kernel_optimize_test/arch/powerpc
HyeonSeung Jang 28347bce8a [POWERPC] spufs: fix context switch during page fault
For better explanation, I break down the page fault handling into steps:

1) There is a page fault caused by DMA operation initiated by SPU and
DMA is suspended.

2) The interrupt handler 'spu_irq_class_1()/__spu_trap_data_map()' is
called and it just wakes up the sleeping spe-manager thread.

3) by PPE scheduler, the corresponding bottom half,
spu_irq_class_1_bottom() is called in process context and DMA is
restarted.

There can be a quite large time gap between 2) and 3) and I found
the following problem:

Between 2) and 3) If the context becomes unbound, 3) is not executed
because when the spe-manager thread is awaken, the context is already
saved. (This situation can happen, for example, when a high priority spe
thread newly started in that time gap)

But the actual problem is that the corresponding SPU context does not
work even if it is bound again to a SPU.

Besides I can see the following warning in mambo simulator when the
context becomes
unbound(in save_mfc_cmd()), i.e. when unbind() is called for the
context after step 2) before 3) :

'WARNING: 61392752237: SPE2: MFC_CMD_QUEUE channel count of 15 is
inconsistent with number of available DMA queue entries of 16'

After I go through available documents, I found that the problem is
because the suspended DMA is not restarted when it is bound again.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd.bergmann@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2006-10-05 09:21:01 +10:00
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boot Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc 2006-10-04 08:16:37 -07:00
configs [POWERPC] Add MPC8360EMDS board support 2006-10-04 15:24:27 +10:00
kernel Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc 2006-10-04 08:16:37 -07:00
lib [POWERPC] Fix rheap alignment problem 2006-10-02 20:27:47 +10:00
math-emu [POWERPC] ppc math-emu needs -fno-builtin-fabs for math.c and fabs.c 2006-09-26 15:24:35 +10:00
mm Merge branch 'master' of git://oak/home/sfr/kernels/iseries/work 2006-10-04 15:02:27 +10:00
oprofile fix file specification in comments 2006-10-03 23:01:26 +02:00
platforms [POWERPC] spufs: fix context switch during page fault 2006-10-05 09:21:01 +10:00
sysdev Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davej/configh 2006-10-04 09:59:57 -07:00
xmon [POWERPC] Don't try to just continue if xmon has no input device 2006-10-04 14:52:40 +10:00
Kconfig Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc 2006-10-04 08:16:37 -07:00
Kconfig.debug [POWERPC] print backtrace when entering xmon 2006-09-13 18:39:53 +10:00
Makefile [POWERPC] Create a "wrapper" script and use it in arch/powerpc/boot 2006-09-28 14:30:02 +10:00