source "drivers/cpuidle/Kconfig.powerpc"
 endmenu
 
+config HALTPOLL_CPUIDLE
+       tristate "Halt poll cpuidle driver"
+       depends on X86 && KVM_GUEST
+       default y
+       help
+         This option enables halt poll cpuidle driver, which allows to poll
+         before halting in the guest (more efficient than polling in the
+         host via halt_poll_ns for some scenarios).
+
 endif
 
 config ARCH_NEEDS_CPU_IDLE_COUPLED
 
--- /dev/null
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * cpuidle driver for haltpoll governor.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2019 Red Hat, Inc. and/or its affiliates.
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2.  See
+ * the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ *
+ * Authors: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
+ */
+
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/cpuidle.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/sched/idle.h>
+#include <linux/kvm_para.h>
+
+static int default_enter_idle(struct cpuidle_device *dev,
+                             struct cpuidle_driver *drv, int index)
+{
+       if (current_clr_polling_and_test()) {
+               local_irq_enable();
+               return index;
+       }
+       default_idle();
+       return index;
+}
+
+static struct cpuidle_driver haltpoll_driver = {
+       .name = "haltpoll",
+       .owner = THIS_MODULE,
+       .states = {
+               { /* entry 0 is for polling */ },
+               {
+                       .enter                  = default_enter_idle,
+                       .exit_latency           = 1,
+                       .target_residency       = 1,
+                       .power_usage            = -1,
+                       .name                   = "haltpoll idle",
+                       .desc                   = "default architecture idle",
+               },
+       },
+       .safe_state_index = 0,
+       .state_count = 2,
+};
+
+static int __init haltpoll_init(void)
+{
+       struct cpuidle_driver *drv = &haltpoll_driver;
+
+       cpuidle_poll_state_init(drv);
+
+       if (!kvm_para_available())
+               return 0;
+
+       return cpuidle_register(&haltpoll_driver, NULL);
+}
+
+static void __exit haltpoll_exit(void)
+{
+       cpuidle_unregister(&haltpoll_driver);
+}
+
+module_init(haltpoll_init);
+module_exit(haltpoll_exit);
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>");