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authorAtsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp>2006-06-08 01:09:01 +0900
committerRalf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>2006-09-27 13:37:40 +0100
commit60a6c3777ec607c5b19df9eac35088db4e142a6b (patch)
tree8f4a680f4667ac4698dfd80bd4ccd79a34f10b19 /arch/mips/kernel
parent7fdeb048141b363a23b8cf6f6a226d74aca4d724 (diff)
[MIPS] Reduce race between cpu_wait() and need_resched() checking
If a thread became runnable between need_resched() and the WAIT instruction, switching to the thread will delay until a next interrupt. Some CPUs can execute the WAIT instruction with interrupt disabled, so we can get rid of this race on them (at least UP case). Original Patch by Atsushi with fixing up for MIPS Technology's cores by Ralf based on feedback from the RTL designers. Signed-off-by: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp> Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/mips/kernel')
-rw-r--r--arch/mips/kernel/cpu-probe.c62
1 files changed, 45 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/cpu-probe.c b/arch/mips/kernel/cpu-probe.c
index aa2caa67299..9fbf8430c84 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/cpu-probe.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/cpu-probe.c
@@ -38,15 +38,40 @@ static void r3081_wait(void)
static void r39xx_wait(void)
{
- unsigned long cfg = read_c0_conf();
- write_c0_conf(cfg | TX39_CONF_HALT);
+ local_irq_disable();
+ if (!need_resched())
+ write_c0_conf(read_c0_conf() | TX39_CONF_HALT);
+ local_irq_enable();
}
+/*
+ * There is a race when WAIT instruction executed with interrupt
+ * enabled.
+ * But it is implementation-dependent wheter the pipelie restarts when
+ * a non-enabled interrupt is requested.
+ */
static void r4k_wait(void)
{
- __asm__(".set\tmips3\n\t"
- "wait\n\t"
- ".set\tmips0");
+ __asm__(" .set mips3 \n"
+ " wait \n"
+ " .set mips0 \n");
+}
+
+/*
+ * This variant is preferable as it allows testing need_resched and going to
+ * sleep depending on the outcome atomically. Unfortunately the "It is
+ * implementation-dependent whether the pipeline restarts when a non-enabled
+ * interrupt is requested" restriction in the MIPS32/MIPS64 architecture makes
+ * using this version a gamble.
+ */
+static void r4k_wait_irqoff(void)
+{
+ local_irq_disable();
+ if (!need_resched())
+ __asm__(" .set mips3 \n"
+ " wait \n"
+ " .set mips0 \n");
+ local_irq_enable();
}
/* The Au1xxx wait is available only if using 32khz counter or
@@ -56,17 +81,17 @@ int allow_au1k_wait;
static void au1k_wait(void)
{
/* using the wait instruction makes CP0 counter unusable */
- __asm__(".set mips3\n\t"
- "cache 0x14, 0(%0)\n\t"
- "cache 0x14, 32(%0)\n\t"
- "sync\n\t"
- "nop\n\t"
- "wait\n\t"
- "nop\n\t"
- "nop\n\t"
- "nop\n\t"
- "nop\n\t"
- ".set mips0\n\t"
+ __asm__(" .set mips3 \n"
+ " cache 0x14, 0(%0) \n"
+ " cache 0x14, 32(%0) \n"
+ " sync \n"
+ " nop \n"
+ " wait \n"
+ " nop \n"
+ " nop \n"
+ " nop \n"
+ " nop \n"
+ " .set mips0 \n"
: : "r" (au1k_wait));
}
@@ -111,7 +136,6 @@ static inline void check_wait(void)
case CPU_NEVADA:
case CPU_RM7000:
case CPU_RM9000:
- case CPU_TX49XX:
case CPU_4KC:
case CPU_4KEC:
case CPU_4KSC:
@@ -125,6 +149,10 @@ static inline void check_wait(void)
cpu_wait = r4k_wait;
printk(" available.\n");
break;
+ case CPU_TX49XX:
+ cpu_wait = r4k_wait_irqoff;
+ printk(" available.\n");
+ break;
case CPU_AU1000:
case CPU_AU1100:
case CPU_AU1500: