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>
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