Subject: [RFC PATCH v2 4/4] cpuidle: (POWER) Handle power_save=off

From: Deepthi Dharwar <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:59:12 +0530

This patch makes pseries_idle_driver not to be registered when
power_save=off kernel boot option is specified. The
boot_option_idle_override variable used here is similar to
its usage on x86.

Signed-off-by: Deepthi Dharwar <[email-masked]>
Signed-off-by: Trinabh Gupta <[email-masked]>
Signed-off-by: Arun R Bharadwaj <[email-masked]>
---
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h            |    1 +
 arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/processor_idle.c |    4 ++++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
index 811b7e7..b286fb7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -382,6 +382,7 @@ static inline unsigned long get_clean_sp(struct pt_regs *regs, int is_32)
 }
 #endif
 
+extern unsigned long  boot_option_idle_override;
 enum idle_boot_override {IDLE_NO_OVERRIDE = 0, IDLE_POWERSAVE_OFF};
 
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/processor_idle.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/processor_idle.c
index b5addd7..5f74b4e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/processor_idle.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/processor_idle.c
@@ -260,6 +260,10 @@ static int pseries_idle_probe(void)
 		return -EPERM;
 	}
 
+	if (boot_option_idle_override != IDLE_NO_OVERRIDE) {
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+
 	if (!firmware_has_feature(FW_FEATURE_SPLPAR)) {
 		printk(KERN_DEBUG "Using default idle\n");
 		return -ENODEV;