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=15886Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>

arch/x86/kernel/acpi/cstate.c

@@ -145,6 +145,15 @@ int acpi_processor_ffh_cstate_probe(unsigned int cpu,
 		percpu_entry->states[cx->index].eax = cx->address;
 		percpu_entry->states[cx->index].ecx = MWAIT_ECX_INTERRUPT_BREAK;
 	}
+
+	/*
+	 * For _CST FFH on Intel, if GAS.access_size bit 1 is cleared,
+	 * then we should skip checking BM_STS for this C-state.
+	 * ref: "Intel Processor Vendor-Specific ACPI Interface Specification"
+	 */
+	if ((c->x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_INTEL) && !(reg->access_size & 0x2))
+		cx->bm_sts_skip = 1;
+
 	return retval;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(acpi_processor_ffh_cstate_probe);

drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c

@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ static int acpi_idle_enter_bm(struct cpuidle_device *dev,
 	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);

include/acpi/processor.h

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ struct acpi_power_register {
 	u8 space_id;
 	u8 bit_width;
 	u8 bit_offset;
-	u8 reserved;
+	u8 access_size;
 	u64 address;
 } __attribute__ ((packed));
 
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ struct acpi_processor_cx {
 	u32 power;
 	u32 usage;
 	u64 time;
+	u8 bm_sts_skip;
 	char desc[ACPI_CX_DESC_LEN];
 };