ACPI: Disable ARB_DISABLE on platforms where it is not needed
ARB_DISABLE is a NOP on all of the recent Intel platforms.
For such platforms, reduce contention on c3_lock
by skipping the fake ARB_DISABLE.
Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/cstate.c b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/cstate.c
index bbbe4bb..8c44c23 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/cstate.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/cstate.c
@@ -34,12 +34,22 @@
flags->bm_check = 1;
else if (c->x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_INTEL) {
/*
- * Today all CPUs that support C3 share cache.
- * TBD: This needs to look at cache shared map, once
- * multi-core detection patch makes to the base.
+ * Today all MP CPUs that support C3 share cache.
+ * And caches should not be flushed by software while
+ * entering C3 type state.
*/
flags->bm_check = 1;
}
+
+ /*
+ * On all recent Intel platforms, ARB_DISABLE is a nop.
+ * So, set bm_control to zero to indicate that ARB_DISABLE
+ * is not required while entering C3 type state on
+ * P4, Core and beyond CPUs
+ */
+ if (c->x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_INTEL &&
+ (c->x86 > 0x6 || (c->x86 == 6 && c->x86_model >= 14)))
+ flags->bm_control = 0;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_processor_power_init_bm_check);