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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/process.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/process.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c index dc8ca8ea78c..8040b752ee4 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c @@ -582,9 +582,17 @@ int mwait_usable(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c) { u32 eax, ebx, ecx, edx; + /* Use mwait if idle=mwait boot option is given */ if (boot_option_idle_override == IDLE_FORCE_MWAIT) return 1; + /* + * Any idle= boot option other than idle=mwait means that we must not + * use mwait. Eg: idle=halt or idle=poll or idle=nomwait + */ + if (boot_option_idle_override != IDLE_NO_OVERRIDE) + return 0; + if (c->cpuid_level < MWAIT_INFO) return 0; |