On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 04:39:08PM +0100, Daniel Lezcano wrote:

> >And when you do that; you can also push down the
> >current_clr_polling_and_test() muck so it doesn't cover the actual
> >cpuidle policy code.
> 
> I am not getting it. Where do you suggest to move it ?

A little something like so I suppose; only call
current_clr_polling_and_test() right before calling the actual idle
function. Although I suppose cpuidle_enter() can still do all sorts of
weird.

--- a/kernel/sched/idle.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/idle.c
@@ -78,37 +78,35 @@ static int cpuidle_idle_call(void)
        stop_critical_timings();
        rcu_idle_enter();
 
-       next_state = cpuidle_enabled(drv, dev);
-       if (next_state < 0) {
-               arch_cpu_idle();
-               goto out;
-       }
-
-       /*
-        * Ask the governor for the next state, this call can fail for
-        * different reasons: cpuidle is not enabled or an idle state
-        * fulfilling the constraints was not found. In this case, we
-        * fall back to the default idle function
-        */
-       next_state = cpuidle_select(drv, dev);
+       if (cpuidle_enabled(drv, dev) == 0) {
+               /*
+                * Ask the governor for the next state, this call can fail for
+                * different reasons: cpuidle is not enabled or an idle state
+                * fulfilling the constraints was not found. In this case, we
+                * fall back to the default idle function
+                */
+               next_state = cpuidle_select(drv, dev);
+
+               if (current_clr_polling_and_test()) {
+                       dev->last_residency = 0;
+                       entered_state = next_state;
+                       local_irq_enable();
+               } else {
+                       trace_cpu_idle_rcuidle(next_state, dev->cpu);
+                       entered_state = cpuidle_enter(drv, dev, next_state);
+                       trace_cpu_idle_rcuidle(PWR_EVENT_EXIT, dev->cpu);
+               }
 
-       if (need_resched()) {
-               dev->last_residency = 0;
                /* give the governor an opportunity to reflect on the outcome */
-               cpuidle_reflect(dev, next_state);
-               local_irq_enable();
-               goto out;
+               cpuidle_reflect(dev, entered_state);
+       } else {
+               if (current_clr_polling_and_test())
+                       local_irq_enable();
+               else
+                       arch_cpu_idle();
        }
+       __current_set_polling();
 
-       trace_cpu_idle_rcuidle(next_state, dev->cpu);
-
-       entered_state = cpuidle_enter(drv, dev, next_state);
-
-       trace_cpu_idle_rcuidle(PWR_EVENT_EXIT, dev->cpu);
-
-       /* give the governor an opportunity to reflect on the outcome */
-       cpuidle_reflect(dev, entered_state);
-out:
        if (WARN_ON_ONCE(irqs_disabled()))
                local_irq_enable();
 
@@ -145,16 +143,11 @@ static void cpu_idle_loop(void)
                         * know that the IPI is going to arrive right
                         * away
                         */
-                       if (cpu_idle_force_poll || 
tick_check_broadcast_expired()) {
+                       if (cpu_idle_force_poll || 
tick_check_broadcast_expired())
                                cpu_idle_poll();
-                       } else {
-                               if (!current_clr_polling_and_test()) {
-                                       cpuidle_idle_call();
-                               } else {
-                                       local_irq_enable();
-                               }
-                               __current_set_polling();
-                       }
+                       else
+                               cpu_idle_call();
+
                        arch_cpu_idle_exit();
                        /*
                         * We need to test and propagate the TIF_NEED_RESCHED
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