltpoll.c | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
> index c21b734..303afad 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
> @@ -721,6 +721,7 @@ void arch_cpu_idle(void)
>  {
>         x86_idle();
>  }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(arch_cpu_idle);

Why do you need this export at all?

>
>  /*
>   * We use this if we don't have any better idle routine..
> diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-haltpoll.c b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-haltpoll.c
> index 3a39a7f..e66df22 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-haltpoll.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-haltpoll.c
> @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ static int default_enter_idle(struct cpuidle_device *dev,
>                 local_irq_enable();
>                 return index;
>         }
> -       default_idle();
> +       arch_cpu_idle();
>         return index;
>  }
>
> --
> 2.9.4
>