[Skiboot] [PATCH 2/8] cpu: cpu_idle_job SMT priority fix
Nicholas Piggin
npiggin at gmail.com
Sun Oct 3 12:22:04 AEDT 2021
Calling cpu_relax resets the SMT priority to medium, causing the idle
loop not to run with lowest priority. Just use barrier() instead, this
saves about 3 seconds on a SMT4 systemsim (mambo) boot.
Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin at gmail.com>
---
core/cpu.c | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/core/cpu.c b/core/cpu.c
index f58aeb27a..5c10fc6e8 100644
--- a/core/cpu.c
+++ b/core/cpu.c
@@ -547,7 +547,6 @@ void cpu_idle_job(void)
while (!cpu_check_jobs(cpu)) {
if (pm_enabled)
break;
- cpu_relax();
barrier();
}
smt_medium();
--
2.23.0
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