arm64: cpuidle: make arm_cpuidle_suspend() a bit more efficient
authorJisheng Zhang <jszhang@marvell.com>
Fri, 25 Mar 2016 03:08:55 +0000 (11:08 +0800)
committerWill Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Wed, 13 Apr 2016 13:49:23 +0000 (14:49 +0100)
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>
arch/arm64/kernel/cpuidle.c

index 9047cab68fd3494ebf1c634f137fddcfde955932..e11857fce05f7f4851e3827e01744f9ef4d7c0a1 100644 (file)
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ int __init arm_cpuidle_init(unsigned int cpu)
 {
        int ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-       if (cpu_ops[cpu] && cpu_ops[cpu]->cpu_init_idle)
+       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;
@@ -36,11 +37,5 @@ int arm_cpuidle_suspend(int index)
 {
        int cpu = smp_processor_id();
 
-       /*
-        * If cpu_ops have not been registered or suspend
-        * has not been initialized, cpu_suspend call fails early.
-        */
-       if (!cpu_ops[cpu] || !cpu_ops[cpu]->cpu_suspend)
-               return -EOPNOTSUPP;
        return cpu_ops[cpu]->cpu_suspend(index);
 }