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authorPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>2009-04-06 11:45:03 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-04-07 10:48:56 +0200
commitb6276f353bf490add62dcf7db0ebd75baa3e1a37 (patch)
tree9720a848fca77555bef9658c56445815f6f2a29d /arch/x86/include
parent671dec5daf3b3c43c5777be282f00120a44cf37f (diff)
perf_counter: x86: self-IPI for pending work
Implement set_perf_counter_pending() with a self-IPI so that it will run ASAP in a usable context. For now use a second IRQ vector, because the primary vector pokes the apic in funny ways that seem to confuse things. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Corey Ashford <cjashfor@linux.vnet.ibm.com> LKML-Reference: <20090406094517.724626696@chello.nl> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/include')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/entry_arch.h1
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/hardirq.h1
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/hw_irq.h1
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/irq_vectors.h5
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/perf_counter.h3
5 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/entry_arch.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/entry_arch.h
index c2e6bedaf25..fe24d280249 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/entry_arch.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/entry_arch.h
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ BUILD_INTERRUPT(spurious_interrupt,SPURIOUS_APIC_VECTOR)
#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS
BUILD_INTERRUPT(perf_counter_interrupt, LOCAL_PERF_VECTOR)
+BUILD_INTERRUPT(perf_pending_interrupt, LOCAL_PENDING_VECTOR)
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_MCE_P4THERMAL
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/hardirq.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/hardirq.h
index 25454427cee..f5ebe2aaca4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/hardirq.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/hardirq.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ typedef struct {
#endif
unsigned int generic_irqs; /* arch dependent */
unsigned int apic_perf_irqs;
+ unsigned int apic_pending_irqs;
#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
unsigned int irq_resched_count;
unsigned int irq_call_count;
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/hw_irq.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/hw_irq.h
index ae80f64973e..7309c0ad690 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/hw_irq.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/hw_irq.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ extern void apic_timer_interrupt(void);
extern void generic_interrupt(void);
extern void error_interrupt(void);
extern void perf_counter_interrupt(void);
+extern void perf_pending_interrupt(void);
extern void spurious_interrupt(void);
extern void thermal_interrupt(void);
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/irq_vectors.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/irq_vectors.h
index 3cbd79bbb47..545bb811ccb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/irq_vectors.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/irq_vectors.h
@@ -117,6 +117,11 @@
#define GENERIC_INTERRUPT_VECTOR 0xed
/*
+ * Performance monitoring pending work vector:
+ */
+#define LOCAL_PENDING_VECTOR 0xec
+
+/*
* First APIC vector available to drivers: (vectors 0x30-0xee) we
* start at 0x31(0x41) to spread out vectors evenly between priority
* levels. (0x80 is the syscall vector)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_counter.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_counter.h
index e2b0e66b235..d08dd52cb8f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_counter.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_counter.h
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ union cpuid10_edx {
#define MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_FIXED_CTR2 0x30b
#define X86_PMC_IDX_FIXED_BUS_CYCLES (X86_PMC_IDX_FIXED + 2)
-#define set_perf_counter_pending() do { } while (0)
+extern void set_perf_counter_pending(void);
+
#define clear_perf_counter_pending() do { } while (0)
#define test_perf_counter_pending() (0)