[PATCH] powerpc: Enable generic cpu idle-loop

From: Vaibhav Jain
Date: Fri Aug 18 2023 - 01:10:01 EST


This minor patch enables config option GENERIC_IDLE_POLL_SETUP for arch
powerpc. This should add support for kernel param 'nohlt'.

Powerpc kernel also supports another kernel boot-time param called
'powersave' which can also be used to disable all cpu idle-states and
forces CPU to an idle-loop similar to what cpu_idle_poll() does. This
patch however makes powerpc kernel-parameters better aligned to the
generic boot-time parameters.

Signed-off-by: Vaibhav Jain<vaibhav@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 2 +-
arch/powerpc/Kconfig | 1 +
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 722b6eca2e93..6b657ebafcfb 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -3738,7 +3738,7 @@

nohibernate [HIBERNATION] Disable hibernation and resume.

- nohlt [ARM,ARM64,MICROBLAZE,MIPS,SH] Forces the kernel to
+ nohlt [ARM,ARM64,MICROBLAZE,MIPS,PPC,SH] Forces the kernel to
busy wait in do_idle() and not use the arch_cpu_idle()
implementation; requires CONFIG_GENERIC_IDLE_POLL_SETUP
to be effective. This is useful on platforms where the
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 0b1172cbeccb..574661403800 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ config PPC
select GENERIC_CPU_VULNERABILITIES if PPC_BARRIER_NOSPEC
select GENERIC_EARLY_IOREMAP
select GENERIC_GETTIMEOFDAY
+ select GENERIC_IDLE_POLL_SETUP
select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW
select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW_LEVEL
select GENERIC_PCI_IOMAP if PCI
--
2.41.0