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2010-10-12genirq: Fix CONFIG_GENIRQ_NO_DEPRECATED=y buildThomas Gleixner2-2/+2
This option can be set to verify the full conversion to the new chip functions. Fix the fallout of the patch rework, so the core code compiles and works with it. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2010-10-12genirq: Switch sparse_irq allocator to GFP_KERNELThomas Gleixner1-3/+2
The allocator functions are now called outside of preempt disabled regions. Switch to GFP_KERNEL. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-10-12genirq: Make sparse_lock a mutexThomas Gleixner1-19/+14
No callers from atomic regions. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-10-12genirq: Remove the now unused sparse irq leftoversThomas Gleixner5-256/+2
The move_irq_desc() function was only used due to the problem that the allocator did not free the old descriptors. So the descriptors had to be moved in create_irq_nr(). That's history. The code would have never been able to move active interrupt descriptors on affinity settings. That can be done in a completely different way w/o all this horror. Remove all of it. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-10-12genirq: Sanitize dynamic irq handlingThomas Gleixner3-121/+23
Use the cleanup functions of the dynamic allocator. No need to have separate implementations. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-10-12genirq: Remove arch_init_chip_data()Thomas Gleixner2-7/+0
This function should have not been there in the first place. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-10-12Merge branch 'x86/urgent' of into irq/sparseirqThomas Gleixner4-7/+8
Reason: Pull in the latest io_apic bugfixes Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2010-10-12genirq: Query arch for number of early descriptorsThomas Gleixner2-6/+8
sparse irq sets up NR_IRQS_LEGACY irq descriptors and archs then go ahead and allocate more. Use the unused return value of arch_probe_nr_irqs() to let the architecture return the number of early allocations. Fix up all users. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-10-12genirq: Use sane sparse allocatorThomas Gleixner1-109/+20
Make irq_to_desc_alloc_node() a wrapper around the new allocator. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-10-12genirq: Implement irq reservationThomas Gleixner1-0/+26
Mark a range of interrupts as allocated. In the SPARSE_IRQ=n case we need this to update the bitmap for the legacy irqs so the enumerator via irq_get_next_irq() works. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2010-10-12genirq: Implement sane enumerationThomas Gleixner1-0/+11
Use the allocator bitmap to lookup active interrupts. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-10-12genirq: Prepare proc for real sparse irq supportThomas Gleixner3-0/+22
/proc/irq never removes any entries, but when irq descriptors can be freed for real this is necessary. Otherwise we'd reference a freed descriptor in /proc/irq/N Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-10-12genirq: Implement a sane sparse_irq allocatorThomas Gleixner1-8/+223
The current sparse_irq allocator has several short comings due to failures in the design or the lack of it: - Requires iteration over the number of active irqs to find a free slot (Some architectures have grown their own workarounds for this) - Removal of entries is not possible - Racy between create_irq_nr and destroy_irq (plugged by horrible callbacks) - Migration of active irq descriptors is not possible - No bulk allocation of irq ranges - Sprinkeled irq_desc references all over the place outside of kernel/irq/ (The previous chip functions series is addressing this issue) Implement a sane allocator which fixes the above short comings (though migration of active descriptors needs a full tree wide cleanup of the direct and mostly unlocked access to irq_desc). The new allocator still uses a radix_tree, but uses a bitmap for keeping track of allocated irq numbers. That allows: - Fast lookup of a free slot - Allows the removal of descriptors - Prevents the create/destroy race - Bulk allocation of consecutive irq ranges - Basic design is ready for migration of life descriptors after further cleanups The bitmap is also used in the SPARSE_IRQ=n case for lookup and raceless (de)allocation of irq numbers. So it removes the requirement for looping through the descriptor array to find slots. Right now it uses sparse_irq_lock to protect the bitmap and the radix tree, but after cleaning up all users we should be able convert that to a mutex and to switch the radix_tree and decriptor allocations to GFP_KERNEL. [ Folded in a bugfix from Yinghai Lu ] Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-10-12genirq: Provide default irq init flagsThomas Gleixner2-4/+4
Arch code sets it's own irq_desc.status flags right after boot and for dynamically allocated interrupts. That might involve iterating over a huge array. Allow ARCH_IRQ_INIT_FLAGS to set separate flags aside of IRQ_DISABLED which is the default. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-10-12genirq: Remove export of kstat_irqs_cpuThomas Gleixner1-1/+0
The statistics accessor is only used by proc/stats and show_interrupts(). Both are compiled in. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-10-12genirq: Remove early_init_irq_lock_class()Thomas Gleixner1-10/+1
early_init_irq_lock_class() is called way before anything touches the irq descriptors. In case of SPARSE_IRQ=y this is a NOP operation because the radix tree is empty at this point. For the SPARSE_IRQ=n case it's sufficient to set the lock class in early_init_irq(). Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-10-12genirq: Distangle kernel/irq/handle.cThomas Gleixner4-332/+340
kernel/irq/handle.c has become a dumpground for random code in random order. Split out the irq descriptor management and the dummy irq_chip implementation into separate files. Cleanup the include maze while at it. No code change. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-10-12genirq: Sanitize irq_data accessorsThomas Gleixner1-0/+8
Get the data structure from the core and provide inline wrappers to access the irq_data members. Provide accessor inlines for irq_data as well. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-10-12genirq: Provide status modifierThomas Gleixner1-19/+7
Provide a irq_desc.status modifier function to cleanup the direct access to irq_desc in arch and driver code. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-10-12genirq: Distangle irq.hThomas Gleixner1-0/+100
Move irq_desc and internal functions out of irq.h Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-10-04genirq: Provide config option to disable deprecated codeThomas Gleixner5-5/+32
This option covers now the old chip functions and the irq_desc data fields which are moving to struct irq_data. More stuff will follow. Pretty handy for testing a conversion, whether something broke or not. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-10-04genirq: Provide compat handling for chip->retrigger()Thomas Gleixner2-2/+9
Wrap the old chip function retrigger() until the migration is complete and the old chip functions are removed. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> LKML-Reference: <20100927121843.025801092@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-10-04genirq: Provide compat handling for chip->set_wake()Thomas Gleixner2-2/+9
Wrap the old chip function set_wake() until the migration is complete and the old chip functions are removed. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> LKML-Reference: <20100927121842.927527393@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-10-04genirq: Provide compat handling for chip->set_type()Thomas Gleixner3-7/+15
Wrap the old chip function set_type() until the migration is complete and the old chip functions are removed. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> LKML-Reference: <20100927121842.832261548@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-10-04genirq: Provide compat handling for chip->set_affinity()Thomas Gleixner4-8/+19
Wrap the old chip function set_affinity() until the migration is complete and the old chip functions are removed. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> LKML-Reference: <20100927121842.732894108@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-10-04genirq: Provide compat handling for chip->startup()Thomas Gleixner4-16/+16
Wrap the old chip function startup() until the migration is complete and the old chip functions are removed. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> LKML-Reference: <20100927121842.635152961@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-10-04genirq: Provide compat handling for chip->disable()/shutdown()Thomas Gleixner5-22/+35
Wrap the old chip functions disable() and shutdown() until the migration is complete and the old chip functions are removed. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> LKML-Reference: <20100927121842.532070631@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-10-04genirq: Provide compat handling for chip->enable()Thomas Gleixner3-8/+21
Wrap the old chip function enable() until the migration is complete and the old chip functions are removed. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> LKML-Reference: <20100927121842.437159182@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-10-04genirq: Provide compat handling for chip->eoi()Thomas Gleixner1-3/+10
Wrap the old chip function eoi() until the migration is complete and the old chip functions are removed. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> LKML-Reference: <20100927121842.339657617@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-10-04genirq: Provide compat handling for chip->mask_ack()Thomas Gleixner1-6/+13
Wrap the old chip function mask_ack() until the migration is complete and the old chip functions are removed. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> LKML-Reference: <20100927121842.240806983@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-10-04genirq: Provide compat handling for chip->ack()Thomas Gleixner2-18/+12
Wrap the old chip function ack() until the migration is complete and the old chip functions are removed. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> LKML-Reference: <20100927121842.142624725@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-10-04genirq: Provide compat handling for chip->unmask()Thomas Gleixner4-9/+16
Wrap the old chip function unmask() until the migration is complete and the old chip functions are removed. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> LKML-Reference: <20100927121842.043608928@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-10-04genirq: Provide compat handling for chip->mask()Thomas Gleixner3-9/+16
Wrap the old chip function mask() until the migration is complete and the old chip functions are removed. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> LKML-Reference: <20100927121841.940355859@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-10-04genirq: Provide compat handling for bus_lock/bus_sync_unlockThomas Gleixner3-19/+35
Wrap the old chip functions for bus_lock/bus_sync_unlock until the migration is complete and the old chip functions are removed. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> LKML-Reference: <20100927121841.842536121@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-10-04genirq: Add new functions to dummy chipsThomas Gleixner2-17/+44
The compat functions go away when the core code is converted. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-10-04genirq: Convert core code to irq_dataThomas Gleixner10-105/+106
Convert all references in the core code to orq, chip, handler_data, chip_data, msi_desc, affinity to irq_data.* Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-10-04genirq: Create irq_dataThomas Gleixner1-20/+19
Low level chip functions need access to irq_desc->handler_data, irq_desc->chip_data and irq_desc->msi_desc. We hand down the irq number to the low level functions, so they need to lookup irq_desc. With sparse irq this means a radix tree lookup. We could hand down irq_desc itself, but low level chip functions have no need to fiddle with it directly and we want to restrict access to irq_desc further. Preparatory patch for new chip functions. Note, that the ugly anon union/struct is there to avoid a full tree wide clean up for now. This is not going to last 3 years like __do_IRQ() Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> LKML-Reference: <20100927121841.645542300@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-10-04genirq: Provide KconfigThomas Gleixner1-0/+54
The generic irq Kconfig options are copied around all archs. Provide a generic Kconfig file which can be included. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> LKML-Reference: <20100927121843.217333624@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-09-23genirq: Cleanup irq_chip->typename leftoversThomas Gleixner1-2/+0
3 years transition phase is enough. Cleanup the last users and remove the cruft. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Leo Chen <leochen@broadcom.com> Cc: Hirokazu Takata <takata@linux-m32r.org> Cc: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@tilera.com> Cc: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com> Cc: Chris Zankel <chris@zankel.net>
2010-09-22rmap: fix walk during forkAndrea Arcangeli1-1/+1
The below bug in fork led to the rmap walk finding the parent huge-pmd twice instead of just once, because the anon_vma_chain objects of the child vma still point to the vma->vm_mm of the parent. The patch fixes it by making the rmap walk accurate during fork. It's not a big deal normally but it worth being accurate considering the cost is the same. Signed-off-by: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com> Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <jweiner@redhat.com> Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com> Acked-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-09-21Merge branch 'sched-fixes-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds2-5/+5
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'sched-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: sched: Fix nohz balance kick sched: Fix user time incorrectly accounted as system time on 32-bit
2010-09-21Merge branch 'perf-fixes-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds1-1/+2
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'perf-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: hw breakpoints: Fix pid namespace bug x86: Fix instruction breakpoint encoding oprofile: Add Support for Intel CPU Family 6 / Model 22 (Intel Celeron 540) kprobes: Fix Kconfig dependency
2010-09-21sched: Fix nohz balance kickSuresh Siddha1-1/+1
There's a situation where the nohz balancer will try to wake itself: cpu-x is idle which is also ilb_cpu got a scheduler tick during idle and the nohz_kick_needed() in trigger_load_balance() checks for rq_x->nr_running which might not be zero (because of someone waking a task on this rq etc) and this leads to the situation of the cpu-x sending a kick to itself. And this can cause a lockup. Avoid this by not marking ourself eligible for kicking. Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> LKML-Reference: <1284400941.2684.19.camel@sbsiddha-MOBL3.sc.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-09-17hw breakpoints: Fix pid namespace bugMatt Helsley1-1/+2
Hardware breakpoints can't be registered within pid namespaces because tsk->pid is passed rather than the pid in the current namespace. (See https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17281 ) This is a quick fix demonstrating the problem but is not the best method of solving the problem since passing pids internally is not the best way to avoid pid namespace bugs. Subsequent patches will show a better solution. Much thanks to Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> for doing the bulk of the work finding this bug. Reported-by: Robin Green <greenrd@greenrd.org> Signed-off-by: Matt Helsley <matthltc@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Prasad <prasad@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> Cc: Mahesh Salgaonkar <mahesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: 2.6.33-2.6.35 <stable@kernel.org> LKML-Reference: <f63454af09fb1915717251570423eb9ddd338340.1284407762.git.matthltc@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
2010-09-16Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wqLinus Torvalds1-10/+17
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq: workqueue: add documentation
2010-09-15sched: Fix user time incorrectly accounted as system time on 32-bitStanislaw Gruszka1-4/+4
We have 32-bit variable overflow possibility when multiply in task_times() and thread_group_times() functions. When the overflow happens then the scaled utime value becomes erroneously small and the scaled stime becomes i erroneously big. Reported here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=633037 https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16559 Reported-by: Michael Chapman <redhat-bugzilla@very.puzzling.org> Reported-by: Ciriaco Garcia de Celis <sysman@etherpilot.com> Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Hidetoshi Seto <seto.hidetoshi@jp.fujitsu.com> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> # 2.6.32.19+ (partially) and 2.6.33+ LKML-Reference: <20100914143513.GB8415@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-09-14compat: Make compat_alloc_user_space() incorporate the access_ok()H. Peter Anvin1-0/+21
compat_alloc_user_space() expects the caller to independently call access_ok() to verify the returned area. A missing call could introduce problems on some architectures. This patch incorporates the access_ok() check into compat_alloc_user_space() and also adds a sanity check on the length. The existing compat_alloc_user_space() implementations are renamed arch_compat_alloc_user_space() and are used as part of the implementation of the new global function. This patch assumes NULL will cause __get_user()/__put_user() to either fail or access userspace on all architectures. This should be followed by checking the return value of compat_access_user_space() for NULL in the callers, at which time the access_ok() in the callers can also be removed. Reported-by: Ben Hawkes <hawkes@sota.gen.nz> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com> Acked-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Acked-by: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@tilera.com> Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Acked-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Cc: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com> Cc: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de> Cc: James Bottomley <jejb@parisc-linux.org> Cc: Kyle McMartin <kyle@mcmartin.ca> Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> Cc: <stable@kernel.org>
2010-09-13sched: Improve latencies under load by decreasing minimum scheduling granularityIngo Molnar1-3/+3
Mathieu reported bad latencies with make -j10 kind of kbuild workloads - which is mostly caused by us scheduling with a too coarse granularity. Reduce the minimum granularity some more, to make sure we can meet the latency target. I got the following results (make -j10 kbuild load, average of 3 runs): vanilla: maximum latency: 38278.9 µs average latency: 7730.1 µs patched: maximum latency: 22702.1 µs average latency: 6684.8 µs Mathieu also measured it: | | * wakeup-latency.c (SIGEV_THREAD) with make -j10 | | - Mainline 2.6.35.2 kernel | | maximum latency: 45762.1 µs | average latency: 7348.6 µs | | - With only Peter's smaller min_gran (shown below): | | maximum latency: 29100.6 µs | average latency: 6684.1 µs | Reported-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> Reported-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Acked-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> LKML-Reference: <AANLkTi=8m4g01wZPacySoF7U0PevTNVgJoZZrHiUD-pN@mail.gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-09-13workqueue: add documentationTejun Heo1-10/+17
Update copyright notice and add Documentation/workqueue.txt. Randy Dunlap, Dave Chinner: misc fixes. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Reviewed-By: Florian Mickler <florian@mickler.org> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Cc: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
2010-09-11Merge branch 'pm-fixes' of ↵Linus Torvalds2-21/+68
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/suspend-2.6 * 'pm-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/suspend-2.6: PM / Hibernate: Avoid hitting OOM during preallocation of memory PM QoS: Correct pr_debug() misuse and improve parameter checks PM: Prevent waiting forever on asynchronous resume after failing suspend