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* MIPS: Convert the irq functions to the new namesThomas Gleixner2011-03-29
| | | | | | Scripted with coccinelle. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
* MIPS: LASAt: Convert to new irq_chip functionsThomas Gleixner2011-03-25
| | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> To: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/2184/ Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
* MIPS: Lasat: Migrate to new platform makefile style.Ralf Baechle2010-08-05
| | | | Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
* Merge branch 'for-35' of git://repo.or.cz/linux-kbuildLinus Torvalds2010-06-01
|\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * 'for-35' of git://repo.or.cz/linux-kbuild: (81 commits) kbuild: Revert part of e8d400a to resolve a conflict kbuild: Fix checking of scm-identifier variable gconfig: add support to show hidden options that have prompts menuconfig: add support to show hidden options which have prompts gconfig: remove show_debug option gconfig: remove dbg_print_ptype() and dbg_print_stype() kconfig: fix zconfdump() kconfig: some small fixes add random binaries to .gitignore kbuild: Include gen_initramfs_list.sh and the file list in the .d file kconfig: recalc symbol value before showing search results .gitignore: ignore *.lzo files headerdep: perlcritic warning scripts/Makefile.lib: Align the output of LZO kbuild: Generate modules.builtin in make modules_install Revert "kbuild: specify absolute paths for cscope" kbuild: Do not unnecessarily regenerate modules.builtin headers_install: use local file handles headers_check: fix perl warnings export_report: fix perl warnings ...
| * Rename .text.start to .text..start.Denys Vlasenko2010-03-03
| | | | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com> Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
* | MIPS: Nuke trailing blank linesRalf Baechle2010-02-27
|/ | | | | | | Recent git versions now warn about those and they've always been a bit of an annoyance. Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
* MIPS: Lasat: Fix botched changes to sysctl code.Ralf Baechle2009-12-16
| | | | | | | Commit 163931922220e4cb5effd5af1e105038c2f0ab7a "sysctl mips/lasat: Remove dead binary sysctl support" obviously wasn't test built ... Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
* MIPS: Lasat: Convert to proc_fops / seq_fileAlexey Dobriyan2009-12-16
| | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Patchwork: http://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/725/ Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
* MIPS: Replace all usages of CL_SIZE by COMMAND_LINE_SIZEDmitri Vorobiev2009-12-16
| | | | | | | | | | The MIPS-specific macro CL_SIZE is merely aliasing the macro COMMAND_LINE_SIZE. Other architectures use the latter; also, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE is documented in kernel-parameters.txt, so let's use it, and remove the alias. Signed-off-by: Dmitri Vorobiev <dmitri.vorobiev@movial.com> Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
* sysctl: Drop & in front of every proc_handler.Eric W. Biederman2009-11-18
| | | | | | | | | | | For consistency drop & in front of every proc_handler. Explicity taking the address is unnecessary and it prevents optimizations like stubbing the proc_handlers to NULL. Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
* sysctl mips/lasat: Remove dead binary sysctl supportEric W. Biederman2009-11-12
| | | | | | | | | | | Now that sys_sysctl is a generic wrapper around /proc/sys .ctl_name and .strategy members of sysctl tables are dead code. Remove them. The deleted strategy routines here surprise me. ctl_name was CTL_UNNUMBERED so they would not have been called at all. Acked-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
* sysctl: remove "struct file *" argument of ->proc_handlerAlexey Dobriyan2009-09-24
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | It's unused. It isn't needed -- read or write flag is already passed and sysctl shouldn't care about the rest. It _was_ used in two places at arch/frv for some reason. Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* timekeeping: Increase granularity of read_persistent_clock()Martin Schwidefsky2009-08-15
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | The persistent clock of some architectures (e.g. s390) have a better granularity than seconds. To reduce the delta between the host clock and the guest clock in a virtualized system change the read_persistent_clock function to return a struct timespec. Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Acked-by: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Cc: Daniel Walker <dwalker@fifo99.com> LKML-Reference: <20090814134811.013873340@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
* cpumask: remove references to struct irqaction's mask field.Rusty Russell2009-03-30
| | | | | | | | | | Impact: cleanup It's unused, since about 1995. So remove all initialization of it in preparation for actually removing the field. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
* sysctl: simplify ->strategyAlexey Dobriyan2008-10-16
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | name and nlen parameters passed to ->strategy hook are unused, remove them. In general ->strategy hook should know what it's doing, and don't do something tricky for which, say, pointer to original userspace array may be needed (name). Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> [ networking bits ] Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Cc: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* [MIPS] Remove mips_machtype for LASAT machinesThomas Bogendoerfer2008-07-15
| | | | | | | This is the LASAT part of the mips_machtype removal. Signed-off-by: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@alpha.franken.de> Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
* [MIPS] Lasat: sysctl fixupThomas Horsten2008-06-16
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | LASAT's sysctl interface was broken, it failed a check during boot because a single entry had a sysctl number and the rest were unnumbered. When I fixed it I noticed that the whole sysctl file needed a spring clean, it was using mutexes where it wasn't needed (it's only needed to protect during writes to the EEPROM), so I moved that stuff out and generally cleaned the whole thing up. So now, LASAT's sysctl/proc interface is working again. Signed-off-by: Thomas Horsten <thomas@horsten.com> Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
* [MIPS] Lasat: bring back from the deadThomas Horsten2008-06-16
| | | | | | | | | | After the common MIPS CPU interrupt controller (for irq0-7) was introduced the Lasat boards didn't get their interrupts right, so nothing worked. The old routines need to be offset by the new 8 hardware interrupts common to all MIPS CPU's. Signed-off-by: Thomas Horsten <thomas@horsten.com> Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
* [MIPS] Lasat: Convert pvc_sem semaphore to mutexDaniel Walker2008-01-29
| | | | | | | | I also changed the name to pvc_mutex, and moved the define to the file it's used in which allows it to be static. Signed-off-by: Daniel Walker <dwalker@mvista.com> Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
* [MIPS] Lasat: Fix built in separate object directory.WANG Cong2008-01-11
| | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com> [Ralf: The LDSCRIPT script needed fixing, too] Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
* [MIPS] Lasat: Fix overlap of interrupt number ranges.Yoichi Yuasa2007-11-15
| | | | | | | The range of MIPS_CPU IRQ and the range of LASAT IRQ overlap. Signed-off-by: Yoichi Yuasa <yoichi_yuasa@tripeaks.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
* [MIPS] time: Merge lasat plat_timer_setup into plat_time_init.Ralf Baechle2007-10-29
| | | | | | | | Since the cp0 compare interrupt handler isn't initialized by the time plat_time_init is called don't set IE_IRQ5 anymore, cevt-r4k.c will do that a little later itself. Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
* [MIPS] Lasat: Fix build by conversion to irq_cpu.c.Ralf Baechle2007-10-16
| | | | Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
* [MIPS] Deforest the function pointer jungle in the time code.Ralf Baechle2007-10-11
| | | | | | | Hard to follow who is pointing what to where and why so it's simply getting in the way of the time code renovation. Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
* [MIPS] ARC: Get rid of mips_machgroupRalf Baechle2007-10-11
| | | | | | | This has not been any serious user of this ill conceived thing since the original invention in like '95. Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
* [MIPS] Add back support for LASAT platformsBrian Murphy2007-10-11
| | | | | Signed-off-by: Brian Murphy <brian@murphy.dk> Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
* [MIPS] remove LASAT Networks platforms supportYoichi Yuasa2007-07-10
| | | | | Signed-off-by: Yoichi Yuasa <yoichi_yuasa@tripeaks.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
* [MIPS] Fix and cleanup the mess that a dozen prom_printf variants are.Ralf Baechle2007-03-04
| | | | | | early_printk is a so much saner thing. Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
* [MIPS] No need to write c0_compare in plat_timer_setupAtsushi Nemoto2007-03-04
| | | | | | | | If R4k counter was used for hpt_timer and interrupt source, c0_hpt_timer_init() initializes the c0_compare register. Signed-off-by: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp> Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
* [PATCH] sysctl: remove insert_at_head from register_sysctlEric W. Biederman2007-02-14
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The semantic effect of insert_at_head is that it would allow new registered sysctl entries to override existing sysctl entries of the same name. Which is pain for caching and the proc interface never implemented. I have done an audit and discovered that none of the current users of register_sysctl care as (excpet for directories) they do not register duplicate sysctl entries. So this patch simply removes the support for overriding existing entries in the sys_sysctl interface since no one uses it or cares and it makes future enhancments harder. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Acked-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> Acked-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Cc: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk> Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Cc: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com> Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Cc: Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org> Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Cc: "John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com> Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@steeleye.com> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@ucw.cz> Cc: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no> Cc: Mark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@oracle.com> Cc: David Chinner <dgc@sgi.com> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* [PATCH] sysctl: C99 convert arch/mips/lasat/sysctl.c and remove ABI breakageEric W. Biederman2007-02-14
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | While C99 converting the ctl_table initializers I realized that the binary sysctl numbers were in conflict with the binary values under CTL_KERN. Including CTL_KERN KERN_VERSION as used by glibc. So I just removed the sysctl binary interface for these values, as it was unsupportable. Luckily these sysctl were inserted at the end of the sysctl list so this bug was not visible to userspace. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Acked-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* [MIPS] use name instead of typename for each irq_chipAtsushi Nemoto2007-02-06
| | | | | | | The "typename" field was obsoleted by the "name" field. Signed-off-by: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp> Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
* [MIPS] prom_free_prom_memory cleanupAtsushi Nemoto2007-02-06
| | | | | | | | | Current prom_free_prom_memory() implementations are almost same as free_init_pages(), or no-op. Make free_init_pages() extern (again) and make prom_free_prom_memory() use it. Signed-off-by: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp> Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
* [PATCH] sysctl: remove unused "context" paramAlexey Dobriyan2006-12-10
| | | | | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] struct path: convert mipsJosef Sipek2006-12-08
| | | | | | Signed-off-by: Josef Sipek <jsipek@fsl.cs.sunysb.edu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [MIPS] Compile __do_IRQ() when really neededFranck Bui-Huu2006-12-06
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | __do_IRQ() is needed only by irq handlers that can't use default handlers defined in kernel/irq/chip.c. For others platforms there's no need to compile this function since it won't be used. For those platforms this patch defines GENERIC_HARDIRQS_NO__DO_IRQ symbol which is used exactly for this purpose. Futhermore for platforms which do not use __do_IRQ(), end() method which is part of the 'irq_chip' structure is not used. This patch simply removes this method in this case. Signed-off-by: Franck Bui-Huu <fbuihuu@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
* [MIPS] use generic_handle_irq, handle_level_irq, handle_percpu_irqAtsushi Nemoto2006-11-29
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Further incorporation of generic irq framework. Replacing __do_IRQ() by proper flow handler would make the irq handling path a bit simpler and faster. * use generic_handle_irq() instead of __do_IRQ(). * use handle_level_irq for obvious level-type irq chips. * use handle_percpu_irq for irqs marked as IRQ_PER_CPU. * setup .eoi routine for irq chips possibly used with handle_percpu_irq. Signed-off-by: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp> Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
* [MIPS] IRQ cleanupsAtsushi Nemoto2006-11-29
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This is a big irq cleanup patch. * Use set_irq_chip() to register irq_chip. * Initialize .mask, .unmask, .mask_ack field. Functions for these method are already exist in most case. * Do not initialize .startup, .shutdown, .enable, .disable fields if default routines provided by irq_chip_set_defaults() were suitable. * Remove redundant irq_desc initializations. * Remove unnecessary local_irq_save/local_irq_restore, spin_lock. With this cleanup, it would be easy to switch to slightly lightwait irq flow handlers (handle_level_irq(), etc.) instead of __do_IRQ(). Though whole this patch is quite large, changes in each irq_chip are not quite simple. Please review and test on your platform. Thanks. Signed-off-by: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp> Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
* [MIPS] Complete fixes after removal of pt_regs argument to int handlers.Ralf Baechle2006-10-07
| | | | Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
* [SERIAL] Remove wrong asm/serial.h inclusionsRussell King2006-10-01
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | asm/serial.h is supposed to contain the definitions for the architecture specific 8250 ports for the 8250 driver. It may also define BASE_BAUD, but this is the base baud for the architecture specific ports _only_. Therefore, nothing other than the 8250 driver should be including this header file. In order to move towards this goal, here is a patch which removes some of the more obvious incorrect includes of the file. Acked-by: Paul Fulghum <paulkf@microgate.com> Acked-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com> Acked-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> Acked-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
* [MIPS] Replace board_timer_setup function pointer by plat_timer_setup.Ralf Baechle2006-07-13
| | | | | | Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> ---
* [MIPS] Eleminate interrupt migration helper use.Ralf Baechle2006-07-13
| | | | | | | | | > #define hw_interrupt_type irq_chip > typedef struct irq_chip hw_irq_controller; > #define no_irq_type no_irq_chip > typedef struct irq_desc irq_desc_t; Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
* Remove obsolete #include <linux/config.h>Jörn Engel2006-06-30
| | | | | Signed-off-by: Jörn Engel <joern@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
* [PATCH] genirq: rename desc->handler to desc->chipIngo Molnar2006-06-29
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch-queue improves the generic IRQ layer to be truly generic, by adding various abstractions and features to it, without impacting existing functionality. While the queue can be best described as "fix and improve everything in the generic IRQ layer that we could think of", and thus it consists of many smaller features and lots of cleanups, the one feature that stands out most is the new 'irq chip' abstraction. The irq-chip abstraction is about describing and coding and IRQ controller driver by mapping its raw hardware capabilities [and quirks, if needed] in a straightforward way, without having to think about "IRQ flow" (level/edge/etc.) type of details. This stands in contrast with the current 'irq-type' model of genirq architectures, which 'mixes' raw hardware capabilities with 'flow' details. The patchset supports both types of irq controller designs at once, and converts i386 and x86_64 to the new irq-chip design. As a bonus side-effect of the irq-chip approach, chained interrupt controllers (master/slave PIC constructs, etc.) are now supported by design as well. The end result of this patchset intends to be simpler architecture-level code and more consolidation between architectures. We reused many bits of code and many concepts from Russell King's ARM IRQ layer, the merging of which was one of the motivations for this patchset. This patch: rename desc->handler to desc->chip. Originally i did not want to do this, because it's a big patch. But having both "desc->handler", "desc->handle_irq" and "action->handler" caused a large degree of confusion and made the code appear alot less clean than it truly is. I have also attempted a dual approach as well by introducing a desc->chip alias - but that just wasnt robust enough and broke frequently. So lets get over with this quickly. The conversion was done automatically via scripts and converts all the code in the kernel. This renaming patch is the first one amongst the patches, so that the remaining patches can stay flexible and can be merged and split up without having some big monolithic patch act as a merge barrier. [akpm@osdl.org: build fix] [akpm@osdl.org: another build fix] Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [MIPS] Cleanup memory managment initialization.Ralf Baechle2006-06-19
| | | | | | | | | | Historically plat_mem_setup did the entire platform initialization. This was rather impractical because it meant plat_mem_setup had to get away without any kind of memory allocator. To keep old code from breaking plat_setup was just renamed to plat_setup and a second platform initialization hook for anything else was introduced. Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
* [MIPS] Rewrite all the assembler interrupt handlers to C.Ralf Baechle2006-04-18
| | | | | | | | | | | | Saves like 1,600 lines of code, is way easier to debug, compilers frequently do a better job than the cut and paste type of handlers many boards had. And finally having all the stuff done in a single place also means alot of bug potencial for the MT ASE is gone. The only surviving handler in assembler is the DECstation one; I hope Maciej will rewrite it. Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
* [PATCH] mips: fixed collision of rtc function nameYoichi Yuasa2006-03-27
| | | | | | | | | | Fix the collision of rtc function name. Signed-off-by: Yoichi Yuasa <yoichi_yuasa@tripeaks.co.jp> Cc: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it> Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] Notifier chain update: API changesAlan Stern2006-03-27
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> Signed-off-by: Chandra Seetharaman <sekharan@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Jes Sorensen <jes@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] sem2mutex: misc static one-file mutexesIngo Molnar2006-03-26
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Semaphore to mutex conversion. The conversion was generated via scripts, and the result was validated automatically via a script as well. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Dave Jones <davej@codemonkey.org.uk> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de> Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au> Acked-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Cc: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net> Cc: Adam Belay <ambx1@neo.rr.com> Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [MIPS] War on whitespace: cleanup initial spaces followed by tabs.Ralf Baechle2006-03-21
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