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2009-06-10Merge branch 'tracing-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'tracing-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (244 commits) Revert "x86, bts: reenable ptrace branch trace support" tracing: do not translate event helper macros in print format ftrace/documentation: fix typo in function grapher name tracing/events: convert block trace points to TRACE_EVENT(), fix !CONFIG_BLOCK tracing: add protection around module events unload tracing: add trace_seq_vprint interface tracing: fix the block trace points print size tracing/events: convert block trace points to TRACE_EVENT() ring-buffer: fix ret in rb_add_time_stamp ring-buffer: pass in lockdep class key for reader_lock tracing: add annotation to what type of stack trace is recorded tracing: fix multiple use of __print_flags and __print_symbolic tracing/events: fix output format of user stack tracing/events: fix output format of kernel stack tracing/trace_stack: fix the number of entries in the header ring-buffer: discard timestamps that are at the start of the buffer ring-buffer: try to discard unneeded timestamps ring-buffer: fix bug in ring_buffer_discard_commit ftrace: do not profile functions when disabled tracing: make trace pipe recognize latency format flag ...
2009-06-10Merge branch 'x86-xen-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'x86-xen-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (42 commits) xen: cache cr0 value to avoid trap'n'emulate for read_cr0 xen/x86-64: clean up warnings about IST-using traps xen/x86-64: fix breakpoints and hardware watchpoints xen: reserve Xen start_info rather than e820 reserving xen: add FIX_TEXT_POKE to fixmap lguest: update lazy mmu changes to match lguest's use of kvm hypercalls xen: honour VCPU availability on boot xen: add "capabilities" file xen: drop kexec bits from /sys/hypervisor since kexec isn't implemented yet xen/sys/hypervisor: change writable_pt to features xen: add /sys/hypervisor support xen/xenbus: export xenbus_dev_changed xen: use device model for suspending xenbus devices xen: remove suspend_cancel hook xen/dev-evtchn: clean up locking in evtchn xen: export ioctl headers to userspace xen: add /dev/xen/evtchn driver xen: add irq_from_evtchn xen: clean up gate trap/interrupt constants xen: set _PAGE_NX in __supported_pte_mask before pagetable construction ...
2009-05-12x86: process.c, remove useless headersAmerigo Wang
<stdarg.h> is not needed by these files, remove them. [ Impact: cleanup ] Signed-off-by: WANG Cong <amwang@redhat.com> Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org LKML-Reference: <20090512032956.5040.77055.sendpatchset@localhost.localdomain> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-05-12x86: merge process.c a bitAmerigo Wang
Merge arch_align_stack() and arch_randomize_brk(), since they are the same. Tested on x86_64. [ Impact: cleanup ] Signed-off-by: Amerigo Wang <amwang@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-04-07Merge commit 'origin/master' into for-linus/xen/masterJeremy Fitzhardinge
* commit 'origin/master': (4825 commits) Fix build errors due to CONFIG_BRANCH_TRACER=y parport: Use the PCI IRQ if offered tty: jsm cleanups Adjust path to gpio headers KGDB_SERIAL_CONSOLE check for module Change KCONFIG name tty: Blackin CTS/RTS Change hardware flow control from poll to interrupt driven Add support for the MAX3100 SPI UART. lanana: assign a device name and numbering for MAX3100 serqt: initial clean up pass for tty side tty: Use the generic RS485 ioctl on CRIS tty: Correct inline types for tty_driver_kref_get() splice: fix deadlock in splicing to file nilfs2: support nanosecond timestamp nilfs2: introduce secondary super block nilfs2: simplify handling of active state of segments nilfs2: mark minor flag for checkpoint created by internal operation nilfs2: clean up sketch file nilfs2: super block operations fix endian bug ... Conflicts: arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h arch/x86/lguest/boot.c drivers/xen/manage.c
2009-04-07x86, ds: add leakage warningMarkus Metzger
Add a warning in case a debug store context is not removed before the task it is attached to is freed. Remove the old warning at thread exit. It is too early. Declare the debug store context field in thread_struct unconditionally. Remove ds_copy_thread() and ds_exit_thread() and do the work directly in process*.c. Signed-off-by: Markus Metzger <markus.t.metzger@intel.com> Cc: roland@redhat.com Cc: eranian@googlemail.com Cc: oleg@redhat.com Cc: juan.villacis@intel.com Cc: ak@linux.jf.intel.com LKML-Reference: <20090403144601.254472000@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-04-02Simplify copy_thread()Alexey Dobriyan
First argument unused since 2.3.11. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes] Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Cc: <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-03-29x86/paravirt: finish change from lazy cpu to context switch start/endJeremy Fitzhardinge
Impact: fix lazy context switch API Pass the previous and next tasks into the context switch start end calls, so that the called functions can properly access the task state (esp in end_context_switch, in which the next task is not yet completely current). Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
2009-03-29x86/pvops: replace arch_enter_lazy_cpu_mode with arch_start_context_switchJeremy Fitzhardinge
Impact: simplification, prepare for later changes Make lazy cpu mode more specific to context switching, so that it makes sense to do more context-switch specific things in the callbacks. Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
2009-03-02x86: unify chunks of kernel/process*.cJeremy Fitzhardinge
With x86-32 and -64 using the same mechanism for managing the tss io permissions bitmap, large chunks of process*.c are trivially unifyable, including: - exit_thread - flush_thread - __switch_to_xtra (along with tsc enable/disable) and as bonus pickups: - sys_fork - sys_vfork (Note: asmlinkage expands to empty on x86-64) Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-03-02x86-32: use non-lazy io bitmap context switchingJeremy Fitzhardinge
Impact: remove 32-bit optimization to prepare unification x86-32 and -64 differ in the way they context-switch tasks with io permission bitmaps. x86-64 simply copies the next tasks io bitmap into place (if any) on context switch. x86-32 invalidates the bitmap on context switch, so that the next IO instruction will fault; at that point it installs the appropriate IO bitmap. This makes context switching IO-bitmap-using tasks a bit more less expensive, at the cost of making the next IO instruction slower due to the extra fault. This tradeoff only makes sense if IO-bitmap-using processes are relatively common, but they don't actually use IO instructions very often. However, in a typical desktop system, the only process likely to be using IO bitmaps is the X server, and nothing at all on a server. Therefore the lazy context switch doesn't really win all that much, and its just a gratuitious difference from 64-bit code. This patch removes the lazy context switch, with a view to unifying this code in a later change. Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-02-22Merge branch 'linus' into x86/apicIngo Molnar
Conflicts: arch/x86/mach-default/setup.c Semantic conflict resolution: arch/x86/kernel/setup.c Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-02-17x86, rcu: fix strange load average and ksoftirqd behaviorPaul E. McKenney
Damien Wyart reported high ksoftirqd CPU usage (20%) on an otherwise idle system. The function-graph trace Damien provided: > 799.521187 | 1) <idle>-0 | | rcu_check_callbacks() { > 799.521371 | 1) <idle>-0 | | rcu_check_callbacks() { > 799.521555 | 1) <idle>-0 | | rcu_check_callbacks() { > 799.521738 | 1) <idle>-0 | | rcu_check_callbacks() { > 799.521934 | 1) <idle>-0 | | rcu_check_callbacks() { > 799.522068 | 1) ksoftir-2324 | | rcu_check_callbacks() { > 799.522208 | 1) <idle>-0 | | rcu_check_callbacks() { > 799.522392 | 1) <idle>-0 | | rcu_check_callbacks() { > 799.522575 | 1) <idle>-0 | | rcu_check_callbacks() { > 799.522759 | 1) <idle>-0 | | rcu_check_callbacks() { > 799.522956 | 1) <idle>-0 | | rcu_check_callbacks() { > 799.523074 | 1) ksoftir-2324 | | rcu_check_callbacks() { > 799.523214 | 1) <idle>-0 | | rcu_check_callbacks() { > 799.523397 | 1) <idle>-0 | | rcu_check_callbacks() { > 799.523579 | 1) <idle>-0 | | rcu_check_callbacks() { > 799.523762 | 1) <idle>-0 | | rcu_check_callbacks() { > 799.523960 | 1) <idle>-0 | | rcu_check_callbacks() { > 799.524079 | 1) ksoftir-2324 | | rcu_check_callbacks() { > 799.524220 | 1) <idle>-0 | | rcu_check_callbacks() { > 799.524403 | 1) <idle>-0 | | rcu_check_callbacks() { > 799.524587 | 1) <idle>-0 | | rcu_check_callbacks() { > 799.524770 | 1) <idle>-0 | | rcu_check_callbacks() { > [ . . . ] Shows rcu_check_callbacks() being invoked way too often. It should be called once per jiffy, and here it is called no less than 22 times in about 3.5 milliseconds, meaning one call every 160 microseconds or so. Why do we need to call rcu_pending() and rcu_check_callbacks() from the idle loop of 32-bit x86, especially given that no other architecture does this? The following patch removes the call to rcu_pending() and rcu_check_callbacks() from the x86 32-bit idle loop in order to reduce the softirq load on idle systems. Reported-by: Damien Wyart <damien.wyart@free.fr> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-02-11x86: use regparm(3) for passed-in pt_regs pointerBrian Gerst
Some syscalls need to access the pt_regs structure, either to copy user register state or to modifiy it. This patch adds stubs to load the address of the pt_regs struct into the %eax register, and changes the syscalls to take the pointer as an argument instead of relying on the assumption that the pt_regs structure overlaps the function arguments. Drop the use of regparm(1) due to concern about gcc bugs, and to move in the direction of the eventual removal of regparm(0) for asmlinkage. Signed-off-by: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
2009-02-11x86: pass in pt_regs pointer for syscalls that need itBrian Gerst
Some syscalls need to access the pt_regs structure, either to copy user register state or to modifiy it. This patch adds stubs to load the address of the pt_regs struct into the %eax register, and changes the syscalls to regparm(1) to receive the pt_regs pointer as the first argument. Signed-off-by: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com> Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-02-11x86: fix x86_32 stack protector bugsTejun Heo
Impact: fix x86_32 stack protector Brian Gerst found out that %gs was being initialized to stack_canary instead of stack_canary - 20, which basically gave the same canary value for all threads. Fixing this also exposed the following bugs. * cpu_idle() didn't call boot_init_stack_canary() * stack canary switching in switch_to() was being done too late making the initial run of a new thread use the old stack canary value. Fix all of them and while at it update comment in cpu_idle() about calling boot_init_stack_canary(). Reported-by: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-02-10x86: implement x86_32 stack protectorTejun Heo
Impact: stack protector for x86_32 Implement stack protector for x86_32. GDT entry 28 is used for it. It's set to point to stack_canary-20 and have the length of 24 bytes. CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR turns off CONFIG_X86_32_LAZY_GS and sets %gs to the stack canary segment on entry. As %gs is otherwise unused by the kernel, the canary can be anywhere. It's defined as a percpu variable. x86_32 exception handlers take register frame on stack directly as struct pt_regs. With -fstack-protector turned on, gcc copies the whole structure after the stack canary and (of course) doesn't copy back on return thus losing all changed. For now, -fno-stack-protector is added to all files which contain those functions. We definitely need something better. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-02-10x86: make lazy %gs optional on x86_32Tejun Heo
Impact: pt_regs changed, lazy gs handling made optional, add slight overhead to SAVE_ALL, simplifies error_code path a bit On x86_32, %gs hasn't been used by kernel and handled lazily. pt_regs doesn't have place for it and gs is saved/loaded only when necessary. In preparation for stack protector support, this patch makes lazy %gs handling optional by doing the followings. * Add CONFIG_X86_32_LAZY_GS and place for gs in pt_regs. * Save and restore %gs along with other registers in entry_32.S unless LAZY_GS. Note that this unfortunately adds "pushl $0" on SAVE_ALL even when LAZY_GS. However, it adds no overhead to common exit path and simplifies entry path with error code. * Define different user_gs accessors depending on LAZY_GS and add lazy_save_gs() and lazy_load_gs() which are noop if !LAZY_GS. The lazy_*_gs() ops are used to save, load and clear %gs lazily. * Define ELF_CORE_COPY_KERNEL_REGS() which always read %gs directly. xen and lguest changes need to be verified. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xensource.com> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-02-10x86: add %gs accessors for x86_32Tejun Heo
Impact: cleanup On x86_32, %gs is handled lazily. It's not saved and restored on kernel entry/exit but only when necessary which usually is during task switch but there are few other places. Currently, it's done by calling savesegment() and loadsegment() explicitly. Define get_user_gs(), set_user_gs() and task_user_gs() and use them instead. While at it, clean up register access macros in signal.c. This cleans up code a bit and will help future changes. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-01-23x86: remove idle_timestamp from 32bit irq_cpustat_tBrian Gerst
Impact: bogus irq_cpustat field removed idle_timestamp is left over from the removed irqbalance code. Signed-off-by: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2009-01-19x86-64: Move cpu number from PDA to per-cpu and consolidate with 32-bit.Brian Gerst
tj: moved cpu_number definition out of CONFIG_HAVE_SETUP_PER_CPU_AREA for voyager. Signed-off-by: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2009-01-16percpu: add optimized generic percpu accessorsIngo Molnar
It is an optimization and a cleanup, and adds the following new generic percpu methods: percpu_read() percpu_write() percpu_add() percpu_sub() percpu_and() percpu_or() percpu_xor() and implements support for them on x86. (other architectures will fall back to a default implementation) The advantage is that for example to read a local percpu variable, instead of this sequence: return __get_cpu_var(var); ffffffff8102ca2b: 48 8b 14 fd 80 09 74 mov -0x7e8bf680(,%rdi,8),%rdx ffffffff8102ca32: 81 ffffffff8102ca33: 48 c7 c0 d8 59 00 00 mov $0x59d8,%rax ffffffff8102ca3a: 48 8b 04 10 mov (%rax,%rdx,1),%rax We can get a single instruction by using the optimized variants: return percpu_read(var); ffffffff8102ca3f: 65 48 8b 05 91 8f fd mov %gs:0x7efd8f91(%rip),%rax I also cleaned up the x86-specific APIs and made the x86 code use these new generic percpu primitives. tj: * fixed generic percpu_sub() definition as Roel Kluin pointed out * added percpu_and() for completeness's sake * made generic percpu ops atomic against preemption Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
2009-01-04x86: process_32.c fix style problemsJaswinder Singh Rajput
Impact: cleanup Fix: WARNING: Use #include <linux/uaccess.h> instead of <asm/uaccess.h> WARNING: Use #include <linux/io.h> instead of <asm/io.h> WARNING: Use #include <linux/kdebug.h> instead of <asm/kdebug.h> WARNING: Use #include <linux/smp.h> instead of <asm/smp.h> ERROR: "foo * bar" should be "foo *bar" ERROR: trailing whitespace ERROR: spaces required around that ':' (ctx:WxO) ERROR: spaces required around that ':' (ctx:OxW) total: 7 errors, 4 warnings Signed-off-by: Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinderrajput@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-12-20x86, bts: add fork and exit handlingMarkus Metzger
Impact: introduce new ptrace facility Add arch_ptrace_untrace() function that is called when the tracer detaches (either voluntarily or when the tracing task dies); ptrace_disable() is only called on a voluntary detach. Add ptrace_fork() and arch_ptrace_fork(). They are called when a traced task is forked. Clear DS and BTS related fields on fork. Release DS resources and reclaim memory in ptrace_untrace(). This releases resources already when the tracing task dies. We used to do that when the traced task dies. Signed-off-by: Markus Metzger <markus.t.metzger@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-12-12x86, bts: provide in-kernel branch-trace interfaceMarkus Metzger
Impact: cleanup Move the BTS bits from ptrace.c into ds.c. Signed-off-by: Markus Metzger <markus.t.metzger@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-12-08tracing/function-graph-tracer: introduce __notrace_funcgraph to filter ↵Frederic Weisbecker
special functions Impact: trace more functions When the function graph tracer is configured, three more files are not traced to prevent only four functions to be traced. And this impacts the normal function tracer too. arch/x86/kernel/process_64/32.c: I had crashes when I let this file traced. After some debugging, I saw that the "current" task point was changed inside__swtich_to(), ie: "write_pda(pcurrent, next_p);" inside process_64.c Since the tracer store the original return address of the function inside current, we had crashes. Only __switch_to() has to be excluded from tracing. kernel/module.c and kernel/extable.c: Because of a function used internally by the function graph tracer: __kernel_text_address() To let the other functions inside these files to be traced, this patch introduces the __notrace_funcgraph function prefix which is __notrace if function graph tracer is configured and nothing if not. Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-10-13x86: __show_registers() and __show_regs() API unificationPekka Enberg
Currently the low-level function to dump user-passed registers on i386 is called __show_registers() whereas on x86-64 it's called __show_regs(). Unify the API to simplify porting of kmemcheck to x86-64. Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi> Acked-by: Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-10-12Merge branch 'linus' into x86/xenIngo Molnar
Conflicts: arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
2008-10-06Merge branches 'x86/alternatives', 'x86/cleanups', 'x86/commandline', ↵Ingo Molnar
'x86/crashdump', 'x86/debug', 'x86/defconfig', 'x86/doc', 'x86/exports', 'x86/fpu', 'x86/gart', 'x86/idle', 'x86/mm', 'x86/mtrr', 'x86/nmi-watchdog', 'x86/oprofile', 'x86/paravirt', 'x86/reboot', 'x86/sparse-fixes', 'x86/tsc', 'x86/urgent' and 'x86/vmalloc' into x86-v28-for-linus-phase1
2008-10-06Merge branch 'x86/prototypes' into x86-v28-for-linus-phase1Ingo Molnar
Conflicts: arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-10-06Merge branch 'x86/pebs' into x86-v28-for-linus-phase1Ingo Molnar
Conflicts: include/asm-x86/ds.h Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-09-24Merge commit 'v2.6.27-rc7' into x86/pebsIngo Molnar
2008-09-24x86: prevent stale state of c1e_mask across CPU offline/online, fixMarc Dionne
Fix build error introduced by commit 4faac97d44ac27 ("x86: prevent stale state of c1e_mask across CPU offline/online"). process_32.c needs to include idle.h to get the prototype for c1e_remove_cpu() Signed-off-by: Marc Dionne <marc.c.dionne@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-09-23x86: prevent stale state of c1e_mask across CPU offline/onlineThomas Gleixner
Impact: hang which happens across CPU offline/online on AMD C1E systems. When a CPU goes offline then the corresponding bit in the broadcast mask is cleared. For AMD C1E enabled CPUs we do not reenable the broadcast when the CPU comes online again as we do not clear the corresponding bit in the c1e_mask, which keeps track which CPUs have been switched to broadcast already. So on those !$@#& machines we never switch back to broadcasting after a CPU offline/online cycle. Clear the bit when the CPU plays dead. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-09-22Merge commit 'v2.6.27-rc7' into x86/debugIngo Molnar
2008-09-17x86: print DMI information in the oops traceArjan van de Ven
in order to diagnose hard system specific issues, it's useful to have the system name in the oops (as provided by DMI) Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-09-05x86: build fix for !CONFIG_SMPAlex Nixon
Move reset_lazy_tlbstate into tlb_32.c, and define noop versions of play_dead() in process_{32,64}.c when !CONFIG_SMP. Signed-off-by: Alex Nixon <alex.nixon@citrix.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-08-25x86: unify x86_32 and x86_64 play_dead into one functionAlex Nixon
Add the new play_dead into smpboot.c, as it fits more cleanly in there alongside other CONFIG_HOTPLUG functions. Separate out the common code into its own function. Signed-off-by: Alex Nixon <alex.nixon@citrix.com> Acked-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-08-25x86_32: clean up play_deadAlex Nixon
The removal of the CPU from the various maps was redundant as it already happened in cpu_disable. After cleaning this up, cpu_uninit only resets the tlb state, so rename it and create a noop version for the X86_64 case (so the two play_deads can be unified later). Signed-off-by: Alex Nixon <alex.nixon@citrix.com> Acked-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-08-25x86: add cpu hotplug hooks into smp_opsAlex Nixon
Signed-off-by: Alex Nixon <alex.nixon@citrix.com> Acked-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-08-15x86: invalidate caches before going into suspendMark Langsdorf
When a CPU core is shut down, all of its caches need to be flushed to prevent stale data from causing errors if the core is resumed. Current Linux suspend code performs an assignment after the flush, which can add dirty data back to the cache.  On some AMD platforms, additional speculative reads have caused crashes on resume because of this dirty data. Relocate the cache flush to be the very last thing done before halting.  Tie into an assembly line so the compile will not reorder it.  Add some documentation explaining what is going on and why we're doing this. Signed-off-by: Mark Langsdorf <mark.langsdorf@amd.com> Acked-by: Mark Borden <mark.borden@amd.com> Acked-by: Michael Hohmuth <michael.hohmuth@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-08-14Merge commit 'v2.6.27-rc3' into x86/prototypesIngo Molnar
Conflicts: include/asm-x86/dma-mapping.h Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-07-25Merge branch 'linus' into x86/pebsIngo Molnar
Conflicts: arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c arch/x86/kernel/setup_64.c Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-07-22x86: process_32.c declare cpu_number before they get usedJaswinder Singh
Moved DECLARE_PER_CPU(int, cpu_number) from CONFIG_X86_32_SMP to CONFIG_X86_32 because cpu_number is required for both. And include asm/smp.h in process_32.c Signed-off-by: Jaswinder Singh <jaswinder@infradead.org>
2008-07-22x86: Introducing asm/syscalls.hJaswinder Singh
Declaring arch-dependent syscalls for x86 architecture Signed-off-by: Jaswinder Singh <jaswinder@infradead.org>
2008-07-18Merge branch 'linus' into timers/nohzIngo Molnar
2008-07-18nohz: prevent tick stop outside of the idle loopThomas Gleixner
Jack Ren and Eric Miao tracked down the following long standing problem in the NOHZ code: scheduler switch to idle task enable interrupts Window starts here ----> interrupt happens (does not set NEED_RESCHED) irq_exit() stops the tick ----> interrupt happens (does set NEED_RESCHED) return from schedule() cpu_idle(): preempt_disable(); Window ends here The interrupts can happen at any point inside the race window. The first interrupt stops the tick, the second one causes the scheduler to rerun and switch away from idle again and we end up with the tick disabled. The fact that it needs two interrupts where the first one does not set NEED_RESCHED and the second one does made the bug obscure and extremly hard to reproduce and analyse. Kudos to Jack and Eric. Solution: Limit the NOHZ functionality to the idle loop to make sure that we can not run into such a situation ever again. cpu_idle() { preempt_disable(); while(1) { tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(1); <- tell NOHZ code that we are in the idle loop while (!need_resched()) halt(); tick_nohz_restart_sched_tick(); <- disables NOHZ mode preempt_enable_no_resched(); schedule(); preempt_disable(); } } In hindsight we should have done this forever, but ... /me grabs a large brown paperbag. Debugged-by: Jack Ren <jack.ren@marvell.com>, Debugged-by: eric miao <eric.y.miao@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-07-14Merge branch 'auto-ftrace-next' into tracing/for-linusIngo Molnar
Conflicts: arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c arch/x86/lib/Makefile include/asm-x86/irqflags.h kernel/Makefile kernel/sched.c Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-07-08x86: move cpu_exit_clear to process_32.cGlauber Costa
Take it out of smpboot.c, and move it to process_32.c, closer to its only user. Signed-off-by: Glauber Costa <gcosta@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-07-08Merge commit 'v2.6.26-rc9' into x86/cpuIngo Molnar
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