[PATCH] idle: fix hlt/nohlt command-line handling in new generic idle
Srivatsa S. Bhat
srivatsa.bhat at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Thu Apr 25 02:42:17 EDT 2013
On 04/25/2013 05:49 AM, Kevin Hilman wrote:
> commit d1669912 (idle: Implement generic idle function) added a new
> generic idle along with support for hlt/nohlt command line options to
> override default idle loop behavior. However, the command-line
> processing is never compiled.
>
> The command-line handling is wrapped by CONFIG_GENERIC_IDLE_POLL_SETUP
> and arches that use this feature select it in their Kconfigs.
> However, no Kconfig definition was created for this option, so it is
> never enabled, and therefore command-line override of the idle-loop
> behavior is broken after migrating to the generic idle loop.
>
> To fix, add a Kconfig definition for GENERIC_IDLE_POLL_SETUP.
>
> Tested on ARM (OMAP4/Panda) which enables the command-line overrides
> by default.
>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx at linutronix.de>
> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds at linux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty at rustcorp.com.au>
> Cc: Paul McKenney <paulmck at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz at infradead.org>
> Cc: Srivatsa S. Bhat <srivatsa.bhat at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Cc: Magnus Damm <magnus.damm at gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kevin Hilman <khilman at linaro.org>
> ---
Reviewed-by: Srivatsa S. Bhat <srivatsa.bhat at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Regards,
Srivatsa S. Bhat
> Applies on tip/smp/hotplug where generic idle feature is added
>
> arch/Kconfig | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
> index 1455579..e0ef57b 100644
> --- a/arch/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/Kconfig
> @@ -216,6 +216,9 @@ config USE_GENERIC_SMP_HELPERS
> config GENERIC_SMP_IDLE_THREAD
> bool
>
> +config GENERIC_IDLE_POLL_SETUP
> + bool
> +
> # Select if arch init_task initializer is different to init/init_task.c
> config ARCH_INIT_TASK
> bool
>
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