[PATCH] Add the vgetcpu vsyscall

This patch adds a vgetcpu vsyscall, which depending on the CPU RDTSCP
capability uses either the RDTSCP or CPUID to obtain a CPU and node
numbers and pass them to the program.

AK: Lots of changes over Vojtech's original code:
Better prototype for vgetcpu()
It's better to pass the cpu / node numbers as separate arguments
to avoid mistakes when going from SMP to NUMA.
Also add a fast time stamp based cache using a user supplied
argument to speed things more up.
Use fast method from Chuck Ebbert to retrieve node/cpu from
GDT limit instead of CPUID
Made sure RDTSCP init is always executed after node is known.
Drop printk

Signed-off-by: Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/getcpu.h b/include/linux/getcpu.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..031ed3780e45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/getcpu.h
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#ifndef _LINUX_GETCPU_H
+#define _LINUX_GETCPU_H 1
+
+/* Cache for getcpu() to speed it up. Results might be upto a jiffie
+   out of date, but will be faster.
+   User programs should not refer to the contents of this structure.
+   It is only a cache for vgetcpu(). It might change in future kernels.
+   The user program must store this information per thread (__thread)
+   If you want 100% accurate information pass NULL instead. */
+struct getcpu_cache {
+        unsigned long t0;
+        unsigned long t1;
+        unsigned long res[4];
+};
+
+#endif