linux/arch/arm64/kernel/cpuidle.c
Jisheng Zhang b5fda7ed5c arm64: cpuidle: make arm_cpuidle_suspend() a bit more efficient
Currently, we check two pointers: cpu_ops and cpu_suspend on every idle
state entry. These pointers check can be avoided:

If cpu_ops has not been registered, arm_cpuidle_init() will return
-EOPNOTSUPP, so arm_cpuidle_suspend() will never have chance to
run. In other word, the cpu_ops check can be avoid.

Similarly, the cpu_suspend check could be avoided in this hot path by
moving it into arm_cpuidle_init().

I measured the 4096 * time from arm_cpuidle_suspend entry point to the
cpu_psci_cpu_suspend entry point. HW platform is Marvell BG4CT STB
board.

1. only one shell, no other process, hot-unplug secondary cpus, execute
the following cmd

while true
do
	sleep 0.2
done

before the patch: 1581220ns

after the patch: 1579630ns

reduced by 0.1%

2. only one shell, no other process, hot-unplug secondary cpus, execute
the following cmd

while true
do
	md5sum /tmp/testfile
	sleep 0.2
done

NOTE: the testfile size should be larger than L1+L2 cache size

before the patch: 1961960ns
after the patch: 1912500ns

reduced by 2.5%

So the more complex the system load, the bigger the improvement.

Signed-off-by: Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@marvell.com>
Acked-by: Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
2016-04-13 14:49:23 +01:00

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/*
* ARM64 CPU idle arch support
*
* Copyright (C) 2014 ARM Ltd.
* Author: Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@arm.com>
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
* published by the Free Software Foundation.
*/
#include <linux/of.h>
#include <linux/of_device.h>
#include <asm/cpuidle.h>
#include <asm/cpu_ops.h>
int __init arm_cpuidle_init(unsigned int cpu)
{
int ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
if (cpu_ops[cpu] && cpu_ops[cpu]->cpu_suspend &&
cpu_ops[cpu]->cpu_init_idle)
ret = cpu_ops[cpu]->cpu_init_idle(cpu);
return ret;
}
/**
* cpu_suspend() - function to enter a low-power idle state
* @arg: argument to pass to CPU suspend operations
*
* Return: 0 on success, -EOPNOTSUPP if CPU suspend hook not initialized, CPU
* operations back-end error code otherwise.
*/
int arm_cpuidle_suspend(int index)
{
int cpu = smp_processor_id();
return cpu_ops[cpu]->cpu_suspend(index);
}