kernel_optimize_test/arch/um
Frederic Weisbecker 2bbb6817c0 nohz: Allow rcu extended quiescent state handling seperately from tick stop
It is assumed that rcu won't be used once we switch to tickless
mode and until we restart the tick. However this is not always
true, as in x86-64 where we dereference the idle notifiers after
the tick is stopped.

To prepare for fixing this, add two new APIs:
tick_nohz_idle_enter_norcu() and tick_nohz_idle_exit_norcu().

If no use of RCU is made in the idle loop between
tick_nohz_enter_idle() and tick_nohz_exit_idle() calls, the arch
must instead call the new *_norcu() version such that the arch doesn't
need to call rcu_idle_enter() and rcu_idle_exit().

Otherwise the arch must call tick_nohz_enter_idle() and
tick_nohz_exit_idle() and also call explicitly:

- rcu_idle_enter() after its last use of RCU before the CPU is put
to sleep.
- rcu_idle_exit() before the first use of RCU after the CPU is woken
up.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
Cc: Guan Xuetao <gxt@mprc.pku.edu.cn>
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@tilera.com>
Cc: Hans-Christian Egtvedt <hans-christian.egtvedt@atmel.com>
Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2011-12-11 10:31:36 -08:00
..
drivers Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://github.com/richardweinberger/linux 2011-11-02 09:45:39 -07:00
include um: kill system-um.h 2011-11-02 14:15:34 +01:00
kernel nohz: Allow rcu extended quiescent state handling seperately from tick stop 2011-12-11 10:31:36 -08:00
os-Linux um: unify ptrace_user.h 2011-11-02 14:15:27 +01:00
scripts um: take arch/um/sys-x86 to arch/x86/um 2011-11-02 14:15:05 +01:00
sys-ia64
sys-ppc
.gitignore
defconfig time: Cleanup old CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME references that snuck in 2011-10-04 13:07:47 -07:00
Kconfig.char um: clean Kconfig up a bit 2011-11-02 14:15:29 +01:00
Kconfig.common
Kconfig.debug
Kconfig.net
Kconfig.rest um: switch to use of drivers/Kconfig 2011-11-02 14:15:41 +01:00
Kconfig.um um: clean Kconfig up a bit 2011-11-02 14:15:29 +01:00
Makefile um: take arch/um/sys-x86 to arch/x86/um 2011-11-02 14:15:05 +01:00
Makefile-ia64
Makefile-os-Linux
Makefile-ppc
Makefile-skas