Remove ARM local cache of 4 struct thread_info.
Can cause oops under certain circumstances.
Russell indicated the original optimization was
required on older kernels to avoid thread starvation
on memory fragmentation, but may no longer be
required. I've updated the patch to 19rc4 and
ensured no <config.h> dain-bramage slipped in this
time (sorry about that).
Original description follows:
I was given some test results which pointed to an
Oops in alloc_thread_info (happened 2x), and after
looking at the code, I see that ARM has its own
local cache of 4 struct thread_info. There wasn't
any clear (to me) synchronization between the
alloc_thread_info and the free_thread_info.
I looked over the other arch, and they all simply
allocate them on an as needed basis, so I simplified
the ARM to do the same, based on the other arch
(e.g. PPC) and the folks doing the testing have
indicated that this fixed the oops.
Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
All the current CP15 access codes in ARM arch can be categorized and
conditioned by the defines as follows:
Related operation Safe condition
a. any CP15 access !CPU_CP15
b. alignment trap CPU_CP15_MMU
c. D-cache(C-bit) CPU_CP15
d. I-cache CPU_CP15 && !( CPU_ARM610 || CPU_ARM710 ||
CPU_ARM720 || CPU_ARM740 ||
CPU_XSCALE || CPU_XSC3 )
e. alternate vector CPU_CP15 && !CPU_ARM740
f. TTB CPU_CP15_MMU
g. Domain CPU_CP15_MMU
h. FSR/FAR CPU_CP15_MMU
For example, alternate vector is supported if and only if
"CPU_CP15 && !CPU_ARM740" is satisfied.
Signed-off-by: Hyok S. Choi <hyok.choi@samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
* 'devel' of master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-arm: (44 commits)
[ARM] 3541/2: workaround for PXA27x erratum E7
[ARM] nommu: provide a way for correct control register value selection
[ARM] 3705/1: add supersection support to ioremap()
[ARM] 3707/1: iwmmxt: use the generic thread notifier infrastructure
[ARM] 3706/2: ep93xx: add cirrus logic edb9315a support
[ARM] 3704/1: format IOP Kconfig with tabs, create more consistency
[ARM] 3703/1: Add help description for ARCH_EP80219
[ARM] 3678/1: MMC: Make OMAP MMC work
[ARM] 3677/1: OMAP: Update H2 defconfig
[ARM] 3676/1: ARM: OMAP: Fix dmtimers and timer32k to compile on OMAP1
[ARM] Add section support to ioremap
[ARM] Fix sa11x0 SDRAM selection
[ARM] Set bit 4 on section mappings correctly depending on CPU
[ARM] 3666/1: TRIZEPS4 [1/5] core
ARM: OMAP: Multiplexing for 24xx GPMC wait pin monitoring
ARM: OMAP: Fix SRAM to use MT_MEMORY instead of MT_DEVICE
ARM: OMAP: Update dmtimers
ARM: OMAP: Make clock variables static
ARM: OMAP: Fix GPMC compilation when DEBUG is defined
ARM: OMAP: Mux updates for external DMA and GPIO
...
Patch from Lennert Buytenhek
This patch makes the iWMMXt context switch hook use the generic
thread notifier infrastructure that was recently merged in commit
d6551e884c.
Signed-off-by: Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@wantstofly.org>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
Some machine classes need to allow VFP support to be built into the
kernel, but still allow the kernel to run even though VFP isn't
present. Unfortunately, the kernel hard-codes VFP instructions
into the thread switch, which prevents this being run-time selectable.
Solve this by introducing a notifier which things such as VFP can
hook into to be informed of events which affect the VFP subsystem
(eg, creation and destruction of threads, switches between threads.)
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
Patch from Richard Purdie
Add functionality to allow machine specific reboot handlers on ARM.
Add machine specific reboot and poweroff handlers for all PXA Zaurus
models.
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
The ARM thread struct allocator is racy on SMP systems. Fix it by
turning it into a per-cpu based allocator. This also allows keeps
the cache cache warm for thread structs and kernel stacks.
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
The only user of get_wchan is the proc fs - and proc can't be built modular.
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Patch from Ben Dooks
Fix the following warnings from sparse:
arch/arm/kernel/process.c:86:6: warning: symbol 'default_idle' was not declared. Should it be static?
arch/arm/kernel/process.c:378:5: warning: symbol 'dump_fpu' was not declared. Should it be static?
Include <linux/elfcore.h> for dump_fpu() decleration, and
make default_idle() static as it is not used outside the file.
Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben-linux@fluff.org>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S has contained a comment suggesting
that asm/hardware.h and asm/arch/irqs.h should be moved into the
asm/arch/entry-macro.S include. So move the includes to these
two files as required.
Add missing includes (asm/hardware.h, asm/io.h) to asm/arch/system.h
includes which use those facilities, and remove asm/io.h from
kernel/process.c.
Remove other unnecessary includes from arch/arm/kernel, arch/arm/mm
and arch/arm/mach-footbridge.
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
Make some changes to the NEED_RESCHED and POLLING_NRFLAG to reduce
confusion, and make their semantics rigid. Improves efficiency of
resched_task and some cpu_idle routines.
* In resched_task:
- TIF_NEED_RESCHED is only cleared with the task's runqueue lock held,
and as we hold it during resched_task, then there is no need for an
atomic test and set there. The only other time this should be set is
when the task's quantum expires, in the timer interrupt - this is
protected against because the rq lock is irq-safe.
- If TIF_NEED_RESCHED is set, then we don't need to do anything. It
won't get unset until the task get's schedule()d off.
- If we are running on the same CPU as the task we resched, then set
TIF_NEED_RESCHED and no further action is required.
- If we are running on another CPU, and TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG is *not* set
after TIF_NEED_RESCHED has been set, then we need to send an IPI.
Using these rules, we are able to remove the test and set operation in
resched_task, and make clear the previously vague semantics of
POLLING_NRFLAG.
* In idle routines:
- Enter cpu_idle with preempt disabled. When the need_resched() condition
becomes true, explicitly call schedule(). This makes things a bit clearer
(IMO), but haven't updated all architectures yet.
- Many do a test and clear of TIF_NEED_RESCHED for some reason. According
to the resched_task rules, this isn't needed (and actually breaks the
assumption that TIF_NEED_RESCHED is only cleared with the runqueue lock
held). So remove that. Generally one less locked memory op when switching
to the idle thread.
- Many idle routines clear TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG, and only set it in the inner
most polling idle loops. The above resched_task semantics allow it to be
set until before the last time need_resched() is checked before going into
a halt requiring interrupt wakeup.
Many idle routines simply never enter such a halt, and so POLLING_NRFLAG
can be always left set, completely eliminating resched IPIs when rescheduling
the idle task.
POLLING_NRFLAG width can be increased, to reduce the chance of resched IPIs.
Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Con Kolivas <kernel@kolivas.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Run idle threads with preempt disabled.
Also corrected a bugs in arm26's cpu_idle (make it actually call schedule()).
How did it ever work before?
Might fix the CPU hotplugging hang which Nigel Cunningham noted.
We think the bug hits if the idle thread is preempted after checking
need_resched() and before going to sleep, then the CPU offlined.
After calling stop_machine_run, the CPU eventually returns from preemption and
into the idle thread and goes to sleep. The CPU will continue executing
previous idle and have no chance to call play_dead.
By disabling preemption until we are ready to explicitly schedule, this bug is
fixed and the idle threads generally become more robust.
From: alexs <ashepard@u.washington.edu>
PPC build fix
From: Yoichi Yuasa <yuasa@hh.iij4u.or.jp>
MIPS build fix
Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Yoichi Yuasa <yuasa@hh.iij4u.or.jp>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
machine_restart, machine_halt and machine_power_off are machine
specific hooks deep into the reboot logic, that modules
have no business messing with. Usually code should be calling
kernel_restart, kernel_halt, kernel_power_off, or
emergency_restart. So don't export machine_restart,
machine_halt, and machine_power_off so we can catch buggy users.
Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
This call allows the dynamic tick support to reprogram the timer
immediately before the CPU idles.
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
Various places in the ARM kernel implicitly assumed that kernel
stacks are always 8K due to hard coded constants. Replace these
constants with definitions.
Correct the allowable range of kernel stack pointer values within
the allocation. Arrange for the entire kernel stack to be zeroed,
not just the upper 4K if CONFIG_DEBUG_STACK_USAGE is set.
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
Fix show_regs() to provide a backtrace. Provide a new __show_regs()
function which implements the common subset of show_regs() and die().
Add prototypes to asm-arm/system.h
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
Initial git repository build. I'm not bothering with the full history,
even though we have it. We can create a separate "historical" git
archive of that later if we want to, and in the meantime it's about
3.2GB when imported into git - space that would just make the early
git days unnecessarily complicated, when we don't have a lot of good
infrastructure for it.
Let it rip!
Paul Gortmaker