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[POWERPC] Use H_CEDE on non-SMT

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On the JS21 systems, they have the SPLPAR hypertas set, but are not SMT
capable.  So, they are not making the H_CEDE call.  This is causing the
hypervisor to have to queue up work for the hdecr, taking an excessive
amount of time in maintenance code, and causing jitter on the box.

Making the H_CEDE call helps alleviate that problem.

Signed-off-by: Jake Moilanen <moilanen@austin.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
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Jake Moilanen 2006-07-25 15:11:47 -05:00 committed by Paul Mackerras
parent 9fc0a92c7e
commit 9b9b72fe70
1 changed files with 4 additions and 2 deletions
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arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
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@ -501,7 +501,8 @@ static void pseries_dedicated_idle_sleep(void)
}
/*
* Cede if the other thread is not idle, so that it can
* If not SMT, cede processor. If CPU is running SMT
* cede if the other thread is not idle, so that it can
* go single-threaded. If the other thread is idle,
* we ask the hypervisor if it has pending work it
* wants to do and cede if it does. Otherwise we keep
@ -514,7 +515,8 @@ static void pseries_dedicated_idle_sleep(void)
* very low priority. The cede enables interrupts, which
* doesn't matter here.
*/
if (!lppaca[cpu ^ 1].idle || poll_pending() == H_PENDING)
if (!cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_SMT) || !lppaca[cpu ^ 1].idle
|| poll_pending() == H_PENDING)
cede_processor();
out: