ipmi_si: Only schedule continuously in the thread in maintenance mode

ipmi_thread() uses back-to-back schedule() to poll for command
completion which, on some machines, can push up CPU consumption and
heavily tax the scheduler locks leading to noticeable overall
performance degradation.

This was originally added so firmware updates through IPMI would
complete in a timely manner.  But we can't kill the scheduler
locks for that one use case.

Instead, only run schedule() continuously in maintenance mode,
where firmware updates should run.

Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <cminyard@mvista.com>

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
index 8c1d1b8327aa..d58253432a9a 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
@@ -222,6 +222,9 @@ struct smi_info {
 	 */
 	bool irq_enable_broken;
 
+	/* Is the driver in maintenance mode? */
+	bool in_maintenance_mode;
+
 	/*
 	 * Did we get an attention that we did not handle?
 	 */
@@ -1008,11 +1011,20 @@ static int ipmi_thread(void *data)
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&(smi_info->si_lock), flags);
 		busy_wait = ipmi_thread_busy_wait(smi_result, smi_info,
 						  &busy_until);
-		if (smi_result == SI_SM_CALL_WITHOUT_DELAY)
+		if (smi_result == SI_SM_CALL_WITHOUT_DELAY) {
 			; /* do nothing */
-		else if (smi_result == SI_SM_CALL_WITH_DELAY && busy_wait)
-			schedule();
-		else if (smi_result == SI_SM_IDLE) {
+		} else if (smi_result == SI_SM_CALL_WITH_DELAY && busy_wait) {
+			/*
+			 * In maintenance mode we run as fast as
+			 * possible to allow firmware updates to
+			 * complete as fast as possible, but normally
+			 * don't bang on the scheduler.
+			 */
+			if (smi_info->in_maintenance_mode)
+				schedule();
+			else
+				usleep_range(100, 200);
+		} else if (smi_result == SI_SM_IDLE) {
 			if (atomic_read(&smi_info->need_watch)) {
 				schedule_timeout_interruptible(100);
 			} else {
@@ -1020,8 +1032,9 @@ static int ipmi_thread(void *data)
 				__set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 				schedule();
 			}
-		} else
+		} else {
 			schedule_timeout_interruptible(1);
+		}
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1199,6 +1212,7 @@ static void set_maintenance_mode(void *send_info, bool enable)
 
 	if (!enable)
 		atomic_set(&smi_info->req_events, 0);
+	smi_info->in_maintenance_mode = enable;
 }
 
 static void shutdown_smi(void *send_info);