Re: [PATCH 1/2] cpuidle: Don't pass any values to cpuidle_not_available

From: Kazuki Hashimoto
Date: Tue Jul 11 2023 - 14:48:33 EST


on oue, Jul 11, 2023 at 09:42:31AM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 11, 2023 at 02:54:21PM +0900, Kazuki Hashimoto wrote:
> > There's no reason to pass any values to cpuidle_not_available() as the
> > function works standalone. Since we're planning to use the function in
> > other places, make it so to avoid code duplication.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Kazuki Hashimoto <kazukih0205@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c | 6 ++++--
> > include/linux/cpuidle.h | 6 ++----
> > kernel/sched/idle.c | 2 +-
> > 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c
> > index 737a026ef58a..c9ba51e0fa38 100644
> > --- a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c
> > +++ b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c
> > @@ -49,9 +49,11 @@ void disable_cpuidle(void)
> > off = 1;
> > }
> >
> > -bool cpuidle_not_available(struct cpuidle_driver *drv,
> > - struct cpuidle_device *dev)
> > +bool cpuidle_not_available(void)
> > {
> > + struct cpuidle_device *dev = cpuidle_get_device();
> > + struct cpuidle_driver *drv = cpuidle_get_cpu_driver(dev);
> > +
> > return off || !initialized || !drv || !dev || !dev->enabled;
> > }
>
> It appears to me these are a lot of conditions to check *every* time we
> go idle -- especially since they hardly, if ever, change.
>
> Can't cpuidle track all this in a single global variable, preferably as
> a static_key ?
I don't think so? I'll drop this one though since it adds unnecesary
overhead.

Thanks,
Kazuki