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x86/amd: Eliminate cache flushing when entering C3 on select AMD processors
authorMark Langsdorf <mark.langsdorf@amd.com>
Sat, 12 Nov 2011 16:15:19 +0000 (16:15 +0000)
committerMark Langsdorf <mark.langsdorf@amd.com>
Sat, 12 Nov 2011 16:15:19 +0000 (16:15 +0000)
AMD Fam15h processors have a shared cache. It does not need=
to be be flushed when entering C3 and doing so causes reduces
performance. Modify acpi_processor_power_init_bm_check to
prevent these processors from flushing when entering C3.

Signed-off-by: Mark Langsdorf <mark.langsdorf@amd.com>
xen-unstable changeset:   23511:450f1d198e1e
xen-unstable date:        Tue Jun 14 12:46:29 2011 +0100
Committed-by: Keir Fraser <keir@xen.org>
xen/arch/x86/acpi/cpu_idle.c

index ce5cfa3b2736793e5db70dadaaae19f024c4abda..5fbbbcdd5fc50f958420836342432be2d4b1ec09 100644 (file)
@@ -549,7 +549,8 @@ static void acpi_processor_power_init_bm_check(struct acpi_processor_flags *flag
     flags->bm_check = 0;
     if ( num_online_cpus() == 1 )
         flags->bm_check = 1;
-    else if ( c->x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_INTEL )
+    else if ( (c->x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_INTEL) ||
+              ((c->x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_AMD) && (c->x86 == 0x15)) )
     {
         /*
          * Today all MP CPUs that support C3 share cache.