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1 files changed, 20 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index 856d5bcae5b..f2e8c0f951d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -27,6 +27,15 @@
#include <asm/debugreg.h>
#include <asm/nmi.h>
+/*
+ * per-CPU TSS segments. Threads are completely 'soft' on Linux,
+ * no more per-task TSS's. The TSS size is kept cacheline-aligned
+ * so they are allowed to end up in the .data..cacheline_aligned
+ * section. Since TSS's are completely CPU-local, we want them
+ * on exact cacheline boundaries, to eliminate cacheline ping-pong.
+ */
+DEFINE_PER_CPU_SHARED_ALIGNED(struct tss_struct, init_tss) = INIT_TSS;
+
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned char, is_idle);
static ATOMIC_NOTIFIER_HEAD(idle_notifier);
@@ -67,10 +76,9 @@ void free_thread_xstate(struct task_struct *tsk)
fpu_free(&tsk->thread.fpu);
}
-void free_thread_info(struct thread_info *ti)
+void arch_release_task_struct(struct task_struct *tsk)
{
- free_thread_xstate(ti->task);
- free_pages((unsigned long)ti, THREAD_ORDER);
+ free_thread_xstate(tsk);
}
void arch_task_cache_init(void)
@@ -371,7 +379,7 @@ static inline void play_dead(void)
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
void enter_idle(void)
{
- percpu_write(is_idle, 1);
+ this_cpu_write(is_idle, 1);
atomic_notifier_call_chain(&idle_notifier, IDLE_START, NULL);
}
@@ -510,26 +518,6 @@ void stop_this_cpu(void *dummy)
}
}
-static void do_nothing(void *unused)
-{
-}
-
-/*
- * cpu_idle_wait - Used to ensure that all the CPUs discard old value of
- * pm_idle and update to new pm_idle value. Required while changing pm_idle
- * handler on SMP systems.
- *
- * Caller must have changed pm_idle to the new value before the call. Old
- * pm_idle value will not be used by any CPU after the return of this function.
- */
-void cpu_idle_wait(void)
-{
- smp_mb();
- /* kick all the CPUs so that they exit out of pm_idle */
- smp_call_function(do_nothing, NULL, 1);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpu_idle_wait);
-
/* Default MONITOR/MWAIT with no hints, used for default C1 state */
static void mwait_idle(void)
{
@@ -588,9 +576,17 @@ int mwait_usable(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
{
u32 eax, ebx, ecx, edx;
+ /* Use mwait if idle=mwait boot option is given */
if (boot_option_idle_override == IDLE_FORCE_MWAIT)
return 1;
+ /*
+ * Any idle= boot option other than idle=mwait means that we must not
+ * use mwait. Eg: idle=halt or idle=poll or idle=nomwait
+ */
+ if (boot_option_idle_override != IDLE_NO_OVERRIDE)
+ return 0;
+
if (c->cpuid_level < MWAIT_INFO)
return 0;