1. 12 2月, 2007 1 次提交
  2. 13 12月, 2006 1 次提交
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      [IA64] - Reduce overhead of FP exception logging messages · 1cf24bdb
      Jack Steiner 提交于
      Improve the scalability of the fpswa code that rate-limits
      logging of messages.
      
      There are 2 distinctly different problems in this code.
      
      1) If prctl is used to disable logging, last_time is never
         updated. The result is that fpu_swa_count is zeroed out on
         EVERY fp fault. This causes a very very hot cache line.
         The fix reduces the wallclock time of a 1024p FP exception test
         from 28734 sec to 19 sec!!!
      
      2) On VERY large systems, excessive messages are logged because
         multiple cpus can each reset or increment fpu_swa_count at
         about the same time. The result is that hundreds of messages
         are logged each second. The fixes reduces the logging rate
         to ~1 per second.
      Signed-off-by: NJack Steiner <steiner@sgi.com>
      Signed-off-by: NTony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
      1cf24bdb
  3. 15 8月, 2006 1 次提交
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      [PATCH] Change panic_on_oops message to "Fatal exception" · 012c437d
      Horms 提交于
      Previously the message was "Fatal exception: panic_on_oops", as introduced
      in a recent patch whith removed a somewhat dangerous call to ssleep() in
      the panic_on_oops path.  However, Paul Mackerras suggested that this was
      somewhat confusing, leadind people to believe that it was panic_on_oops
      that was the root cause of the fatal exception.  On his suggestion, this
      patch changes the message to simply "Fatal exception".  A suitable oops
      message should already have been displayed.
      Signed-off-by: NSimon Horman <horms@verge.net.au>
      Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
      Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
      Signed-off-by: NGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
      012c437d
  4. 01 8月, 2006 1 次提交
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      [PATCH] panic_on_oops: remove ssleep() · cea6a4ba
      Horms 提交于
      This patch is part of an effort to unify the panic_on_oops behaviour across
      all architectures that implement it.
      
      It was pointed out to me by Andi Kleen that if an oops has occured in
      interrupt context, then calling sleep() in the oops path will only cause a
      panic, and that it would be really better for it not to be in the path at
      all.
      
      This patch removes the ssleep() call and reworks the console message
      accordinly.  I have a slght concern that the resulting console message is
      too long, feedback welcome.
      
      For powerpc it also unifies the 32bit and 64bit behaviour.
      
      Fror x86_64, this patch only updates the console message, as ssleep() is
      already not present.
      Signed-off-by: NHorms <horms@verge.net.au>
      Acked-by: NPaul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
      Cc: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
      Cc: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com>
      Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>
      Cc: Chris Zankel <chris@zankel.net>
      Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
      Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
      cea6a4ba
  5. 01 7月, 2006 1 次提交
  6. 28 3月, 2006 1 次提交
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      [PATCH] Notifier chain update: API changes · e041c683
      Alan Stern 提交于
      The kernel's implementation of notifier chains is unsafe.  There is no
      protection against entries being added to or removed from a chain while the
      chain is in use.  The issues were discussed in this thread:
      
          http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=113018709002036&w=2
      
      We noticed that notifier chains in the kernel fall into two basic usage
      classes:
      
      	"Blocking" chains are always called from a process context
      	and the callout routines are allowed to sleep;
      
      	"Atomic" chains can be called from an atomic context and
      	the callout routines are not allowed to sleep.
      
      We decided to codify this distinction and make it part of the API.  Therefore
      this set of patches introduces three new, parallel APIs: one for blocking
      notifiers, one for atomic notifiers, and one for "raw" notifiers (which is
      really just the old API under a new name).  New kinds of data structures are
      used for the heads of the chains, and new routines are defined for
      registration, unregistration, and calling a chain.  The three APIs are
      explained in include/linux/notifier.h and their implementation is in
      kernel/sys.c.
      
      With atomic and blocking chains, the implementation guarantees that the chain
      links will not be corrupted and that chain callers will not get messed up by
      entries being added or removed.  For raw chains the implementation provides no
      guarantees at all; users of this API must provide their own protections.  (The
      idea was that situations may come up where the assumptions of the atomic and
      blocking APIs are not appropriate, so it should be possible for users to
      handle these things in their own way.)
      
      There are some limitations, which should not be too hard to live with.  For
      atomic/blocking chains, registration and unregistration must always be done in
      a process context since the chain is protected by a mutex/rwsem.  Also, a
      callout routine for a non-raw chain must not try to register or unregister
      entries on its own chain.  (This did happen in a couple of places and the code
      had to be changed to avoid it.)
      
      Since atomic chains may be called from within an NMI handler, they cannot use
      spinlocks for synchronization.  Instead we use RCU.  The overhead falls almost
      entirely in the unregister routine, which is okay since unregistration is much
      less frequent that calling a chain.
      
      Here is the list of chains that we adjusted and their classifications.  None
      of them use the raw API, so for the moment it is only a placeholder.
      
        ATOMIC CHAINS
        -------------
      arch/i386/kernel/traps.c:		i386die_chain
      arch/ia64/kernel/traps.c:		ia64die_chain
      arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c:		powerpc_die_chain
      arch/sparc64/kernel/traps.c:		sparc64die_chain
      arch/x86_64/kernel/traps.c:		die_chain
      drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c:	xaction_notifier_list
      kernel/panic.c:				panic_notifier_list
      kernel/profile.c:			task_free_notifier
      net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:		hci_notifier
      net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_core.c:	ip_conntrack_chain
      net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_core.c:	ip_conntrack_expect_chain
      net/ipv6/addrconf.c:			inet6addr_chain
      net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c:	nf_conntrack_chain
      net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c:	nf_conntrack_expect_chain
      net/netlink/af_netlink.c:		netlink_chain
      
        BLOCKING CHAINS
        ---------------
      arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/reconfig.c:	pSeries_reconfig_chain
      arch/s390/kernel/process.c:		idle_chain
      arch/x86_64/kernel/process.c		idle_notifier
      drivers/base/memory.c:			memory_chain
      drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c		cpufreq_policy_notifier_list
      drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c		cpufreq_transition_notifier_list
      drivers/macintosh/adb.c:		adb_client_list
      drivers/macintosh/via-pmu.c		sleep_notifier_list
      drivers/macintosh/via-pmu68k.c		sleep_notifier_list
      drivers/macintosh/windfarm_core.c	wf_client_list
      drivers/usb/core/notify.c		usb_notifier_list
      drivers/video/fbmem.c			fb_notifier_list
      kernel/cpu.c				cpu_chain
      kernel/module.c				module_notify_list
      kernel/profile.c			munmap_notifier
      kernel/profile.c			task_exit_notifier
      kernel/sys.c				reboot_notifier_list
      net/core/dev.c				netdev_chain
      net/decnet/dn_dev.c:			dnaddr_chain
      net/ipv4/devinet.c:			inetaddr_chain
      
      It's possible that some of these classifications are wrong.  If they are,
      please let us know or submit a patch to fix them.  Note that any chain that
      gets called very frequently should be atomic, because the rwsem read-locking
      used for blocking chains is very likely to incur cache misses on SMP systems.
      (However, if the chain's callout routines may sleep then the chain cannot be
      atomic.)
      
      The patch set was written by Alan Stern and Chandra Seetharaman, incorporating
      material written by Keith Owens and suggestions from Paul McKenney and Andrew
      Morton.
      
      [jes@sgi.com: restructure the notifier chain initialization macros]
      Signed-off-by: NAlan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
      Signed-off-by: NChandra Seetharaman <sekharan@us.ibm.com>
      Signed-off-by: NJes Sorensen <jes@sgi.com>
      Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
      Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
      e041c683
  7. 16 2月, 2006 1 次提交
  8. 14 1月, 2006 1 次提交
  9. 30 11月, 2005 1 次提交
  10. 08 11月, 2005 1 次提交
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      [IA64] Extend notify_die() hooks for IA64 · 9138d581
      Keith Owens 提交于
      notify_die() added for MCA_{MONARCH,SLAVE,RENDEZVOUS}_{ENTER,PROCESS,LEAVE} and
      INIT_{MONARCH,SLAVE}_{ENTER,PROCESS,LEAVE}.  We need multiple
      notification points for these events because they can take many seconds
      to run which has nasty effects on the behaviour of the rest of the
      system.
      
      DIE_SS replaced by a generic DIE_FAULT which checks the vector number,
      to allow interception of faults other than SS.
      
      DIE_MACHINE_{HALT,RESTART} added to allow last minute close down
      processing, especially when the halt/restart routines are called from
      error handlers.
      
      DIE_OOPS added.
      
      The check for kprobe's break numbers has been moved from traps.c to
      kprobes.c, allowing DIE_BREAK to be used for any additional break
      numbers, i.e. it is no longer kprobes specific.
      
      Hooks for kernel debuggers and kernel dumpers added, ENTER and LEAVE.
      Both of these disable the system for long periods which impact on
      watchdogs and heartbeat systems in general.  More patches to come that
      use these events to reset watchdogs and heartbeats.
      
      unregister_die_notifier() added and both routines exported.  Requested
      by Dean Nelson.
      
      Lock removed from {un,}register_die_notifier.  notifier_chain_register()
      already takes a lock.  Also the generic notifier chain locking is being
      reworked to distinguish between callbacks that can block and those that
      cannot, the lock in {un,}register_die_notifier would interfere with
      that change.  http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=113018709002036&w=2
      
      Leading white space removed from arch/ia64/kernel/kprobes.c.
      
      Typo in mca.c in original version of this patch found & fixed by Dean
      Nelson.
      Signed-off-by: NKeith Owens <kaos@sgi.com>
      Acked-by: NDean Nelson <dcn@sgi.com>
      Acked-by: NAnil Keshavamurthy <anil.s.keshavamurthy@intel.com>
      Signed-off-by: NTony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
      9138d581
  11. 08 9月, 2005 1 次提交
  12. 07 7月, 2005 1 次提交
  13. 24 6月, 2005 1 次提交
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      [PATCH] Kprobes/IA64: kdebug die notification mechanism · 7213b252
      Anil S Keshavamurthy 提交于
      As many of you know that kprobes exist in the main line kernel for various
      architecture including i386, x86_64, ppc64 and sparc64.  Attached patches
      following this mail are a port of Kprobes and Jprobes for IA64.
      
      I have tesed this patches for kprobes and Jprobes and this seems to work fine.
       I have tested this patch by inserting kprobes on various slots and various
      templates including various types of branch instructions.
      
      I have also tested this patch using the tool
      http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=111657358022586&w=2 and the
      kprobes for IA64 works great.
      
      Here is list of TODO things and pathes for the same will appear soon.
      
      1) Support kprobes on "mov r1=ip" type of instruction
      2) Support Kprobes and Jprobes to exist on the same address
      3) Support Return probes
      3) Architecture independent cleanup of kprobes
      
      This patch adds the kdebug die notification mechanism needed by Kprobes.
      
      For break instruction on Branch type slot, imm21 is ignored and value
      zero is placed in IIM register, hence we need to handle kprobes
      for switch case zero.
      Signed-off-by: NAnil S Keshavamurthy <anil.s.keshavamurthy@intel.com>
      Signed-off-by: NRusty Lynch <Rusty.lynch@intel.com>
      
      From: Rusty Lynch <rusty.lynch@intel.com>
      
      At the point in traps.c where we recieve a break with a zero value, we can
      not say if the break was a result of a kprobe or some other debug facility.
      
      This simple patch changes the informational string to a more correct "break
      0" value, and applies to the 2.6.12-rc2-mm2 tree with all the kprobes
      patches that were just recently included for the next mm cut.
      Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
      Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
      7213b252
  14. 09 6月, 2005 2 次提交
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      [PATCH] ia64: fix floating-point preemption problem · 05062d96
      Peter Chubb 提交于
      There've been reports of problems with CONFIG_PREEMPT=y and the high
      floating point partition.  This is caused by the possibility of preemption
      and rescheduling on a different processor while saving or restioirng the
      high partition.
      
      The only places where the FPU state is touched are in ptrace, in
      switch_to(), and where handling a floating-point exception.  In switch_to()
      preemption is off.  So it's only in trap.c and ptrace.c that we need to
      prevent preemption.
      
      Here is a patch that adds commentary to make the conditions clear, and adds
      appropriate preempt_{en,dis}able() calls to make it so.  In trap.c I use
      preempt_enable_no_resched(), as we're about to return to user space where
      the preemption flag will be checked anyway.
      Signed-off-by: NPeter Chubb <peterc@gelato.unsw.edu.au>
      Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
      Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
      05062d96
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      [IA64] Extract correct break number for break.b · 70aa488c
      Keith Owens 提交于
      break.b does not store the break number in cr.iim, instead it stores 0,
      which makes all break.b instructions look like BUG().  Extract the
      break number from the instruction itself.
      Signed-off-by: NKeith Owens <kaos@sgi.com>
      Signed-off-by: NTony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
      70aa488c
  15. 17 4月, 2005 1 次提交
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      Linux-2.6.12-rc2 · 1da177e4
      Linus Torvalds 提交于
      Initial git repository build. I'm not bothering with the full history,
      even though we have it. We can create a separate "historical" git
      archive of that later if we want to, and in the meantime it's about
      3.2GB when imported into git - space that would just make the early
      git days unnecessarily complicated, when we don't have a lot of good
      infrastructure for it.
      
      Let it rip!
      1da177e4