cpuid(0x05) provides extended information about MWAIT in EDX when bit
0 of ECX is set. Bit 4-7 of EDX determine whether MWAIT is supported
for C1. C1E enabled CPUs have these bits set to 0.
Based on an ealier patch from Andi Kleen.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@amd.com>
---
arch/x86/kernel/process.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -122,19 +122,31 @@ static void poll_idle(void)
*
* idle=mwait overrides this decision and forces the usage of mwait.
*/
+
+#define MWAIT_INFO 0x05
+#define MWAIT_ECX_EXTENDED_INFO 0x01
+#define MWAIT_EDX_C1 0xf0
+
static int __cpuinit mwait_usable(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
{
+ u32 eax, ebx, ecx, edx;
+
if (force_mwait)
return 1;
- if (c->x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_AMD) {
- switch(c->x86) {
- case 0x10:
- case 0x11:
- return 0;
- }
- }
- return 1;
+ if (c->cpuid_level < MWAIT_INFO)
+ return 0;
+
+ cpuid(MWAIT_INFO, &eax, &ebx, &ecx, &edx);
+ /* Check, whether EDX has extended info about MWAIT */
+ if (!(ecx & MWAIT_ECX_EXTENDED_INFO))
+ return 1;
+
+ /*
+ * edx enumerates MONITOR/MWAIT extensions. Check, whether C1
+ * supports MWAIT
+ */
+ return edx & MWAIT_EDX_C1;
}
void __cpuinit select_idle_routine(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
--
--
