[PATCH v3 3/4] powerpc/64s: idle POWER9 can execute stop in virtual mode
Nicholas Piggin
npiggin at gmail.com
Fri Aug 25 14:30:35 AEST 2017
The hardware can execute stop in any context, and KVM does not
require real mode because siblings do not share MMU state. This
saves a switch to real-mode when going idle.
Acked-by: Gautham R. Shenoy <ego at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin at gmail.com>
---
arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_book3s.S | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_book3s.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_book3s.S
index 14e97f442167..32d65ee323a0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_book3s.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_book3s.S
@@ -195,7 +195,16 @@ pnv_powersave_common:
std r5,_CCR(r1)
std r1,PACAR1(r13)
+BEGIN_FTR_SECTION
+ /*
+ * POWER9 does not require real mode to stop, and presently does not
+ * set hwthread_state for KVM (threads don't share MMU context), so
+ * we can remain in virtual mode for this.
+ */
+ bctr
+END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_ARCH_300)
/*
+ * POWER8
* Go to real mode to do the nap, as required by the architecture.
* Also, we need to be in real mode before setting hwthread_state,
* because as soon as we do that, another thread can switch
--
2.13.3
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