Commit-ID: ff6f2d29bd31cdfa1ac494a8b26d2af8ba887d59 Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/ff6f2d29bd31cdfa1ac494a8b26d2af8ba887d59 Author: Preeti U Murthy <[email protected]> AuthorDate: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 16:27:25 +0530 Committer: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]> CommitDate: Fri, 30 Jan 2015 19:38:52 +0100
sched/idle: Add missing checks to the exit condition of cpu_idle_poll() cpu_idle_poll() is entered into when either the cpu_idle_force_poll is set or tick_check_broadcast_expired() returns true. The exit condition from cpu_idle_poll() is tif_need_resched(). However this does not take into account scenarios where cpu_idle_force_poll changes or tick_check_broadcast_expired() returns false, without setting the resched flag. So a cpu will be caught in cpu_idle_poll() needlessly, thereby wasting power. Add an explicit check on cpu_idle_force_poll and tick_check_broadcast_expired() to the exit condition of cpu_idle_poll() to avoid this. Signed-off-by: Preeti U Murthy <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Cc: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]> --- kernel/sched/idle.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/sched/idle.c b/kernel/sched/idle.c index c47fce7..aaf1c1d 100644 --- a/kernel/sched/idle.c +++ b/kernel/sched/idle.c @@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ static inline int cpu_idle_poll(void) rcu_idle_enter(); trace_cpu_idle_rcuidle(0, smp_processor_id()); local_irq_enable(); - while (!tif_need_resched()) + while (!tif_need_resched() && + (cpu_idle_force_poll || tick_check_broadcast_expired())) cpu_relax(); trace_cpu_idle_rcuidle(PWR_EVENT_EXIT, smp_processor_id()); rcu_idle_exit(); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
