[PATCHv4 4/4] cpuidle: coupled: add parallel barrier function

Colin Cross ccross at android.com
Mon May 7 20:57:42 EDT 2012


Adds cpuidle_coupled_parallel_barrier, which can be used by coupled
cpuidle state enter functions to handle resynchronization after
determining if any cpu needs to abort.  The normal use case will
be:

static bool abort_flag;
static atomic_t abort_barrier;

int arch_cpuidle_enter(struct cpuidle_device *dev, ...)
{
	if (arch_turn_off_irq_controller()) {
	   	/* returns an error if an irq is pending and would be lost
		   if idle continued and turned off power */
		abort_flag = true;
	}

	cpuidle_coupled_parallel_barrier(dev, &abort_barrier);

	if (abort_flag) {
	   	/* One of the cpus didn't turn off it's irq controller */
	   	arch_turn_on_irq_controller();
		return -EINTR;
	}

	/* continue with idle */
	...
}

This will cause all cpus to abort idle together if one of them needs
to abort.

Reviewed-by: Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar at ti.com>
Tested-by: Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar at ti.com>
Reviewed-by: Kevin Hilman <khilman at ti.com>
Tested-by: Kevin Hilman <khilman at ti.com>
Signed-off-by: Colin Cross <ccross at android.com>
---
 drivers/cpuidle/coupled.c |   37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/linux/cpuidle.h   |    4 ++++
 2 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/coupled.c b/drivers/cpuidle/coupled.c
index 93101fb..3e65de1 100644
--- a/drivers/cpuidle/coupled.c
+++ b/drivers/cpuidle/coupled.c
@@ -130,6 +130,43 @@ struct cpuidle_coupled {
 static cpumask_t cpuidle_coupled_poked_mask;
 
 /**
+ * cpuidle_coupled_parallel_barrier - synchronize all online coupled cpus
+ * @dev: cpuidle_device of the calling cpu
+ * @a:   atomic variable to hold the barrier
+ *
+ * No caller to this function will return from this function until all online
+ * cpus in the same coupled group have called this function.  Once any caller
+ * has returned from this function, the barrier is immediately available for
+ * reuse.
+ *
+ * The atomic variable a must be initialized to 0 before any cpu calls
+ * this function, will be reset to 0 before any cpu returns from this function.
+ *
+ * Must only be called from within a coupled idle state handler
+ * (state.enter when state.flags has CPUIDLE_FLAG_COUPLED set).
+ *
+ * Provides full smp barrier semantics before and after calling.
+ */
+void cpuidle_coupled_parallel_barrier(struct cpuidle_device *dev, atomic_t *a)
+{
+	int n = dev->coupled->online_count;
+
+	smp_mb__before_atomic_inc();
+	atomic_inc(a);
+
+	while (atomic_read(a) < n)
+		cpu_relax();
+
+	if (atomic_inc_return(a) == n * 2) {
+		atomic_set(a, 0);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	while (atomic_read(a) > n)
+		cpu_relax();
+}
+
+/**
  * cpuidle_state_is_coupled - check if a state is part of a coupled set
  * @dev: struct cpuidle_device for the current cpu
  * @drv: struct cpuidle_driver for the platform
diff --git a/include/linux/cpuidle.h b/include/linux/cpuidle.h
index 6038448..5ab7183 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpuidle.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpuidle.h
@@ -183,6 +183,10 @@ static inline int cpuidle_wrap_enter(struct cpuidle_device *dev,
 
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_NEEDS_CPU_IDLE_COUPLED
+void cpuidle_coupled_parallel_barrier(struct cpuidle_device *dev, atomic_t *a);
+#endif
+
 /******************************
  * CPUIDLE GOVERNOR INTERFACE *
  ******************************/
-- 
1.7.7.3




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