@@ -198,6 +198,11 @@ driver ignore the system's ACPI tables entirely or use them for all of the
recognized processor models, respectively (they both are unset by default and
``use_acpi`` has no effect if ``no_acpi`` is set).
+The ``use_acpi_cst`` module parameter (recognized by ``intel_idle`` if the
+kernel has been configured with ACPI support) can be set to make the driver
+ignore the per cpu idle states in lieu of ACPI idle states. ``use_acpi_cst``
+has no effect if ``no_acpi`` is set).
+
The value of the ``states_off`` module parameter (0 by default) represents a
list of idle states to be disabled by default in the form of a bitmask.
@@ -1695,6 +1695,10 @@ static bool force_use_acpi __read_mostly; /* No effect if no_acpi is set. */
module_param_named(use_acpi, force_use_acpi, bool, 0444);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(use_acpi, "Use ACPI _CST for building the idle states list");
+static bool use_acpi_cst __read_mostly; /* No effect if no_acpi is set. */
+module_param_named(use_acpi_cst, use_acpi_cst, bool, 0444);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(use_acpi_cst, "Ignore cpu specific idle states in lieu of ACPI idle states");
+
static struct acpi_processor_power acpi_state_table __initdata;
/**
@@ -1836,6 +1840,7 @@ static bool __init intel_idle_off_by_default(unsigned int flags, u32 mwait_hint)
}
#else /* !CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR_CSTATE */
#define force_use_acpi (false)
+#define use_acpi_cst (false)
static inline bool intel_idle_acpi_cst_extract(void) { return false; }
static inline void intel_idle_init_cstates_acpi(struct cpuidle_driver *drv) { }
@@ -2328,6 +2333,12 @@ static int __init intel_idle_init(void)
pr_debug("MWAIT substates: 0x%x\n", mwait_substates);
icpu = (const struct idle_cpu *)id->driver_data;
+ if (use_acpi_cst && !no_acpi) {
+ if (icpu) {
+ pr_debug("ignoring cpu idle states\n");
+ icpu = NULL;
+ }
+ }
if (icpu) {
if (icpu->state_table)
cpuidle_state_table = icpu->state_table;
Since commit 18734958e9bf ("intel_idle: Use ACPI _CST for processor models without C-state tables")the intel_idle driver has had the ability to use the ACPI _CST to populate C-states when the processor model is not recognized. However, even when the processor model is recognized there are cases where it is useful to make the driver ignore the per cpu idle states in lieu of ACPI C-states (such as specific application performance). Add the 'use_acpi_cst' module parameter to provide this functionality (not to be confused with the 'use_acpi' module parameter which has a different function). Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@linux.intel.com> Cc: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org> Cc: David Arcari <darcari@redhat.com> Cc: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com> Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: David Arcari <darcari@redhat.com> --- Documentation/admin-guide/pm/intel_idle.rst | 5 +++++ drivers/idle/intel_idle.c | 11 +++++++++++ 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+)