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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>
2009-01-04x86: 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
2008-06-25Merge branch 'linus' into x86/pebsIngo Molnar
2008-06-23Merge branch 'linus' into tracing/ftraceIngo Molnar
2008-06-19x86: fix NULL pointer deref in __switch_toSuresh Siddha
Patrick McHardy reported a crash: > > I get this oops once a day, its apparently triggered by something > > run by cron, but the process is a different one each time. > > > > Kernel is -git from yesterday shortly before the -rc6 release > > (last commit is the usb-2.6 merge, the x86 patches are missing), > > .config is attached. > > > > I'll retry with current -git, but the patches that have gone in > > since I last updated don't look related. > > > > [62060.043009] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at > > 000001ff > > [62060.043009] IP: [<c0102a9b>] __switch_to+0x2f/0x118 > > [62060.043009] *pde = 00000000 > > [62060.043009] Oops: 0002 [#1] PREEMPT Vegard Nossum analyzed it: > This decodes to > > 0: 0f ae 00 fxsave (%eax) > > so it's related to the floating-point context. This is the exact > location of the crash: > > $ addr2line -e arch/x86/kernel/process_32.o -i ab0 > include/asm/i387.h:232 > include/asm/i387.h:262 > arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c:595 > > ...so it looks like prev_task->thread.xstate->fxsave has become NULL. > Or maybe it never had any other value. Somehow (as described below) TS_USEDFPU is set but the fpu is not allocated or freed. Another possible FPU pre-emption issue with the sleazy FPU optimization which was benign before but not so anymore, with the dynamic FPU allocation patch. New task is getting exec'd and it is prempted at the below point. flush_thread() { ... /* * Forget coprocessor state.. */ clear_fpu(tsk); <----- Preemption point clear_used_math(); ... } Now when it context switches in again, as the used_math() is still set and fpu_counter can be > 5, we will do a math_state_restore() which sets the task's TS_USEDFPU. After it continues from the above preemption point it does clear_used_math() and much later free_thread_xstate(). Now, at the next context switch, it is quite possible that xstate is null, used_math() is not set and TS_USEDFPU is still set. This will trigger unlazy_fpu() causing kernel oops. Fix this by clearing tsk's fpu_counter before clearing task's fpu. Reported-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-06-16Merge branch 'linus' into tracing/ftraceIngo Molnar
2008-06-10x86: move more common idle functions/variables to process.cThomas Gleixner
more unification. Should cause no change in functionality. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-06-10x86: simplify idle selectionThomas Gleixner
default_idle is selected in cpu_idle(), when no other idle routine is selected. Select it in select_idle_routine() when mwait is not selected. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-06-04x86, fpu: fix CONFIG_PREEMPT=y corruption of application's FPU stackSuresh Siddha
Jürgen Mell reported an FPU state corruption bug under CONFIG_PREEMPT, and bisected it to commit v2.6.19-1363-gacc2076, "i386: add sleazy FPU optimization". Add tsk_used_math() checks to prevent calling math_state_restore() which can sleep in the case of !tsk_used_math(). This prevents making a blocking call in __switch_to(). Apparently "fpu_counter > 5" check is not enough, as in some signal handling and fork/exec scenarios, fpu_counter > 5 and !tsk_used_math() is possible. It's a side effect though. This is the failing scenario: process 'A' in save_i387_ia32() just after clear_used_math() Got an interrupt and pre-empted out. At the next context switch to process 'A' again, kernel tries to restore the math state proactively and sees a fpu_counter > 0 and !tsk_used_math() This results in init_fpu() during the __switch_to()'s math_state_restore() And resulting in fpu corruption which will be saved/restored (save_i387_fxsave and restore_i387_fxsave) during the remaining part of the signal handling after the context switch. Bisected-by: Jürgen Mell <j.mell@t-online.de> Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com> Tested-by: Jürgen Mell <j.mell@t-online.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: stable@kernel.org
2008-05-23ftrace: trace preempt off critical timingsSteven Rostedt
Add preempt off timings. A lot of kernel core code is taken from the RT patch latency trace that was written by Ingo Molnar. This adds "preemptoff" and "preemptirqsoff" to /debugfs/tracing/available_tracers Now instead of just tracing irqs off, preemption off can be selected to be recorded. When this is selected, it shares the same files as irqs off timings. One can either trace preemption off, irqs off, or one or the other off. By echoing "preemptoff" into /debugfs/tracing/current_tracer, recording of preempt off only is performed. "irqsoff" will only record the time irqs are disabled, but "preemptirqsoff" will take the total time irqs or preemption are disabled. Runtime switching of these options is now supported by simpling echoing in the appropriate trace name into /debugfs/tracing/current_tracer. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-05-12x86, ptrace: PEBS support, warning fixAndrew Morton
arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c:566: warning: unused variable 'ds_next' arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c:566: warning: unused variable 'ds_prev' Cc: Markus Metzger <markus.t.metzger@intel.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: "Siddha, Suresh B" <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com> Cc: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com> Cc: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@googlemail.com> Cc: <juan.villacis@intel.com> Cc: stephane eranian <eranian@googlemail.com> Cc: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-05-12x86, ptrace: PEBS supportMarkus Metzger
Polish the ds.h interface and add support for PEBS. Ds.c is meant to be the resource allocator for per-thread and per-cpu BTS and PEBS recording. It is used by ptrace/utrace to provide execution tracing of debugged tasks. It will be used by profilers (e.g. perfmon2). It may be used by kernel debuggers to provide a kernel execution trace. Changes in detail: - guard DS and ptrace by CONFIG macros - separate DS and BTS more clearly - simplify field accesses - add functions to manage PEBS buffers - add simple protection/allocation mechanism - added support for Atom Opens: - buffer overflow handling Currently, only circular buffers are supported. This is all we need for debugging. Profilers would want an overflow notification. This is planned to be added when perfmon2 is made to use the ds.h interface. - utrace intermediate layer Signed-off-by: Markus Metzger <markus.t.metzger@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-04-27fix idle (arch, acpi and apm) and lockdepPeter Zijlstra
OK, so 25-mm1 gave a lockdep error which made me look into this. The first thing that I noticed was the horrible mess; the second thing I saw was hacks like: 71e93d15612c61c2e26a169567becf088e71b8ff The problem is that arch idle routines are somewhat inconsitent with their IRQ state handling and instead of fixing _that_, we go paper over the problem. So the thing I've tried to do is set a standard for idle routines and fix them all up to adhere to that. So the rules are: idle routines are entered with IRQs disabled idle routines will exit with IRQs enabled Nearly all already did this in one form or another. Merge the 32 and 64 bit bits so they no longer have different bugs. As for the actual lockdep warning; __sti_mwait() did a plainly un-annotated irq-enable. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Tested-by: Bob Copeland <me@bobcopeland.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-04-24"make namespacecheck" fixesIngo Molnar
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-04-19x86, fpu: lazy allocation of FPU area - v5Suresh Siddha
Only allocate the FPU area when the application actually uses FPU, i.e., in the first lazy FPU trap. This could save memory for non-fpu using apps. for example: on my system after boot, there are around 300 processes, with only 17 using FPU. Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com> Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-04-19x86, fpu: split FPU state from task struct - v5Suresh Siddha
Split the FPU save area from the task struct. This allows easy migration of FPU context, and it's generally cleaner. It also allows the following two optimizations: 1) only allocate when the application actually uses FPU, so in the first lazy FPU trap. This could save memory for non-fpu using apps. Next patch does this lazy allocation. 2) allocate the right size for the actual cpu rather than 512 bytes always. Patches enabling xsave/xrstor support (coming shortly) will take advantage of this. Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-04-19x86: implement prctl PR_GET_TSC and PR_SET_TSCErik Bosman
This patch implements the PR_GET_TSC and PR_SET_TSC prctl() commands on the x86 platform (both 32 and 64 bit.) These commands control the ability to read the timestamp counter from userspace (the RDTSC instruction.) While the RDTSC instuction is a useful profiling tool, it is also the source of some non-determinism in ring-3. For deterministic replay applications it is useful to be able to trap and emulate (and record the outcome of) this instruction. This patch uses code earlier used to disable the timestamp counter for the SECCOMP framework. A side-effect of this patch is that the SECCOMP environment will now also disable the timestamp counter on x86_64 due to the addition of the TIF_NOTSC define on this platform. The code which enables/disables the RDTSC instruction during context switches is in the __switch_to_xtra function, which already handles other unusual conditions, so normal performance should not have to suffer from this change. Signed-off-by: Erik Bosman <ejbosman@cs.vu.nl> Acked-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-04-19x86: remove vm86.h inclusion from process_32.cJacek Luczak
I've made a small investigation about vm86.h inclusion rules and it looks like everything is more or less ok. Files that rely on asm/vm86.h symbols are: - kprobes.c - process_32.c - signal_32.c - traps_32.c - vm86_32.c File process_32.c includes vm86.h explicitly. We can remove that include and it won't break anything. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-04-17x86: improve default idleIngo Molnar
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-04-17x86: always enable irqs when entering idleGlauber de Oliveira Costa
This matches x86_64 behaviour, which is a superior one IMHO Signed-off-by: Glauber Costa <gcosta@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-04-17x86: prevent unconditional writes to DebugCtl MSRJan Beulich
Otherwise, enabling (or better, subsequent disabling) of single stepping would cause a kernel oops on CPUs not having this MSR. The patch could have been added a conditional to the MSR write in user_disable_single_step(), but centralizing the updates seems safer and (looking forward) better manageable. Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com> Cc: Markus Metzger <markus.t.metzger@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-04-17x86: de-macro start_thread()Ingo Molnar
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-04-17x86: change most X86_32 pt_regs members to unsigned longHarvey Harrison
Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com> Cc: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>