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Date:      Sat, 23 May 2015 22:28:59 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Andrew Turner <andrew@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r283331 - head/sys/arm/arm
Message-ID:  <201505232228.t4NMSxs2032365@svn.freebsd.org>

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Author: andrew
Date: Sat May 23 22:28:59 2015
New Revision: 283331
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/283331

Log:
  Use the wait-for-event instruction to put the core we have just enabled
  to sleep while it waits to start scheduling. The boot core can then use
  the send-event instruction to wake the cores when they should enter the
  scheduler.
  
  MFC after:	1 week

Modified:
  head/sys/arm/arm/mp_machdep.c

Modified: head/sys/arm/arm/mp_machdep.c
==============================================================================
--- head/sys/arm/arm/mp_machdep.c	Sat May 23 21:58:41 2015	(r283330)
+++ head/sys/arm/arm/mp_machdep.c	Sat May 23 22:28:59 2015	(r283331)
@@ -185,8 +185,11 @@ init_secondary(int cpu)
 	atomic_add_rel_32(&mp_naps, 1);
 
 	/* Spin until the BSP releases the APs */
-	while (!aps_ready)
-		;
+	while (!atomic_load_acq_int(&aps_ready)) {
+#if __ARM_ARCH >= 7
+		__asm __volatile("wfe");
+#endif
+	}
 
 	/* Initialize curthread */
 	KASSERT(PCPU_GET(idlethread) != NULL, ("no idle thread"));
@@ -353,6 +356,10 @@ release_aps(void *dummy __unused)
 		arm_unmask_irq(i);
 	}
 	atomic_store_rel_int(&aps_ready, 1);
+	/* Wake the other threads up */
+#if __ARM_ARCH >= 7
+	armv7_sev();
+#endif
 
 	printf("Release APs\n");
 



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