From 7b77452ec524fa845efdec28ae16e2202cf797dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Julien Thierry Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2017 14:32:56 +0100 Subject: arm64: use WFE for long delays The current delay implementation uses the yield instruction, which is a hint that it is beneficial to schedule another thread. As this is a hint, it may be implemented as a NOP, causing all delays to be busy loops. This is the case for many existing CPUs. Taking advantage of the generic timer sending periodic events to all cores, we can use WFE during delays to reduce power consumption. This is beneficial only for delays longer than the period of the timer event stream. If timer event stream is not enabled, delays will behave as yield/busy loops. Signed-off-by: Julien Thierry Cc: Catalin Marinas Cc: Will Deacon Cc: Mark Rutland Signed-off-by: Will Deacon --- include/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.h | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'include/clocksource') diff --git a/include/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.h b/include/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.h index 4e28283e2ec6..349e5957c949 100644 --- a/include/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.h +++ b/include/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.h @@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ enum arch_timer_spi_nr { #define ARCH_TIMER_USR_VT_ACCESS_EN (1 << 8) /* virtual timer registers */ #define ARCH_TIMER_USR_PT_ACCESS_EN (1 << 9) /* physical timer registers */ -#define ARCH_TIMER_EVT_STREAM_FREQ 10000 /* 100us */ +#define ARCH_TIMER_EVT_STREAM_PERIOD_US 100 +#define ARCH_TIMER_EVT_STREAM_FREQ \ + (USEC_PER_SEC / ARCH_TIMER_EVT_STREAM_PERIOD_US) struct arch_timer_kvm_info { struct timecounter timecounter; -- cgit v1.2.3