cpuidle: poll_state: Add time limit to poll_idle()
authorRafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Wed, 14 Mar 2018 14:08:57 +0000 (15:08 +0100)
committerRafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Thu, 29 Mar 2018 11:06:07 +0000 (13:06 +0200)
commita37b969a61c1efcd16da9c9ab3b237235c48560c
tree96880c97f214f89182d2ab022275fdd88c06dd81
parentbda4d21b6e5d423e3f21a6c49d3d5283592e3b65
cpuidle: poll_state: Add time limit to poll_idle()

If poll_idle() is allowed to spin until need_resched() returns 'true',
it may actually spin for a much longer time than expected by the idle
governor, since set_tsk_need_resched() is not always called by the
timer interrupt handler.  If that happens, the CPU may spend much
more time than anticipated in the "polling" state.

To prevent that from happening, limit the time of the spinning loop
in poll_idle().

Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Tested-by: Doug Smythies <dsmythies@telus.net>
drivers/cpuidle/poll_state.c