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* [PATCH] sched: reduce active load balancingNick Piggin2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | Fix up active load balancing a bit so it doesn't get called when it shouldn't. Reset the nr_balance_failed counter at more points where we have found conditions to be balanced. This reduces too aggressive active balancing seen on some workloads. Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] sched: improve load balancing pinned tasksNick Piggin2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | John Hawkes explained the problem best: A large number of processes that are pinned to a single CPU results in every other CPU's load_balance() seeing this overloaded CPU as "busiest", yet move_tasks() never finds a task to pull-migrate. This condition occurs during module unload, but can also occur as a denial-of-service using sys_sched_setaffinity(). Several hundred CPUs performing this fruitless load_balance() will livelock on the busiest CPU's runqueue lock. A smaller number of CPUs will livelock if the pinned task count gets high. Expanding slightly on John's patch, this one attempts to work out whether the balancing failure has been due to too many tasks pinned on the runqueue. This allows it to be basically invisible to the regular blancing paths (ie. when there are no pinned tasks). We can use this extra knowledge to shut down the balancing faster, and ensure the migration threads don't start running which is another problem observed in the wild. Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] sched: cleanup wake_idleNick Piggin2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | New sched-domains code means we don't get spans with offline CPUs in them. Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] hpet: do_div fixJon Smirl2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | We don't need to use do_div() on a 32-bit quantity. Signed-off-by: Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] reiserfs: do not ignore i/io error on readpageQu Fuping2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | Reiserfs's readpage does not notice i/o errors. This patch makes reiserfs_readpage to return -EIO when i/o error appears. This patch makes reiserfs to not ignore I/O error on readpage. Signed-off-by: Qu Fuping <fs@ercist.iscas.ac.cn> Signed-off-by: Vladimir V. Saveliev <vs@namesys.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] mconf.c needs locale.hJean-Christophe Dubois2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | This is failing on my cross-compilation environment (From a solaris system) using gcc-3.4.1 (as the compiler can't find a prototype for the setlocale() function). Signed-off-by: Jean-Christophe Dubois <jdubois@mc.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] fix for generic_file_write iov problemBadari Pulavarty2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Here is the fix for the problem described in http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4721 Basically, problem is generic_file_buffered_write() is accessing beyond end of the iov[] vector after handling the last vector. If we happen to cross page boundary, we get a fault. I think this simple patch is good enough. If we really don't want to depend on the "count", then we need pass nr_segs to filemap_set_next_iovec() and decrement it and check it. Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] fix fsync(dir) return value for ram-based filesystemsHugh Dickins2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | Any filesystem which is using simple_dir_operations will retunr -EINVAL for fsync() on a directory. Make it return zero instead. Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] tpm: fix misc name memory problemKylene Jo Hall2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | I was using invalid memory for the miscdevice.name. This patch fixes the problem which was manifested by an ugly entry in /proc/misc. Signed-off-by: Kylene Hall <kjhall@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] tpm: Fix pubek parsingKylene Jo Hall2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | Fix parsing of the PUBEK for display which was leading to showing the wrong modulus length and modulus. Signed-off-by: Kylene Hall <kjhall@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] tpm: Support new National TPMsKylene Jo Hall2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | This patch is work to support new National TPMs that problems were reported with on Thinkpad T43 and Thinkcentre S51. Thanks to Jens and Gang for their debugging work on these issues. Signed-off-by: Kylene Hall <kjhall@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] RCU: clean up a few remaining synchronize_kernel() callsPaul E. McKenney2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2.6.12-rc6-mm1 has a few remaining synchronize_kernel()s, some (but not all) in comments. This patch changes these synchronize_kernel() calls (and comments) to synchronize_rcu() or synchronize_sched() as follows: - arch/x86_64/kernel/mce.c mce_read(): change to synchronize_sched() to handle races with machine-check exceptions (synchronize_rcu() would not cut it given RCU implementations intended for hardcore realtime use. - drivers/input/serio/i8042.c i8042_stop(): change to synchronize_sched() to handle races with i8042_interrupt() interrupt handler. Again, synchronize_rcu() would not cut it given RCU implementations intended for hardcore realtime use. - include/*/kdebug.h comments: change to synchronize_sched() to handle races with NMIs. As before, synchronize_rcu() would not cut it... - include/linux/list.h comment: change to synchronize_rcu(), since this comment is for list_del_rcu(). - security/keys/key.c unregister_key_type(): change to synchronize_rcu(), since this is interacting with RCU read side. - security/keys/process_keys.c install_session_keyring(): change to synchronize_rcu(), since this is interacting with RCU read side. Signed-off-by: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] Makefile: s/gcc-option/cc-option/Alexey Dobriyan2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | Fixes http://bugme.osdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4726 Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] compilation errors in drivers/serial/mpsc.cLee Nicks2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | The following patch fix gcc 4 compilation errors in drivers/serial/mpsc.c Signed-off-by: Lee Nicks <allinux@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] s390: debug feature changesMichael Holzheu2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch changes the memory allocation method for the s390 debug feature. Trace buffers had been allocated using the get_free_pages() function before. Therefore it was not possible to get big memory areas in a running system due to memory fragmentation. Now the trace buffers are subdivided into several subbuffers with pagesize. Therefore it is now possible to allocate more memory for the trace buffers and more trace records can be written. In addition to that, dynamic specification of the size of the trace buffers is implemented. It is now possible to change the size of a trace buffer using a new debugfs file instance. When writing a number into this file, the trace buffer size is changed to 'number * pagesize'. In the past all the traces could be obtained from userspace by accessing files in the "proc" filesystem. Now with debugfs we have a new filesystem which should be used for debugging purposes. This patch moves the debug feature from procfs to debugfs. Since the interface of debug_register() changed, all device drivers, which use the debug feature had to be adjusted. Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] s390: add vmcp interfaceChristian Borntraeger2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | Add interface to issue VM control program commands. Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] s390: improved machine check handlingHeiko Carstens2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | Improved machine check handling. Kernel is now able to receive machine checks while in kernel mode (system call, interrupt and program check handling). Also register validation is now performed. Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] s/390: compile fix for dcssblkCornelia Huck2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | Fix compile breakage in the dcss block driver introduced by the attribute changes. Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] s/390: use klist in dasd driverCornelia Huck2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | Convert the dasd driver to use the new klist interface. Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@de.ibm.com> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] s/390: Use klist in cioCornelia Huck2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Convert the common I/O layer to use the klist interfaces. This patch has been adapted from the previous version to the changed interface semantics. Also, gcc 4.0 compile warnings have been removed. Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@de.ibm.com> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] uml: add profile_pc for i386Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | Cope with a conditional i386 definition, which is wrong for UML. Before we just used that one, but it wasn't defined for CONFIG_SMP, so in that case we got link errors. Signed-off-by: Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso <blaisorblade@yahoo.it> Cc: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] uml: hot-unplug code cleanupJeff Dike2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Clean up the hot-unplugging code. There is now an id procedure which is called to figure out what device we're talking to. The error messages from that are now done from mconsole_remove instead of the driver. remove is now called with the device number, after it has been checked, so doesn't need to do sanity checking on it. Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com> Cc: Paolo Giarrusso <blaisorblade@yahoo.it> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] uml: time initialization tidyingJeff Dike2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | user_time_init_skas and user_time_init_tt were essentially the same. So, this merges them, deleting the mode-specific functions and declarations. Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com> Cc: Paolo Giarrusso <blaisorblade@yahoo.it> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] uml: always disable kmalloc during shutdownJeff Dike2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | kmalloc wasn't being disabled during panic. This patch ensures that, no matter how UML is exiting, it is disabled. This matters because part of the cleanup is to remove the umid file, which involves readdir, which calls malloc. This must map to libc malloc, rather than kmalloc or vmalloc. Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com> Cc: Paolo Giarrusso <blaisorblade@yahoo.it> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] uml: fix timer initializationJeff Dike2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | In skas mode, the call to uml_idle_timer permanently shut off the virtual timer, resulting in no timer ticks to anything but the idle thread. This is likely the cause of the soft lockups that are seen sporadically in recent UMLs. Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com> Cc: Paolo Giarrusso <blaisorblade@yahoo.it> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] uml: fork cleanupJeff Dike2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Fix the do_fork calling convention: normal arch pass the regs and the new sp value to do_fork instead of NULL. Currently the arch-independent code ignores these values, while the UML code (actually it's copy_thread) gets the right values by itself. With this patch, things are fixed up. Signed-off-by: Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso <blaisorblade@yahoo.it> Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com> Cc: Paolo Giarrusso <blaisorblade@yahoo.it> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] uml: kfree cleanupJesper Juhl2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | Here's a small patch to remove a few unnessesary NULL pointer checks before kfree() in arch/um/drivers/daemon_user.c Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <juhl-lkml@dif.dk> Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com> Cc: Paolo Giarrusso <blaisorblade@yahoo.it> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] uml: fix sizeof usageAndrew Morton2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | Size of pointer doesn't seem right, but maybe my solution isn't either (sig_size maybe?). Signed-off-by: Domen Puncer <domen@coderock.org> Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com> Cc: Paolo Giarrusso <blaisorblade@yahoo.it> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] Update video-after-suspend documentationPavel Machek2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | Update video-after-suspend documentation; few more machines are added. Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] swsusp: only allow it when it makes sensePavel Machek2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Show swsuspend only on .config where it can compile. I got this on PPC32 && SMP: kernel/power/smp.c:24: error: storage size of `ctxt' isn't known Also mark swsusp as no longer experimental. Signed-off-by: Olaf Hering <olh@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] suspend: PCI power managment reference implementationpavel@ucw.cz2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | Added reference implementation of suspend and resume routines. From: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com> build fix Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] CPU hotplug printk fixShaohua Li2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | In the cpu hotplug case, per-cpu data possibly isn't initialized even the system state is 'running'. As the comments say in the original code, some console drivers assume per-cpu resources have been allocated. radeon fb is one such driver, which uses kmalloc. After a CPU is down, the per-cpu data of slab is freed, so the system crashed when printing some info. Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] swsusp: clean assembly partsPavel Machek2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | This patch fixes register saving so that each register is only saved once, and adds missing saving of %cr8 on x86-64. Some reordering so that save/restore is more logical/safer (segment registers should be restored after gdt). Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] swsusp: fix nr_copy_pagesPavel Machek2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | | The following patch moves the recalculation of nr_copy_pages so that the right number is used in the calculation of the size of memory and swap needed. It prevents swsusp from attempting to suspend if there is not enough memory and/or swap (which is unlikely anyway). Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] swsusp: cleanup whitespacePavel Machek2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | The following patch cleans up whitespace in swsusp.c (a bit): - removes any trailing whitespace - adds spaces after if, for, for_each_pbe, for_each_zone etc., wherever necessary. Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] swsusp: kill unneccessary does_collide_orderPavel Machek2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | The following patch removes the unnecessary function does_collide_order(). This function is no longer necessary, as currently there are only 0-order allocations in swsusp, and the use of it is confusing. Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] properly stop devices before poweroffPavel Machek2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | Without this patch, Linux provokes emergency disk shutdowns and similar nastiness. It was in SuSE kernels for some time, IIRC. Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] acpi: fix video docsPavel Machek2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | This fixes typos/formatting in video_extension.txt. Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] s-t-RAM: load gdt the right wayPavel Machek2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | Sleep code uses wrong version of lgdt, that does the wrong thing when gdt is beyond 16MB or so. Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] swsusp: kill config_pm_diskPavel Machek2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | CONFIG_PM_DISK is long gone, but it still managed to survived at few places. Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] swsusp: documentation updatesPavel Machek2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | This updates documentation and fixes pointers in MAINTAINERS file. Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] suspend/resume SMP supportLi Shaohua2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | Using CPU hotplug to support suspend/resume SMP. Both S3 and S4 use disable/enable_nonboot_cpus API. The S4 part is based on Pavel's original S4 SMP patch. Signed-off-by: Li Shaohua<shaohua.li@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] generate hotplug events for cpu onlineNathan Lynch2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | We already do kobject_hotplug for cpu offline; this adds a kobject_hotplug call for the online case. This is being requested by developers of an application which wants to be notified about both kinds of events. Signed-off-by: Nathan Lynch <ntl@pobox.com> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] set cpu_state for CPU hotplug (ia64)Shaohua Li2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Dead CPU notifies online CPU that it's dead using cpu_state variable. After switching to physical cpu hotplug, we forgot setting the variable. This patch fixes it. Currently only __cpu_die uses it. We changed other locations for consistency in case others use it. Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com> Acked-by: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com> Cc: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] x86_64: Provide ability to choose using shortcuts for IPI in flat mode.Ashok Raj2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch provides an option to switch broadcast or use mask version for sending IPI's. If CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU is defined, we choose not to use broadcast shortcuts by default, otherwise we choose broadcast mode as default. both cases, one can change this via startup cmd line option, to choose no-broadcast mode. no_ipi_broadcast=1 This is provided on request from Andi Kleen, since he doesnt agree with replacing IPI shortcuts as a solution for CPU hotplug. Without removing broadcast IPI's, it would mean lots of new code for __cpu_up() path, which would acheive the same results. Signed-off-by: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com> Acked-by: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de> Acked-by: Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@arm.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] x86_64: Dont use broadcast shortcut to make it cpu hotplug safe.Ashok Raj2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Broadcast IPI's provide un-expected behaviour for cpu hotplug. CPU's in offline state also end up receiving the IPI. Once the cpus become online they receive these stale IPI's which are bad and introduce unexpected behaviour. This is easily avoided by not sending a broadcast and addressing just the CPU's in online map. Doing prelim cycle counts it appears there is no big overhead and numbers seem around 0x3000-0x3900 on an average on x86 and x86_64 systems with CPUS running 3G, both for broadcast and mask version of the API's. The shortcuts are useful only for flat mode (where the perf shows no degradation), and in cluster mode, its unicast anyway. Its simpler to just not use broadcast anymore. Signed-off-by: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com> Acked-by: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de> Acked-by: Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@arm.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] x86_64: CPU hotplug sibling map cleanupAshok Raj2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | This patch is a minor cleanup to the cpu sibling/core map. It is required that this setup happens on a per-cpu bringup time. Signed-off-by: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com> Acked-by: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de> Acked-by: Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@arm.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] x86_64: CPU hotplug supportAshok Raj2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Experimental CPU hotplug patch for x86_64 ----------------------------------------- This supports logical CPU online and offline. - Test with maxcpus=1, and then kick other cpu's off to test if init code is all cleaned up. CONFIG_SCHED_SMT works as well. - idle threads are forked on demand from keventd threads for clean startup TBD: 1. Not tested on a real NUMA machine (tested with numa=fake=2) 2. Handle ACPI pieces for physical hotplug support. Signed-off-by: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com> Acked-by: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de> Acked-by: Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@arm.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Shaohua.li<shaohua.li@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] x86_64: Change init sections for CPU hotplug supportAshok Raj2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch adds __cpuinit and __cpuinitdata sections that need to exist past boot to support cpu hotplug. Caveat: This is done *only* for EM64T CPU Hotplug support, on request from Andi Kleen. Much of the generic hotplug code in kernel, and none of the other archs that support CPU hotplug today, i386, ia64, ppc64, s390 and parisc dont mark sections with __cpuinit, but only mark them as __devinit, and __devinitdata. If someone is motivated to change generic code, we need to make sure all existing hotplug code does not break, on other arch's that dont use __cpuinit, and __cpudevinit. Signed-off-by: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com> Acked-by: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de> Acked-by: Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@arm.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] make smp_prepare_cpu to a weak functionAshok Raj2005-06-25
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | I really wish smp_prepare_cpu() would disappear eventually. In the interim this is ideally a weak function, so we dont end up changing several places to define this dummy in headers. Today since the dummy declaration is done only in drivers/base/cpu.c but the function is called in kernel/power/smp.c i get undefined reference in my cpu hotplug code for x86_64 under development. Signed-off-by: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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