Merge commit 'v2.6.30-rc1' into sched/urgent

Merge reason: update to latest upstream to queue up fix

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

1 files changed, 71 insertions, 23 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/async.c b/kernel/async.c
index 67a2be71f517..968ef9457d4e 100644
--- a/kernel/async.c
+++ b/kernel/async.c
@@ -49,11 +49,13 @@ asynchronous and synchronous parts of the kernel.
 */
 
 #include <linux/async.h>
+#include <linux/bug.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/wait.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/kthread.h>
+#include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <asm/atomic.h>
 
 static async_cookie_t next_cookie = 1;
@@ -132,8 +134,7 @@ static void run_one_entry(void)
         entry = list_first_entry(&async_pending, struct async_entry, list);
 
         /* 2) move it to the running queue */
-        list_del(&entry->list);
-        list_add_tail(&entry->list, &async_running);
+        list_move_tail(&entry->list, entry->running);
         spin_unlock_irqrestore(&async_lock, flags);
 
         /* 3) run it (and print duration)*/
@@ -208,18 +209,44 @@ static async_cookie_t __async_schedule(async_func_ptr *ptr, void *data, struct l
         return newcookie;
 }
 
+/**
+ * async_schedule - schedule a function for asynchronous execution
+ * @ptr: function to execute asynchronously
+ * @data: data pointer to pass to the function
+ *
+ * Returns an async_cookie_t that may be used for checkpointing later.
+ * Note: This function may be called from atomic or non-atomic contexts.
+ */
 async_cookie_t async_schedule(async_func_ptr *ptr, void *data)
 {
-        return __async_schedule(ptr, data, &async_pending);
+        return __async_schedule(ptr, data, &async_running);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(async_schedule);
 
-async_cookie_t async_schedule_special(async_func_ptr *ptr, void *data, struct list_head *running)
+/**
+ * async_schedule_domain - schedule a function for asynchronous execution within a certain domain
+ * @ptr: function to execute asynchronously
+ * @data: data pointer to pass to the function
+ * @running: running list for the domain
+ *
+ * Returns an async_cookie_t that may be used for checkpointing later.
+ * @running may be used in the async_synchronize_*_domain() functions
+ * to wait within a certain synchronization domain rather than globally.
+ * A synchronization domain is specified via the running queue @running to use.
+ * Note: This function may be called from atomic or non-atomic contexts.
+ */
+async_cookie_t async_schedule_domain(async_func_ptr *ptr, void *data,
+                                     struct list_head *running)
 {
         return __async_schedule(ptr, data, running);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(async_schedule_special);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(async_schedule_domain);
 
+/**
+ * async_synchronize_full - synchronize all asynchronous function calls
+ *
+ * This function waits until all asynchronous function calls have been done.
+ */
 void async_synchronize_full(void)
 {
         do {
@@ -228,13 +255,30 @@ void async_synchronize_full(void)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(async_synchronize_full);
 
-void async_synchronize_full_special(struct list_head *list)
+/**
+ * async_synchronize_full_domain - synchronize all asynchronous function within a certain domain
+ * @list: running list to synchronize on
+ *
+ * This function waits until all asynchronous function calls for the
+ * synchronization domain specified by the running list @list have been done.
+ */
+void async_synchronize_full_domain(struct list_head *list)
 {
-        async_synchronize_cookie_special(next_cookie, list);
+        async_synchronize_cookie_domain(next_cookie, list);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(async_synchronize_full_special);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(async_synchronize_full_domain);
 
-void async_synchronize_cookie_special(async_cookie_t cookie, struct list_head *running)
+/**
+ * async_synchronize_cookie_domain - synchronize asynchronous function calls within a certain domain with cookie checkpointing
+ * @cookie: async_cookie_t to use as checkpoint
+ * @running: running list to synchronize on
+ *
+ * This function waits until all asynchronous function calls for the
+ * synchronization domain specified by the running list @list submitted
+ * prior to @cookie have been done.
+ */
+void async_synchronize_cookie_domain(async_cookie_t cookie,
+                                     struct list_head *running)
 {
         ktime_t starttime, delta, endtime;
 
@@ -254,11 +298,18 @@ void async_synchronize_cookie_special(async_cookie_t cookie, struct list_head *r
                         (long long)ktime_to_ns(delta) >> 10);
         }
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(async_synchronize_cookie_special);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(async_synchronize_cookie_domain);
 
+/**
+ * async_synchronize_cookie - synchronize asynchronous function calls with cookie checkpointing
+ * @cookie: async_cookie_t to use as checkpoint
+ *
+ * This function waits until all asynchronous function calls prior to @cookie
+ * have been done.
+ */
 void async_synchronize_cookie(async_cookie_t cookie)
 {
-        async_synchronize_cookie_special(cookie, &async_running);
+        async_synchronize_cookie_domain(cookie, &async_running);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(async_synchronize_cookie);
 
@@ -319,7 +370,11 @@ static int async_manager_thread(void *unused)
                 ec = atomic_read(&entry_count);
 
                 while (tc < ec && tc < MAX_THREADS) {
-                        kthread_run(async_thread, NULL, "async/%i", tc);
+                        if (IS_ERR(kthread_run(async_thread, NULL, "async/%i",
+                                               tc))) {
+                                msleep(100);
+                                continue;
+                        }
                         atomic_inc(&thread_count);
                         tc++;
                 }
@@ -333,18 +388,11 @@ static int async_manager_thread(void *unused)
 
 static int __init async_init(void)
 {
-        if (async_enabled)
-                kthread_run(async_manager_thread, NULL, "async/mgr");
-        return 0;
-}
+        async_enabled =
+                !IS_ERR(kthread_run(async_manager_thread, NULL, "async/mgr"));
 
-static int __init setup_async(char *str)
-{
-        async_enabled = 1;
-        return 1;
+        WARN_ON(!async_enabled);
+        return 0;
 }
 
-__setup("fastboot", setup_async);
-
-
 core_initcall(async_init);