kernel/include/linux/percpu-defs.h, branch linux-3.1.y

percpu: Remove the multi-page alignment facility

2010-10-27T15:53:25Z

[DECLARE|DEFINE]_PER_CPU_MULTIPAGE_ALIGNED never really worked because the head percpu section was only page aligned. Now that the last user is gone (32-bit IRQ stacks), remove the generic percpu facility. Cc: Brian Gerst Acked-by: Tejun Heo Acked-by: Linus Torvalds LKML-Reference: <1288158182-1753-1-git-send-email-brgerst@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

Merge branch 'x86-irq-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

2010-10-22T15:54:21Z

* 'x86-irq-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: x86, 32-bit: Align percpu area and irq stacks to THREAD_SIZE x86: Move alloc_desk_mask variables inside ifdef x86-32: Align IRQ stacks properly x86: Remove CONFIG_4KSTACKS x86: Always use irq stacks Fixed up trivial conflicts in include/linux/{irq.h, percpu-defs.h}

percpu: Introduce a read-mostly percpu API

2010-10-20T21:33:58Z

Add a new readmostly percpu section and API. This can be used to avoid dirtying data lines which are generally not written to, which is especially important for data which may be accessed by processors other than the one for which the percpu area belongs to. [ hpa: moved it *after* the page-aligned section, for obvious reasons. ] Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li LKML-Reference: <1287544022.4571.7.camel@sli10-conroe.sh.intel.com> Cc: Eric Dumazet Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin

x86, 32-bit: Align percpu area and irq stacks to THREAD_SIZE

2010-09-07T03:07:00Z

The irq stacks, located in the percpu-area, need to be THREAD_SIZE aligned. Add the infrastucture to align percpu variables to larger-than-pagesize amounts within the percpu area, and use it to specify the alignment for the irq stacks. Also align the percpu area itself to THREAD_SIZE. This should make irq stacks work with 8K THREAD_SIZE. Signed-off-by: Alexander van Heukelum Cc: Tejun Heo Cc: hch@lst.de LKML-Reference: <1283799222.15941.1393621887@webmail.messagingengine.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

Merge branch 'for-35' of git://repo.or.cz/linux-kbuild

2010-06-01T15:55:52Z

* '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 .data[.percpu][.XXX] to .data[..percpu][..XXX].

2010-03-03T10:26:00Z

Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko Signed-off-by: Michal Marek

percpu: remove compile warnings caused by __verify_pcpu_ptr()

2009-12-08T01:28:50Z

If percpu pointer is const, __verify_pcpu_ptr() triggers warnings like the following. drivers/net/loopback.c: In function 'loopback_get_stats': drivers/net/loopback.c:109: warning: initialization discards qualifiers from pointer target type Fix it by adding const to the verification target pointer used in __verify_pcpu_ptr(). Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo Reported-by: Stephen Rothwell

percpu: make accessors check for percpu pointer in sparse

2009-10-29T13:34:15Z

The previous patch made sparse warn about percpu variables being used directly without going through percpu accessors. This patch implements the other half - checking whether non percpu variable is passed into percpu accessors. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo Cc: Rusty Russell Cc: Al Viro

percpu: add __percpu for sparse.

2009-10-29T13:34:15Z

We have to make __kernel "__attribute__((address_space(0)))" so we can cast to it. tj: * put_cpu_var() update. * Annotations added to dynamic allocator interface. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell Cc: Al Viro Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo

percpu: remove per_cpu__ prefix.

2009-10-29T13:34:15Z

Now that the return from alloc_percpu is compatible with the address of per-cpu vars, it makes sense to hand around the address of per-cpu variables. To make this sane, we remove the per_cpu__ prefix we used created to stop people accidentally using these vars directly. Now we have sparse, we can use that (next patch). tj: * Updated to convert stuff which were missed by or added after the original patch. * Kill per_cpu_var() macro. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo Reviewed-by: Christoph Lameter