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    ACPI: processor_idle: Skip dummy wait if kernel is in guest · fa583f71
    Yin Fengwei authored
    In function acpi_idle_do_entry(), an ioport access is used for
    dummy wait to guarantee hardware behavior. But it could trigger
    unnecessary VMexit if kernel is running as guest in virtualization
    environment.
    
    If it's in virtualization environment, the deeper C state enter
    operation (inb()) will trap to hypervisor. It's not needed to do
    dummy wait after the inb() call. So we could just remove the
    dummy io port access to avoid unnecessary VMexit.
    
    And keep dummy io port access to maintain timing for native
    environment.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarYin Fengwei <fengwei.yin@intel.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarRafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
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