- 23 3月, 2006 1 次提交
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由 Gerd Hoffmann 提交于
Implement SMP alternatives, i.e. switching at runtime between different code versions for UP and SMP. The code can patch both SMP->UP and UP->SMP. The UP->SMP case is useful for CPU hotplug. With CONFIG_CPU_HOTPLUG enabled the code switches to UP at boot time and when the number of CPUs goes down to 1, and switches to SMP when the number of CPUs goes up to 2. Without CONFIG_CPU_HOTPLUG or on non-SMP-capable systems the code is patched once at boot time (if needed) and the tables are released afterwards. The changes in detail: * The current alternatives bits are moved to a separate file, the SMP alternatives code is added there. * The patch adds some new elf sections to the kernel: .smp_altinstructions like .altinstructions, also contains a list of alt_instr structs. .smp_altinstr_replacement like .altinstr_replacement, but also has some space to save original instruction before replaving it. .smp_locks list of pointers to lock prefixes which can be nop'ed out on UP. The first two are used to replace more complex instruction sequences such as spinlocks and semaphores. It would be possible to deal with the lock prefixes with that as well, but by handling them as special case the table sizes become much smaller. * The sections are page-aligned and padded up to page size, so they can be free if they are not needed. * Splitted the code to release init pages to a separate function and use it to release the elf sections if they are unused. Signed-off-by: NGerd Hoffmann <kraxel@suse.de> Signed-off-by: NChuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com> Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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- 12 1月, 2006 1 次提交
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由 Linus Torvalds 提交于
Noticed by Arjan originally on x86-64, then Ingo on x86, and finally me grepping for it in the generic version. Bad parenthesis nesting. Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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- 11 1月, 2006 1 次提交
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由 Ingo Molnar 提交于
Call the mutex slowpath more conservatively - e.g. FRAME_POINTERS can change the calling convention, in which case a direct branch to the slowpath becomes illegal. Bug found by Hugh Dickins. Signed-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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- 10 1月, 2006 2 次提交
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由 Arjan van de Ven 提交于
add the i386 version of mutex.h, optimized in assembly. Signed-off-by: NArjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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由 Ingo Molnar 提交于
Add three (generic) mutex fastpath implementations. The mutex-xchg.h implementation is atomic_xchg() based, and should work fine on every architecture. The mutex-dec.h implementation is atomic_dec_return() based - this one too should work on every architecture, but might not perform the most optimally on architectures that have no atomic-dec/inc instructions. The mutex-null.h implementation forces all calls into the slowpath. This is used for mutex debugging, but it can also be used on platforms that do not want (or need) a fastpath at all. Signed-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: NArjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>
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