1. 25 3月, 2015 1 次提交
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      s390: remove 31 bit support · 5a79859a
      Heiko Carstens 提交于
      Remove the 31 bit support in order to reduce maintenance cost and
      effectively remove dead code. Since a couple of years there is no
      distribution left that comes with a 31 bit kernel.
      
      The 31 bit kernel also has been broken since more than a year before
      anybody noticed. In addition I added a removal warning to the kernel
      shown at ipl for 5 minutes: a960062e ("s390: add 31 bit warning
      message") which let everybody know about the plan to remove 31 bit
      code. We didn't get any response.
      
      Given that the last 31 bit only machine was introduced in 1999 let's
      remove the code.
      Anybody with 31 bit user space code can still use the compat mode.
      Signed-off-by: NHeiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
      Signed-off-by: NMartin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
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  2. 26 9月, 2012 1 次提交
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      s390: add support for runtime instrumentation · e4b8b3f3
      Jan Glauber 提交于
      Allow user-space threads to use runtime instrumentation (RI). To enable RI
      for a thread there is a new s390 specific system call, sys_s390_runtime_instr,
      that takes as parameter a realtime signal number. If the RI facility is
      available the system call sets up a control block for the calling thread with
      the appropriate permissions for the thread to modify the control block.
      
      The user-space thread can then use the store and modify RI instructions to
      alter the control block and start/stop the instrumentation via RION/RIOFF.
      
      If the user specified program buffer runs full RI triggers an external
      interrupt. The external interrupt is translated to a real-time signal that
      is delivered to the thread that enabled RI on that CPU. The number of
      the real-time signal is the number specified in the RI system call. So,
      user-space can select any available real-time signal number in case the
      application itself uses real-time signals for other purposes.
      
      The kernel saves the RI control blocks on task switch only if the running
      thread was enabled for RI. Therefore, the performance impact on task switch
      should be negligible if RI is not used.
      
      RI is only enabled for user-space mode and is disabled for the supervisor
      state.
      Reviewed-by: NHeiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
      Signed-off-by: NJan Glauber <jang@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
      Signed-off-by: NMartin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
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