[V3 patch 06/19] cpuidle: make a single register function for all

Daniel Lezcano daniel.lezcano at linaro.org
Wed Apr 17 02:28:57 EDT 2013


On 04/12/2013 02:35 PM, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
> The usual scheme to initialize a cpuidle driver on a SMP is:
>
> 	cpuidle_register_driver(drv);
> 	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
> 		device = &per_cpu(cpuidle_dev, cpu);
> 		cpuidle_register_device(device);
> 	}
>
> This code is duplicated in each cpuidle driver.
>
> On UP systems, it is done this way:
>
> 	cpuidle_register_driver(drv);
> 	device = &per_cpu(cpuidle_dev, cpu);
> 	cpuidle_register_device(device);
>
> On UP, the macro 'for_each_cpu' does one iteration:
>
> #define for_each_cpu(cpu, mask)                 \
>         for ((cpu) = 0; (cpu) < 1; (cpu)++, (void)mask)
>
> Hence, the initialization loop is the same for UP than SMP.
>
> Beside, we saw different bugs / mis-initialization / return code unchecked in
> the different drivers, the code is duplicated including bugs. After fixing all
> these ones, it appears the initialization pattern is the same for everyone.
>
> Please note, some drivers are doing dev->state_count = drv->state_count. This is
> not necessary because it is done by the cpuidle_enable_device function in the
> cpuidle framework. This is true, until you have the same states for all your
> devices. Otherwise, the 'low level' API should be used instead with the specific
> initialization for the driver.
>
> Let's add a wrapper function doing this initialization with a cpumask parameter
> for the coupled idle states and use it for all the drivers.
>
> That will save a lot of LOC, consolidate the code, and the modifications in the
> future could be done in a single place. Another benefit is the consolidation of
> the cpuidle_device variable which is now in the cpuidle framework and no longer
> spread accross the different arch specific drivers.
>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano at linaro.org>
> ---

Hi Rob, Andrew,

are you ok with this new version ?

Thanks
-- Daniel

>  Documentation/cpuidle/driver.txt |    6 ++++
>  drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c        |   72 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/cpuidle.h          |    9 +++--
>  3 files changed, 85 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/cpuidle/driver.txt b/Documentation/cpuidle/driver.txt
> index 7a9e09e..1b0d81d 100644
> --- a/Documentation/cpuidle/driver.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/cpuidle/driver.txt
> @@ -15,11 +15,17 @@ has mechanisms in place to support actual entry-exit into CPU idle states.
>  cpuidle driver initializes the cpuidle_device structure for each CPU device
>  and registers with cpuidle using cpuidle_register_device.
>  
> +If all the idle states are the same, the wrapper function cpuidle_register
> +could be used instead.
> +
>  It can also support the dynamic changes (like battery <-> AC), by using
>  cpuidle_pause_and_lock, cpuidle_disable_device and cpuidle_enable_device,
>  cpuidle_resume_and_unlock.
>  
>  Interfaces:
> +extern int cpuidle_register(struct cpuidle_driver *drv,
> +                            const struct cpumask *const coupled_cpus);
> +extern int cpuidle_unregister(struct cpuidle_driver *drv);
>  extern int cpuidle_register_driver(struct cpuidle_driver *drv);
>  extern void cpuidle_unregister_driver(struct cpuidle_driver *drv);
>  extern int cpuidle_register_device(struct cpuidle_device *dev);
> diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c
> index 0da795b..49e8d30 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c
> @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
>  #include "cpuidle.h"
>  
>  DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct cpuidle_device *, cpuidle_devices);
> +DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct cpuidle_device, cpuidle_dev);
>  
>  DEFINE_MUTEX(cpuidle_lock);
>  LIST_HEAD(cpuidle_detected_devices);
> @@ -453,6 +454,77 @@ void cpuidle_unregister_device(struct cpuidle_device *dev)
>  
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpuidle_unregister_device);
>  
> +/*
> + * cpuidle_unregister: unregister a driver and the devices. This function
> + * can be used only if the driver has been previously registered through
> + * the cpuidle_register function.
> + *
> + * @drv: a valid pointer to a struct cpuidle_driver
> + */
> +void cpuidle_unregister(struct cpuidle_driver *drv)
> +{
> +	int cpu;
> +	struct cpuidle_device *device;
> +
> +	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
> +		device = &per_cpu(cpuidle_dev, cpu);
> +		cpuidle_unregister_device(device);
> +	}
> +
> +	cpuidle_unregister_driver(drv);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpuidle_unregister);
> +
> +/**
> + * cpuidle_register: registers the driver and the cpu devices with the
> + * coupled_cpus passed as parameter. This function is used for all common
> + * initialization pattern there are in the arch specific drivers. The
> + * devices is globally defined in this file.
> + *
> + * @drv         : a valid pointer to a struct cpuidle_driver
> + * @coupled_cpus: a cpumask for the coupled states
> + *
> + * Returns 0 on success, < 0 otherwise
> + */
> +int cpuidle_register(struct cpuidle_driver *drv,
> +		     const struct cpumask *const coupled_cpus)
> +{
> +	int ret, cpu;
> +	struct cpuidle_device *device;
> +
> +	ret = cpuidle_register_driver(drv);
> +	if (ret) {
> +		pr_err("failed to register cpuidle driver\n");
> +		return ret;
> +	}
> +
> +	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
> +		device = &per_cpu(cpuidle_dev, cpu);
> +		device->cpu = cpu;
> +
> +#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_NEEDS_CPU_IDLE_COUPLED
> +		/*
> +		 * On multiplatform for ARM, the coupled idle states could
> +		 * enabled in the kernel even if the cpuidle driver does not
> +		 * use it. Note, coupled_cpus is a struct copy.
> +		 */
> +		if (coupled_cpus)
> +			device->coupled_cpus = *coupled_cpus;
> +#endif
> +		ret = cpuidle_register_device(device);
> +		if (!ret)
> +			continue;
> +
> +		pr_err("Failed to register cpuidle device for cpu%d\n", cpu);
> +
> +		cpuidle_unregister(drv);
> +		break;
> +	}
> +
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpuidle_register);
> +
>  #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
>  
>  static void smp_callback(void *v)
> diff --git a/include/linux/cpuidle.h b/include/linux/cpuidle.h
> index 79e3811..3c86faa 100644
> --- a/include/linux/cpuidle.h
> +++ b/include/linux/cpuidle.h
> @@ -123,7 +123,9 @@ extern void cpuidle_driver_unref(void);
>  extern void cpuidle_unregister_driver(struct cpuidle_driver *drv);
>  extern int cpuidle_register_device(struct cpuidle_device *dev);
>  extern void cpuidle_unregister_device(struct cpuidle_device *dev);
> -
> +extern int cpuidle_register(struct cpuidle_driver *drv,
> +			    const struct cpumask *const coupled_cpus);
> +extern void cpuidle_unregister(struct cpuidle_driver *drv);
>  extern void cpuidle_pause_and_lock(void);
>  extern void cpuidle_resume_and_unlock(void);
>  extern void cpuidle_pause(void);
> @@ -148,7 +150,10 @@ static inline void cpuidle_unregister_driver(struct cpuidle_driver *drv) { }
>  static inline int cpuidle_register_device(struct cpuidle_device *dev)
>  {return -ENODEV; }
>  static inline void cpuidle_unregister_device(struct cpuidle_device *dev) { }
> -
> +static inline int cpuidle_register(struct cpuidle_driver *drv,
> +				   const struct cpumask *const coupled_cpus)
> +{return -ENODEV; }
> +static inline void cpuidle_unregister(struct cpuidle_driver *drv) { }
>  static inline void cpuidle_pause_and_lock(void) { }
>  static inline void cpuidle_resume_and_unlock(void) { }
>  static inline void cpuidle_pause(void) { }


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