linux/arch/tile
Gilad Ben-Yossef 3fc498f165 smp: introduce a generic on_each_cpu_mask() function
We have lots of infrastructure in place to partition multi-core systems
such that we have a group of CPUs that are dedicated to specific task:
cgroups, scheduler and interrupt affinity, and cpuisol= boot parameter.
Still, kernel code will at times interrupt all CPUs in the system via IPIs
for various needs.  These IPIs are useful and cannot be avoided
altogether, but in certain cases it is possible to interrupt only specific
CPUs that have useful work to do and not the entire system.

This patch set, inspired by discussions with Peter Zijlstra and Frederic
Weisbecker when testing the nohz task patch set, is a first stab at trying
to explore doing this by locating the places where such global IPI calls
are being made and turning the global IPI into an IPI for a specific group
of CPUs.  The purpose of the patch set is to get feedback if this is the
right way to go for dealing with this issue and indeed, if the issue is
even worth dealing with at all.  Based on the feedback from this patch set
I plan to offer further patches that address similar issue in other code
paths.

This patch creates an on_each_cpu_mask() and on_each_cpu_cond()
infrastructure API (the former derived from existing arch specific
versions in Tile and Arm) and uses them to turn several global IPI
invocation to per CPU group invocations.

Core kernel:

on_each_cpu_mask() calls a function on processors specified by cpumask,
which may or may not include the local processor.

You must not call this function with disabled interrupts or from a
hardware interrupt handler or from a bottom half handler.

arch/arm:

Note that the generic version is a little different then the Arm one:

1. It has the mask as first parameter
2. It calls the function on the calling CPU with interrupts disabled,
   but this should be OK since the function is called on the other CPUs
   with interrupts disabled anyway.

arch/tile:

The API is the same as the tile private one, but the generic version
also calls the function on the with interrupts disabled in UP case

This is OK since the function is called on the other CPUs
with interrupts disabled.

Signed-off-by: Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@benyossef.com>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Acked-by: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@tilera.com>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>
Cc: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Cc: Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@gmail.com>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@mina86.org>
Cc: Kosaki Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@gmail.com>
Cc: Milton Miller <miltonm@bga.com>
Cc: Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-03-28 17:14:35 -07:00
..
configs arch/tile/configs: convert to minimal configs via "make savedefconfig" 2012-03-14 14:33:16 -04:00
include smp: introduce a generic on_each_cpu_mask() function 2012-03-28 17:14:35 -07:00
kernel smp: introduce a generic on_each_cpu_mask() function 2012-03-28 17:14:35 -07:00
kvm virtio: expose for non-virtualization users too 2011-07-23 16:20:30 +09:30
lib arch/tile: misplaced parens near likely 2012-03-12 15:32:18 -04:00
mm coredump: remove VM_ALWAYSDUMP flag 2012-03-23 16:58:42 -07:00
Kbuild arch/tile: core support for Tilera 32-bit chips. 2010-06-04 17:11:18 -04:00
Kconfig tile: switch to GENERIC_PCI_IOMAP 2011-12-04 16:00:10 +02:00
Kconfig.debug lib: consolidate DEBUG_STACK_USAGE option 2011-05-25 08:39:54 -07:00
Makefile arch/tile: parameterize system PLs to support KVM port 2010-10-15 15:38:09 -04:00