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    x86: Fix cpu offline bug: cancel SYSIO method when play dead · 1396bc5e
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    Play dead is a fragile and tricky point of cpu offline logic.  For how
    to play cpu dead, linux kernel changed several times: Very old kernel
    support 3 ways to play cpu dead: mwait, SYSIO, and halt, just like
    what cpuidle did when enter C3; Later, it cancel mwait and SYSIO
    support, only use halt to play dead; Latest linux 2.6.38 add mwait
    support when cpu dead.
    
    This patch cancel SYSIO method when cpu dead, keep same with latest
    kernel.
    
    SYSIO is an obsoleted method to enter deep C, with some tricky
    hardware behavior, and seldom supported in new platform.  Xen
    experiment indicate that when cpu dead, SYSIO method would trigger
    unknown issue which would bring strange error.  We now cancel SYSIO
    method when cpu dead, after all, correctness is more important than
    power save, and btw new platform use mwait.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLiu, Jinsong <jinsong.liu@intel.com>
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