ACPI: skip checking BM_STS if the BIOS doesn't ask for it
It turns out that there is a bit in the _CST for Intel FFH C3
that tells the OS if we should be checking BM_STS or not.
Linux has been unconditionally checking BM_STS.
If the chip-set is configured to enable BM_STS,
it can retard or completely prevent entry into
deep C-states -- as illustrated by turbostat:
http://userweb.kernel.org/~lenb/acpi/utils/pmtools/turbostat/
ref: Intel Processor Vendor-Specific ACPI Interface Specification
table 4 "_CST FFH GAS Field Encoding"
Bit 1: Set to 1 if OSPM should use Bus Master avoidance for this C-state
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15886
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
index b1b3856..b351342 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@
if (acpi_idle_suspend)
return(acpi_idle_enter_c1(dev, state));
- if (acpi_idle_bm_check()) {
+ if (!cx->bm_sts_skip && acpi_idle_bm_check()) {
if (dev->safe_state) {
dev->last_state = dev->safe_state;
return dev->safe_state->enter(dev, dev->safe_state);