From 718be4aaf3613cf7c2d097f925abc3d3553c0605 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:54:27 -0400
Subject: ACPI: skip checking BM_STS if the BIOS doesn't ask for it

It turns out that there is a bit in the _CST for Intel FFH C3
that tells the OS if we should be checking BM_STS or not.

Linux has been unconditionally checking BM_STS.
If the chip-set is configured to enable BM_STS,
it can retard or completely prevent entry into
deep C-states -- as illustrated by turbostat:

http://userweb.kernel.org/~lenb/acpi/utils/pmtools/turbostat/

ref: Intel Processor Vendor-Specific ACPI Interface Specification
table 4 "_CST FFH GAS Field Encoding"
Bit 1: Set to 1 if OSPM should use Bus Master avoidance for this C-state

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15886

Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
---
 drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'drivers')

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
index b1b385692f4..b351342f1fa 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ static int acpi_idle_enter_bm(struct cpuidle_device *dev,
 	if (acpi_idle_suspend)
 		return(acpi_idle_enter_c1(dev, state));
 
-	if (acpi_idle_bm_check()) {
+	if (!cx->bm_sts_skip && acpi_idle_bm_check()) {
 		if (dev->safe_state) {
 			dev->last_state = dev->safe_state;
 			return dev->safe_state->enter(dev, dev->safe_state);
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