On 03/22/2013 03:23 AM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <[email protected]>
> ---
[...]
> Index: linux-2.6/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle.c
> +++ linux-2.6/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle.c
> @@ -50,64 +50,30 @@ static int __init powersave_off(char *ar
>  }
>  __setup("powersave=off", powersave_off);
> 
> -/*
> - * The body of the idle task.
> - */
> -void cpu_idle(void)
> +void arch_cpu_idle(void)
>  {
> -     set_thread_flag(TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG);
> -     while (1) {
> -             tick_nohz_idle_enter();
> -             rcu_idle_enter();
> -
> -             while (!need_resched() && !cpu_should_die()) {
> -                     ppc64_runlatch_off();
> -
> -                     if (ppc_md.power_save) {
> -                             clear_thread_flag(TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG);
> -                             /*
> -                              * smp_mb is so clearing of TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG
> -                              * is ordered w.r.t. need_resched() test.
> -                              */
> -                             smp_mb();
> -                             local_irq_disable();
> -
> -                             /* Don't trace irqs off for idle */
> -                             stop_critical_timings();
> -
> -                             /* check again after disabling irqs */
> -                             if (!need_resched() && !cpu_should_die())
> -                                     ppc_md.power_save();
> -
> -                             start_critical_timings();
> -
> -                             /* Some power_save functions return with
> -                              * interrupts enabled, some don't.
> -                              */
> -                             if (irqs_disabled())
> -                                     local_irq_enable();
> -                             set_thread_flag(TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG);
> -
> -                     } else {
> -                             /*
> -                              * Go into low thread priority and possibly
> -                              * low power mode.
> -                              */
> -                             HMT_low();
> -                             HMT_very_low();
> -                     }
> -             }
> -
> -             HMT_medium();
> -             ppc64_runlatch_on();
> -             rcu_idle_exit();
> -             tick_nohz_idle_exit();
> -             if (cpu_should_die()) {
> -                     sched_preempt_enable_no_resched();
> -                     cpu_die();
> -             }
> -             schedule_preempt_disabled();
> +     ppc64_runlatch_off();
> +
> +     if (ppc_md.power_save) {
> +             ppc_md.power_save();
> +             /*
> +              * Some power_save functions return with
> +              * interrupts enabled, some don't.
> +              */
> +             if (irqs_disabled())
> +                     local_irq_enable();
> +     } else {
> +             local_irq_enable();
> +             /*
> +              * Go into low thread priority and possibly
> +              * low power mode.
> +              */
> +             HMT_low();
> +             HMT_very_low();
>       }
> +
> +     HMT_medium();
> +     ppc64_runlatch_on();
>  }
> 


The call to cpu_die() seems to be missing. And considering this commit,

commit a7c2bb8279d20d853e43c34584eaf2b039de8026
Author: Signed-off-by: Darren Hart <[email protected]>
Date:   Wed Aug 4 18:28:33 2010 +0000

    powerpc: Re-enable preemption before cpu_die()

we need to call it with preempt enabled. So how about folding the
following diff with this patch?


diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle.c
index b751baa..e434fb9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle.c
@@ -33,11 +33,6 @@
 #include <asm/runlatch.h>
 #include <asm/smp.h>
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
-#define cpu_should_die()       cpu_is_offline(smp_processor_id())
-#else
-#define cpu_should_die()       0
-#endif
 
 unsigned long cpuidle_disable = IDLE_NO_OVERRIDE;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpuidle_disable);
@@ -50,6 +45,12 @@ static int __init powersave_off(char *arg)
 }
 __setup("powersave=off", powersave_off);
 
+void arch_cpu_idle_dead(void)
+{
+       sched_preempt_enable_no_resched();
+       cpu_die();
+}
+
 void arch_cpu_idle(void)
 {
        ppc64_runlatch_off();

 
Regards,
Srivatsa S. Bhat

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