1. 29 3月, 2012 3 次提交
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      smp: introduce a generic on_each_cpu_mask() function · 3fc498f1
      Gilad Ben-Yossef 提交于
      We have lots of infrastructure in place to partition multi-core systems
      such that we have a group of CPUs that are dedicated to specific task:
      cgroups, scheduler and interrupt affinity, and cpuisol= boot parameter.
      Still, kernel code will at times interrupt all CPUs in the system via IPIs
      for various needs.  These IPIs are useful and cannot be avoided
      altogether, but in certain cases it is possible to interrupt only specific
      CPUs that have useful work to do and not the entire system.
      
      This patch set, inspired by discussions with Peter Zijlstra and Frederic
      Weisbecker when testing the nohz task patch set, is a first stab at trying
      to explore doing this by locating the places where such global IPI calls
      are being made and turning the global IPI into an IPI for a specific group
      of CPUs.  The purpose of the patch set is to get feedback if this is the
      right way to go for dealing with this issue and indeed, if the issue is
      even worth dealing with at all.  Based on the feedback from this patch set
      I plan to offer further patches that address similar issue in other code
      paths.
      
      This patch creates an on_each_cpu_mask() and on_each_cpu_cond()
      infrastructure API (the former derived from existing arch specific
      versions in Tile and Arm) and uses them to turn several global IPI
      invocation to per CPU group invocations.
      
      Core kernel:
      
      on_each_cpu_mask() calls a function on processors specified by cpumask,
      which may or may not include the local processor.
      
      You must not call this function with disabled interrupts or from a
      hardware interrupt handler or from a bottom half handler.
      
      arch/arm:
      
      Note that the generic version is a little different then the Arm one:
      
      1. It has the mask as first parameter
      2. It calls the function on the calling CPU with interrupts disabled,
         but this should be OK since the function is called on the other CPUs
         with interrupts disabled anyway.
      
      arch/tile:
      
      The API is the same as the tile private one, but the generic version
      also calls the function on the with interrupts disabled in UP case
      
      This is OK since the function is called on the other CPUs
      with interrupts disabled.
      Signed-off-by: NGilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@benyossef.com>
      Reviewed-by: NChristoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
      Acked-by: NChris Metcalf <cmetcalf@tilera.com>
      Acked-by: NPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
      Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
      Cc: Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>
      Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>
      Cc: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
      Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
      Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
      Cc: Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@gmail.com>
      Cc: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>
      Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
      Cc: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
      Acked-by: NMichal Nazarewicz <mina86@mina86.org>
      Cc: Kosaki Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@gmail.com>
      Cc: Milton Miller <miltonm@bga.com>
      Cc: Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>
      Acked-by: NPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
      Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
      Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
      3fc498f1
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      Disintegrate asm/system.h for ARM · 9f97da78
      David Howells 提交于
      Disintegrate asm/system.h for ARM.
      Signed-off-by: NDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
      cc: Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>
      cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
      9f97da78
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      ARM: move CP15 definitions to separate header file · 15d07dc9
      Russell King 提交于
      Avoid namespace conflicts with drivers over the CP15 definitions by
      moving CP15 related prototypes and definitions to a private header
      file.
      Acked-by: NStephen Warren <swarren@nvidia.com>
      Tested-by: Stephen Warren <swarren@nvidia.com> [Tegra]
      Acked-by: NH Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
      Tested-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com> [EP93xx]
      Acked-by: NNicolas Pitre <nico@linaro.org>
      Acked-by: NKukjin Kim <kgene.kim@samsung.com>
      Signed-off-by: NRussell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
      Signed-off-by: NDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
      15d07dc9
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