x86 idle: remove mwait_idle() and "idle=mwait" cmdline param

mwait_idle() is a C1-only idle loop intended to be more efficient
than HLT, starting on Pentium-4 HT-enabled processors.

But mwait_idle() has been replaced by the more general
mwait_idle_with_hints(), which handles both C1 and deeper C-states.
ACPI processor_idle and intel_idle use only mwait_idle_with_hints(),
and no longer use mwait_idle().

Here we simplify the x86 native idle code by removing mwait_idle(),
and the "idle=mwait" bootparam used to invoke it.

Since Linux 3.0 there has been a boot-time warning when "idle=mwait"
was invoked saying it would be removed in 2012.  This removal
was also noted in the (now removed:-) feature-removal-schedule.txt.

After this change, kernels configured with
(CONFIG_ACPI=n && CONFIG_INTEL_IDLE=n) when run on hardware
that supports MWAIT will simply use HLT.  If MWAIT is desired
on those systems, cpuidle and the cpuidle drivers above
can be enabled.

Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Cc: x86@kernel.org

Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt

@@ -1039,16 +1039,11 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 			Claim all unknown PCI IDE storage controllers.
 
 	idle=		[X86]
-			Format: idle=poll, idle=mwait, idle=halt, idle=nomwait
+			Format: idle=poll, idle=halt, idle=nomwait
 			Poll forces a polling idle loop that can slightly
 			improve the performance of waking up a idle CPU, but
 			will use a lot of power and make the system run hot.
 			Not recommended.
-			idle=mwait: On systems which support MONITOR/MWAIT but
-			the kernel chose to not use it because it doesn't save
-			as much power as a normal idle loop, use the
-			MONITOR/MWAIT idle loop anyways. Performance should be
-			the same as idle=poll.
 			idle=halt: Halt is forced to be used for CPU idle.
 			In such case C2/C3 won't be used again.
 			idle=nomwait: Disable mwait for CPU C-states

arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h

@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ extern unsigned long		boot_option_idle_override;
 extern bool			amd_e400_c1e_detected;
 
 enum idle_boot_override {IDLE_NO_OVERRIDE=0, IDLE_HALT, IDLE_NOMWAIT,
-			 IDLE_POLL, IDLE_FORCE_MWAIT};
+			 IDLE_POLL};
 
 extern void enable_sep_cpu(void);
 extern int sysenter_setup(void);

arch/x86/kernel/process.c

@@ -421,27 +421,6 @@ void stop_this_cpu(void *dummy)
 	}
 }
 
-/* Default MONITOR/MWAIT with no hints, used for default C1 state */
-static void mwait_idle(void)
-{
-	if (!need_resched()) {
-		trace_power_start_rcuidle(POWER_CSTATE, 1, smp_processor_id());
-		trace_cpu_idle_rcuidle(1, smp_processor_id());
-		if (this_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_CLFLUSH_MONITOR))
-			clflush((void *)&current_thread_info()->flags);
-
-		__monitor((void *)&current_thread_info()->flags, 0, 0);
-		smp_mb();
-		if (!need_resched())
-			__sti_mwait(0, 0);
-		else
-			local_irq_enable();
-		trace_power_end_rcuidle(smp_processor_id());
-		trace_cpu_idle_rcuidle(PWR_EVENT_EXIT, smp_processor_id());
-	} else
-		local_irq_enable();
-}
-
 /*
  * On SMP it's slightly faster (but much more power-consuming!)
  * to poll the ->work.need_resched flag instead of waiting for the
@@ -458,53 +437,6 @@ static void poll_idle(void)
 	trace_cpu_idle_rcuidle(PWR_EVENT_EXIT, smp_processor_id());
 }
 
-/*
- * mwait selection logic:
- *
- * It depends on the CPU. For AMD CPUs that support MWAIT this is
- * wrong. Family 0x10 and 0x11 CPUs will enter C1 on HLT. Powersavings
- * then depend on a clock divisor and current Pstate of the core. If
- * all cores of a processor are in halt state (C1) the processor can
- * enter the C1E (C1 enhanced) state. If mwait is used this will never
- * happen.
- *
- * idle=mwait overrides this decision and forces the usage of mwait.
- */
-
-#define MWAIT_INFO			0x05
-#define MWAIT_ECX_EXTENDED_INFO		0x01
-#define MWAIT_EDX_C1			0xf0
-
-int mwait_usable(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
-{
-	u32 eax, ebx, ecx, edx;
-
-	/* Use mwait if idle=mwait boot option is given */
-	if (boot_option_idle_override == IDLE_FORCE_MWAIT)
-		return 1;
-
-	/*
-	 * Any idle= boot option other than idle=mwait means that we must not
-	 * use mwait. Eg: idle=halt or idle=poll or idle=nomwait
-	 */
-	if (boot_option_idle_override != IDLE_NO_OVERRIDE)
-		return 0;
-
-	if (c->cpuid_level < MWAIT_INFO)
-		return 0;
-
-	cpuid(MWAIT_INFO, &eax, &ebx, &ecx, &edx);
-	/* Check, whether EDX has extended info about MWAIT */
-	if (!(ecx & MWAIT_ECX_EXTENDED_INFO))
-		return 1;
-
-	/*
-	 * edx enumeratios MONITOR/MWAIT extensions. Check, whether
-	 * C1  supports MWAIT
-	 */
-	return (edx & MWAIT_EDX_C1);
-}
-
 bool amd_e400_c1e_detected;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(amd_e400_c1e_detected);
 
@@ -576,13 +508,7 @@ void __cpuinit select_idle_routine(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 	if (pm_idle)
 		return;
 
-	if (cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_MWAIT) && mwait_usable(c)) {
+	if (cpu_has_amd_erratum(amd_erratum_400)) {
-		/*
-		 * One CPU supports mwait => All CPUs supports mwait
-		 */
-		pr_info("using mwait in idle threads\n");
-		pm_idle = mwait_idle;
-	} else if (cpu_has_amd_erratum(amd_erratum_400)) {
 		/* E400: APIC timer interrupt does not wake up CPU from C1e */
 		pr_info("using AMD E400 aware idle routine\n");
 		pm_idle = amd_e400_idle;
@@ -606,9 +532,6 @@ static int __init idle_setup(char *str)
 		pr_info("using polling idle threads\n");
 		pm_idle = poll_idle;
 		boot_option_idle_override = IDLE_POLL;
-	} else if (!strcmp(str, "mwait")) {
-		boot_option_idle_override = IDLE_FORCE_MWAIT;
-		WARN_ONCE(1, "\"idle=mwait\" will be removed in 2012\n");
 	} else if (!strcmp(str, "halt")) {
 		/*
 		 * When the boot option of idle=halt is added, halt is

arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c

@@ -1369,7 +1369,7 @@ static inline void mwait_play_dead(void)
 	void *mwait_ptr;
 	struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = __this_cpu_ptr(&cpu_info);
 
-	if (!(this_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_MWAIT) && mwait_usable(c)))
+	if (!this_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_MWAIT))
 		return;
 	if (!this_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_CLFLSH))
 		return;

drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c

@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct cpuidle_device *, acpi_cpuidle_device);
 static int disabled_by_idle_boot_param(void)
 {
 	return boot_option_idle_override == IDLE_POLL ||
-		boot_option_idle_override == IDLE_FORCE_MWAIT ||
 		boot_option_idle_override == IDLE_HALT;
 }