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[Xen-devel] [RFC PATCH 22/35] subarch suport for idle loop (NO_IDLE_HZ f

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Subject: [Xen-devel] [RFC PATCH 22/35] subarch suport for idle loop (NO_IDLE_HZ for Xen)
From: Chris Wright <chrisw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 00:00:22 -0700
Cc: virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Christian Limpach <Christian.Limpach@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Ian Pratt <ian.pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Paravirtualize the idle loop to explicitly trap to the hypervisor when
blocking, and to use the NO_IDLE_HZ functionality introduced by s390
to inform the rcu subsystem that the CPU is quiescent.

Signed-off-by: Ian Pratt <ian.pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Christian Limpach <Christian.Limpach@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/xen/Kconfig                         |    8 ++++++++
 include/asm-i386/mach-xen/setup_arch_post.h |   24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+)

--- linus-2.6.orig/drivers/xen/Kconfig
+++ linus-2.6/drivers/xen/Kconfig
@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@ config XEN
 
 if XEN
 
+config NO_IDLE_HZ
+       bool
+       default y
+       help
+         Switches the regular HZ timer off when the system is going idle.
+         This helps Xen to detect that the Linux system is idle, reducing
+         the overhead of idle systems.
+
 config XEN_SHADOW_MODE
        bool
        default y
--- linus-2.6.orig/include/asm-i386/mach-xen/setup_arch_post.h
+++ linus-2.6/include/asm-i386/mach-xen/setup_arch_post.h
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@
 
 #include <xen/interface/physdev.h>
 
+extern void stop_hz_timer(void);
+extern void start_hz_timer(void);
+
+void xen_idle(void);
+
 static char * __init machine_specific_memory_setup(void)
 {
        unsigned long max_pfn = xen_start_info->nr_pages;
@@ -65,4 +70,23 @@ static void __init machine_specific_arch
                console_use_vt = 0;
                conswitchp = NULL;
        }
+
+       pm_idle = xen_idle;
+}
+
+void xen_idle(void)
+{
+       local_irq_disable();
+
+       if (need_resched())
+               local_irq_enable();
+       else {
+               clear_thread_flag(TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG);
+               smp_mb__after_clear_bit();
+               stop_hz_timer();
+               /* Blocking includes an implicit local_irq_enable(). */
+               HYPERVISOR_sched_op(SCHEDOP_block, 0);
+               start_hz_timer();
+               set_thread_flag(TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG);
+       }
 }

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