[PATCH V2] cpuidle: Add missing checks to the exit condition of cpu_idle_poll()

cpu_idle_poll() is entered into when either the cpu_idle_force_poll is set or
tick_check_broadcast_expired() returns true. The exit condition from
cpu_idle_poll() is tif_need_resched().

However this does not take into account scenarios where cpu_idle_force_poll
changes or tick_check_broadcast_expired() returns false, without setting
the resched flag. So a cpu will be caught in cpu_idle_poll() needlessly,
thereby wasting power. Add an explicit check on cpu_idle_force_poll and
tick_check_broadcast_expired() to the exit condition of cpu_idle_poll()
to avoid this.

Signed-off-by: Preeti U Murthy <redacted>
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Changes from V1: Modified the Changelog

 kernel/sched/idle.c |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/idle.c b/kernel/sched/idle.c
index c47fce7..aaf1c1d 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/idle.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/idle.c

@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ static inline int cpu_idle_poll(void)
 	rcu_idle_enter();
 	trace_cpu_idle_rcuidle(0, smp_processor_id());
 	local_irq_enable();
-	while (!tif_need_resched())
+	while (!tif_need_resched() &&
+		(cpu_idle_force_poll || tick_check_broadcast_expired()))
 		cpu_relax();
 	trace_cpu_idle_rcuidle(PWR_EVENT_EXIT, smp_processor_id());
 	rcu_idle_exit();

On Wed, 21 Jan 2015, Preeti U Murthy wrote:

cpu_idle_poll() is entered into when either the cpu_idle_force_poll is set or
tick_check_broadcast_expired() returns true. The exit condition from
cpu_idle_poll() is tif_need_resched().

However this does not take into account scenarios where cpu_idle_force_poll
changes or tick_check_broadcast_expired() returns false, without setting
the resched flag. So a cpu will be caught in cpu_idle_poll() needlessly,
thereby wasting power. Add an explicit check on cpu_idle_force_poll and
tick_check_broadcast_expired() to the exit condition of cpu_idle_poll()
to avoid this.

Signed-off-by: Preeti U Murthy <redacted>

Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <redacted>