intel_idle.c

/*
 * intel_idle.c - native hardware idle loop for modern Intel processors
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2013, Intel Corporation.
 * Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 * under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License,
 * version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope it will be useful, but WITHOUT
 * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
 * more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
 * this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 * 51 Franklin St - Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
 */

/*
 * intel_idle is a cpuidle driver that loads on specific Intel processors
 * in lieu of the legacy ACPI processor_idle driver.  The intent is to
 * make Linux more efficient on these processors, as intel_idle knows
 * more than ACPI, as well as make Linux more immune to ACPI BIOS bugs.
 */

/*
 * Design Assumptions
 *
 * All CPUs have same idle states as boot CPU
 *
 * Chipset BM_STS (bus master status) bit is a NOP
 *	for preventing entry into deep C-stats
 */

/*
 * Known limitations
 *
 * The driver currently initializes for_each_online_cpu() upon modprobe.
 * It it unaware of subsequent processors hot-added to the system.
 * This means that if you boot with maxcpus=n and later online
 * processors above n, those processors will use C1 only.
 *
 * ACPI has a .suspend hack to turn off deep c-statees during suspend
 * to avoid complications with the lapic timer workaround.
 * Have not seen issues with suspend, but may need same workaround here.
 *
 * There is currently no kernel-based automatic probing/loading mechanism
 * if the driver is built as a module.
 */

/* un-comment DEBUG to enable pr_debug() statements */
#define DEBUG

#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/cpuidle.h>
#include <linux/clockchips.h>
#include <trace/events/power.h>
#include <linux/sched.h>
#include <linux/notifier.h>
#include <linux/cpu.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <asm/cpu_device_id.h>
#include <asm/mwait.h>
#include <asm/msr.h>

#define INTEL_IDLE_VERSION "0.4"
#define PREFIX "intel_idle: "