[Xen-devel] [PATCH]ACPI: re-enable mwait for xen cpuidle

["Wei, Gang" <gang.wei@xxxxxxxxx>]

I suggest including this patch in Xen 4.0 release. It is quite straightforward, 
and make sure the better and widely equipped cpu idle entry method MWAIT is 
used by xen if available.

BTW, can we consider re-open MWAIT freature for dom0 in xen hypervisor? We can 
discuss it post 4.0. 

Jimmy

ACPI: re-enable mwait for xen cpuidle

Xen hypervisor doesn't export mwait feature to dom0, but latest Linux kernel 
start to check this feature while initializing _PDC object. Bypass such check 
in pv-ops case to re-enable mwait for xen cpuidle.

Signed-off-by: Wei Gang <gang.wei@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Yu Ke <ke.yu@xxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/processor.c b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/processor.c
index 8c9526d..d88866c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/processor.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/processor.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ static void init_intel_pdc(struct acpi_processor *pr, struct 
cpuinfo_x86 *c)
        /*
         * If mwait/monitor is unsupported, C2/C3_FFH will be disabled
         */
-       if (!cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_MWAIT))
+       if (!cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_MWAIT) && !xen_initial_domain())
                buf[2] &= ~(ACPI_PDC_C_C2C3_FFH);
 
        obj->type = ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER;
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
index 22baf4c..0a81637 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
@@ -419,7 +419,8 @@ static int acpi_processor_get_power_info_cst(struct 
acpi_processor *pr)
                                cx.entry_method = ACPI_CSTATE_HALT;
                                snprintf(cx.desc, ACPI_CX_DESC_LEN, "ACPI HLT");
                        } else {
-                               continue;
+                               if (!xen_initial_domain())
+                                       continue;
                        }
                        if (cx.type == ACPI_STATE_C1 &&
                                        (idle_halt || idle_nomwait)) {

re-enable-mwait_pv-ops-dom0.patch
Description: re-enable-mwait_pv-ops-dom0.patch

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