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SubjectRe: [PATCH v4 2/5] x86/umwait: Initialize umwait control values
On Fri, Jun 7, 2019 at 3:10 PM Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com> wrote:
>
> umwait or tpause allows processor to enter a light-weight
> power/performance optimized state (C0.1 state) or an improved
> power/performance optimized state (C0.2 state) for a period
> specified by the instruction or until the system time limit or until
> a store to the monitored address range in umwait.
>
> IA32_UMWAIT_CONTROL MSR register allows kernel to enable/disable C0.2
> on the processor and set maximum time the processor can reside in
> C0.1 or C0.2.
>
> By default C0.2 is enabled so the user wait instructions can enter the
> C0.2 state to save more power with slower wakeup time.

Sounds good, but:

> +#define MSR_IA32_UMWAIT_CONTROL_C02 BIT(0)

> +static u32 umwait_control_cached = 100000;

The code seems to disagree.

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