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<title>intel_idle: make SPR C1 and C1E be independent</title>
<updated>2022-08-17T13:16:13+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Artem Bityutskiy</name>
<email>artem.bityutskiy@linux.intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-07-16T06:26:55+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 1548fac47a114b42063def551eb152a536ed9697 ]

This patch partially reverts the changes made by the following commit:

da0e58c038e6 intel_idle: add 'preferred_cstates' module argument

As that commit describes, on early Sapphire Rapids Xeon platforms the C1 and
C1E states were mutually exclusive, so that users could only have either C1 and
C6, or C1E and C6.

However, Intel firmware engineers managed to remove this limitation and make C1
and C1E to be completely independent, just like on previous Xeon platforms.

Therefore, this patch:
 * Removes commentary describing the old, and now non-existing SPR C1E
   limitation.
 * Marks SPR C1E as available by default.
 * Removes the 'preferred_cstates' parameter handling for SPR. Both C1 and
   C1E will be available regardless of 'preferred_cstates' value.

We expect that all SPR systems are shipping with new firmware, which includes
the C1/C1E improvement.

Cc: v5.18+ &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt; # v5.18+
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy &lt;artem.bityutskiy@linux.intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 1548fac47a114b42063def551eb152a536ed9697 ]

This patch partially reverts the changes made by the following commit:

da0e58c038e6 intel_idle: add 'preferred_cstates' module argument

As that commit describes, on early Sapphire Rapids Xeon platforms the C1 and
C1E states were mutually exclusive, so that users could only have either C1 and
C6, or C1E and C6.

However, Intel firmware engineers managed to remove this limitation and make C1
and C1E to be completely independent, just like on previous Xeon platforms.

Therefore, this patch:
 * Removes commentary describing the old, and now non-existing SPR C1E
   limitation.
 * Marks SPR C1E as available by default.
 * Removes the 'preferred_cstates' parameter handling for SPR. Both C1 and
   C1E will be available regardless of 'preferred_cstates' value.

We expect that all SPR systems are shipping with new firmware, which includes
the C1/C1E improvement.

Cc: v5.18+ &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt; # v5.18+
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy &lt;artem.bityutskiy@linux.intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>intel_idle: Fix false positive RCU splats due to incorrect hardirqs state</title>
<updated>2022-07-25T17:39:07+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Waiman Long</name>
<email>longman@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-07-23T19:59:32+00:00</published>
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Commit 32d4fd5751ea ("cpuidle,intel_idle: Fix CPUIDLE_FLAG_IRQ_ENABLE")
uses raw_local_irq_enable/local_irq_disable() around call to
__intel_idle() in intel_idle_irq().

With interrupt enabled, timer tick interrupt can happen and a
subsequently call to __do_softirq() may change the lockdep hardirqs state
of a debug kernel back to 'on'. This will result in a mismatch between
the cpu hardirqs state (off) and the lockdep hardirqs state (on) causing
a number of false positive "WARNING: suspicious RCU usage" splats.

Fix that by using local_irq_disable() to disable interrupt in
intel_idle_irq().

Fixes: 32d4fd5751ea ("cpuidle,intel_idle: Fix CPUIDLE_FLAG_IRQ_ENABLE")
Signed-off-by: Waiman Long &lt;longman@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: 5.16+ &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt; # 5.16+
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
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Commit 32d4fd5751ea ("cpuidle,intel_idle: Fix CPUIDLE_FLAG_IRQ_ENABLE")
uses raw_local_irq_enable/local_irq_disable() around call to
__intel_idle() in intel_idle_irq().

With interrupt enabled, timer tick interrupt can happen and a
subsequently call to __do_softirq() may change the lockdep hardirqs state
of a debug kernel back to 'on'. This will result in a mismatch between
the cpu hardirqs state (off) and the lockdep hardirqs state (on) causing
a number of false positive "WARNING: suspicious RCU usage" splats.

Fix that by using local_irq_disable() to disable interrupt in
intel_idle_irq().

Fixes: 32d4fd5751ea ("cpuidle,intel_idle: Fix CPUIDLE_FLAG_IRQ_ENABLE")
Signed-off-by: Waiman Long &lt;longman@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: 5.16+ &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt; # 5.16+
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>intel_idle: Disable IBRS during long idle</title>
<updated>2022-06-27T08:33:59+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2022-06-14T21:15:58+00:00</published>
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Having IBRS enabled while the SMT sibling is idle unnecessarily slows
down the running sibling. OTOH, disabling IBRS around idle takes two
MSR writes, which will increase the idle latency.

Therefore, only disable IBRS around deeper idle states. Shallow idle
states are bounded by the tick in duration, since NOHZ is not allowed
for them by virtue of their short target residency.

Only do this for mwait-driven idle, since that keeps interrupts disabled
across idle, which makes disabling IBRS vs IRQ-entry a non-issue.

Note: C6 is a random threshold, most importantly C1 probably shouldn't
disable IBRS, benchmarking needed.

Suggested-by: Tim Chen &lt;tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
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Having IBRS enabled while the SMT sibling is idle unnecessarily slows
down the running sibling. OTOH, disabling IBRS around idle takes two
MSR writes, which will increase the idle latency.

Therefore, only disable IBRS around deeper idle states. Shallow idle
states are bounded by the tick in duration, since NOHZ is not allowed
for them by virtue of their short target residency.

Only do this for mwait-driven idle, since that keeps interrupts disabled
across idle, which makes disabling IBRS vs IRQ-entry a non-issue.

Note: C6 is a random threshold, most importantly C1 probably shouldn't
disable IBRS, benchmarking needed.

Suggested-by: Tim Chen &lt;tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
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<entry>
<title>cpuidle,intel_idle: Fix CPUIDLE_FLAG_IRQ_ENABLE</title>
<updated>2022-06-08T16:05:45+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2022-06-08T14:27:27+00:00</published>
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Commit c227233ad64c ("intel_idle: enable interrupts before C1 on
Xeons") wrecked intel_idle in two ways:

 - must not have tracing in idle functions
 - must return with IRQs disabled

Additionally, it added a branch for no good reason.

Fixes: c227233ad64c ("intel_idle: enable interrupts before C1 on Xeons")
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
[ rjw: Moved the intel_idle() kerneldoc comment next to the function ]
Cc: 5.16+ &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt; # 5.16+
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
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Commit c227233ad64c ("intel_idle: enable interrupts before C1 on
Xeons") wrecked intel_idle in two ways:

 - must not have tracing in idle functions
 - must return with IRQs disabled

Additionally, it added a branch for no good reason.

Fixes: c227233ad64c ("intel_idle: enable interrupts before C1 on Xeons")
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
[ rjw: Moved the intel_idle() kerneldoc comment next to the function ]
Cc: 5.16+ &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt; # 5.16+
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>intel_idle: Add AlderLake support</title>
<updated>2022-04-28T12:50:09+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Zhang Rui</name>
<email>rui.zhang@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-04-15T09:39:51+00:00</published>
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Similar to SPR, the C1 and C1E states on ADL are mutually exclusive.
Only one of them can be enabled at a time.

But contrast to SPR, which usually has a strong latency requirement
as a Xeon processor, C1E is preferred on ADL for better energy
efficiency.

Add custom C-state tables for ADL with both C1 and C1E, and

 1. Enable the "C1E promotion" bit in MSR_IA32_POWER_CTL and mark C1
    with the CPUIDLE_FLAG_UNUSABLE flag, so C1 is not available by
    default.

 2. Add support for the "preferred_cstates" module parameter, so that
    users can choose to use C1 instead of C1E by booting with
    "intel_idle.preferred_cstates=2".

Separate custom C-state tables are introduced for the ADL mobile and
desktop processors, because of the exit latency differences between
these two variants, especially with respect to PC10.

Signed-off-by: Zhang Rui &lt;rui.zhang@intel.com&gt;
[ rjw: Changelog edits, code rearrangement ]
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
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Similar to SPR, the C1 and C1E states on ADL are mutually exclusive.
Only one of them can be enabled at a time.

But contrast to SPR, which usually has a strong latency requirement
as a Xeon processor, C1E is preferred on ADL for better energy
efficiency.

Add custom C-state tables for ADL with both C1 and C1E, and

 1. Enable the "C1E promotion" bit in MSR_IA32_POWER_CTL and mark C1
    with the CPUIDLE_FLAG_UNUSABLE flag, so C1 is not available by
    default.

 2. Add support for the "preferred_cstates" module parameter, so that
    users can choose to use C1 instead of C1E by booting with
    "intel_idle.preferred_cstates=2".

Separate custom C-state tables are introduced for the ADL mobile and
desktop processors, because of the exit latency differences between
these two variants, especially with respect to PC10.

Signed-off-by: Zhang Rui &lt;rui.zhang@intel.com&gt;
[ rjw: Changelog edits, code rearrangement ]
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>intel_idle: Fix SPR C6 optimization</title>
<updated>2022-04-27T18:36:47+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Artem Bityutskiy</name>
<email>artem.bityutskiy@linux.intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-04-27T06:08:53+00:00</published>
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The Sapphire Rapids (SPR) C6 optimization was added to the end of the
'spr_idle_state_table_update()' function. However, the function has a
'return' which may happen before the optimization has a chance to run.
And this may prevent the optimization from happening.

This is an unlikely scenario, but possible if user boots with, say,
the 'intel_idle.preferred_cstates=6' kernel boot option.

This patch fixes the issue by eliminating the problematic 'return'
statement.

Fixes: 3a9cf77b60dc ("intel_idle: add core C6 optimization for SPR")
Suggested-by: Jan Beulich &lt;jbeulich@suse.com&gt;
Reported-by: Jan Beulich &lt;jbeulich@suse.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy &lt;artem.bityutskiy@linux.intel.com&gt;
[ rjw: Minor changelog edits ]
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
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The Sapphire Rapids (SPR) C6 optimization was added to the end of the
'spr_idle_state_table_update()' function. However, the function has a
'return' which may happen before the optimization has a chance to run.
And this may prevent the optimization from happening.

This is an unlikely scenario, but possible if user boots with, say,
the 'intel_idle.preferred_cstates=6' kernel boot option.

This patch fixes the issue by eliminating the problematic 'return'
statement.

Fixes: 3a9cf77b60dc ("intel_idle: add core C6 optimization for SPR")
Suggested-by: Jan Beulich &lt;jbeulich@suse.com&gt;
Reported-by: Jan Beulich &lt;jbeulich@suse.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy &lt;artem.bityutskiy@linux.intel.com&gt;
[ rjw: Minor changelog edits ]
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>intel_idle: Fix the 'preferred_cstates' module parameter</title>
<updated>2022-04-27T18:36:47+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Artem Bityutskiy</name>
<email>artem.bityutskiy@linux.intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-04-27T06:08:52+00:00</published>
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Problem description.

When user boots kernel up with the 'intel_idle.preferred_cstates=4' option,
we enable C1E and disable C1 states on Sapphire Rapids Xeon (SPR). In order
for C1E to work on SPR, we have to enable the C1E promotion bit on all
CPUs.  However, we enable it only on one CPU.

Fix description.

The 'intel_idle' driver already has the infrastructure for disabling C1E
promotion on every CPU. This patch uses the same infrastructure for
enabling C1E promotion on every CPU. It changes the boolean
'disable_promotion_to_c1e' variable to a tri-state 'c1e_promotion'
variable.

Tested on a 2-socket SPR system. I verified the following combinations:

 * C1E promotion enabled and disabled in BIOS.
 * Booted with and without the 'intel_idle.preferred_cstates=4' kernel
   argument.

In all 4 cases C1E promotion was correctly set on all CPUs.

Also tested on an old Broadwell system, just to make sure it does not cause
a regression. C1E promotion was correctly disabled on that system, both C1
and C1E were exposed (as expected).

Fixes: da0e58c038e6 ("intel_idle: add 'preferred_cstates' module argument")
Reported-by: Jan Beulich &lt;jbeulich@suse.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy &lt;artem.bityutskiy@linux.intel.com&gt;
[ rjw: Minor changelog edits ]
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
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Problem description.

When user boots kernel up with the 'intel_idle.preferred_cstates=4' option,
we enable C1E and disable C1 states on Sapphire Rapids Xeon (SPR). In order
for C1E to work on SPR, we have to enable the C1E promotion bit on all
CPUs.  However, we enable it only on one CPU.

Fix description.

The 'intel_idle' driver already has the infrastructure for disabling C1E
promotion on every CPU. This patch uses the same infrastructure for
enabling C1E promotion on every CPU. It changes the boolean
'disable_promotion_to_c1e' variable to a tri-state 'c1e_promotion'
variable.

Tested on a 2-socket SPR system. I verified the following combinations:

 * C1E promotion enabled and disabled in BIOS.
 * Booted with and without the 'intel_idle.preferred_cstates=4' kernel
   argument.

In all 4 cases C1E promotion was correctly set on all CPUs.

Also tested on an old Broadwell system, just to make sure it does not cause
a regression. C1E promotion was correctly disabled on that system, both C1
and C1E were exposed (as expected).

Fixes: da0e58c038e6 ("intel_idle: add 'preferred_cstates' module argument")
Reported-by: Jan Beulich &lt;jbeulich@suse.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy &lt;artem.bityutskiy@linux.intel.com&gt;
[ rjw: Minor changelog edits ]
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>cpuidle: intel_idle: Drop redundant backslash at line end</title>
<updated>2022-03-17T13:32:59+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Rafael J. Wysocki</name>
<email>rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-03-15T19:36:42+00:00</published>
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Drop a redundant backslash character at the end of a line in the
spr_cstates[] definition.

Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
Acked-by: Artem Bityutskiy &lt;artem.bityutskiy@linux.intel.com&gt;
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Drop a redundant backslash character at the end of a line in the
spr_cstates[] definition.

Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
Acked-by: Artem Bityutskiy &lt;artem.bityutskiy@linux.intel.com&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>cpuidle: intel_idle: Update intel_idle() kerneldoc comment</title>
<updated>2022-03-17T13:32:59+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Rafael J. Wysocki</name>
<email>rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-03-15T19:35:47+00:00</published>
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Commit bf9282dc26e7 ("cpuidle: Make CPUIDLE_FLAG_TLB_FLUSHED generic")
moved the leave_mm() call away from intel_idle(), but it didn't update
its kerneldoc comment accordingly, so do that now.

Fixes: bf9282dc26e7 ("cpuidle: Make CPUIDLE_FLAG_TLB_FLUSHED generic")
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
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Commit bf9282dc26e7 ("cpuidle: Make CPUIDLE_FLAG_TLB_FLUSHED generic")
moved the leave_mm() call away from intel_idle(), but it didn't update
its kerneldoc comment accordingly, so do that now.

Fixes: bf9282dc26e7 ("cpuidle: Make CPUIDLE_FLAG_TLB_FLUSHED generic")
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>intel_idle: add core C6 optimization for SPR</title>
<updated>2022-03-04T18:54:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Artem Bityutskiy</name>
<email>artem.bityutskiy@linux.intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-03-02T08:16:00+00:00</published>
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Add a Sapphire Rapids Xeon C6 optimization, similar to what we have for Sky Lake
Xeon: if package C6 is disabled, adjust C6 exit latency and target residency to
match core C6 values, instead of using the default package C6 values.

Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy &lt;artem.bityutskiy@linux.intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
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Add a Sapphire Rapids Xeon C6 optimization, similar to what we have for Sky Lake
Xeon: if package C6 is disabled, adjust C6 exit latency and target residency to
match core C6 values, instead of using the default package C6 values.

Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy &lt;artem.bityutskiy@linux.intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com&gt;
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