linux-stable.git/arch/arc/kernel/asm-offsets.c, branch linux-3.9.y Linux kernel stable tree ARC: [optim] Cache "current" in Register r25 2013-02-15T17:45:58+00:00 Vineet Gupta vgupta@synopsys.com 2013-02-11T14:22:57+00:00 080c37473eb671a037b3e9a315303851f0675be5 Signed-off-by: Vineet Gupta <vgupta@synopsys.com> 
Signed-off-by: Vineet Gupta <vgupta@synopsys.com>
ARC: [Review] Preparing to fix incorrect syscall restarts due to signals 2013-02-15T17:45:49+00:00 Vineet Gupta vgupta@synopsys.com 2013-02-11T14:31:24+00:00 5c39c0ab5e862cf71cda1fc39a5cedd4e2f18c6e To avoid multiple syscall restarts (multiple signals) or no restart at all (sigreturn), we need just an extra bit of state "literally 1 bit" in struct pt_regs. orig_r8 is the best place to do this, however given the way it is encoded currently, we can't add anything simplistically. Current orig_r8: * syscalls -> 1 to NR_SYSCALLS * Exceptions -> NR_SYSCALLS + 1 * Break-point-> NR_SYSCALLS + 2 In new scheme it is a bit-field * lower short word contains the exact event type (and a new bit to represent restart semantics : if syscall was already / can't be restarted) * upper short word optionally containing the syscall num - needed by likes of tracehooks etc This patch only changes how orig_r8 is organised and nothing should change behaviourily. Signed-off-by: Vineet Gupta <vgupta@synopsys.com> Cc: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> 
To avoid multiple syscall restarts (multiple signals) or no restart at
all (sigreturn), we need just an extra bit of state "literally 1 bit" in
struct pt_regs. orig_r8 is the best place to do this, however given the
way it is encoded currently, we can't add anything simplistically.

Current orig_r8:
* syscalls   -> 1 to NR_SYSCALLS
* Exceptions -> NR_SYSCALLS + 1
* Break-point-> NR_SYSCALLS + 2

In new scheme it is a bit-field
* lower short word contains the  exact event type (and a new bit to represent
   restart semantics : if syscall was already / can't be restarted)
* upper short word optionally containing the syscall num - needed by
  likes of tracehooks etc

This patch only changes how orig_r8 is organised and nothing should
change behaviourily.

Signed-off-by: Vineet Gupta <vgupta@synopsys.com>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
ARC: Build system: Makefiles, Kconfig, Linker script 2013-02-11T14:30:25+00:00 Vineet Gupta vgupta@synopsys.com 2013-01-18T09:42:20+00:00 cfdbc2e16e65c1ec1c23057640607cee98d1a1bd Arnd in his review pointed out that arch Kconfig organisation has several deficiencies: * Build time entries for things which can be runtime extracted from DT (e.g. SDRAM size, core clk frequency..) * Not multi-platform-image-build friendly (choice .. endchoice constructs) * cpu variants support (750/770) is exclusive. The first 2 have been fixed in subsequent patches. Due to the nature of the 750 and 770, it is not possible to build for both together, w/o special runtime glue code which would hurt performance. Signed-off-by: Vineet Gupta <vgupta@synopsys.com> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> 
Arnd in his review pointed out that arch Kconfig organisation has several
deficiencies:

* Build time entries for things which can be runtime extracted from DT
  (e.g. SDRAM size, core clk frequency..)
* Not multi-platform-image-build friendly (choice .. endchoice constructs)
* cpu variants support (750/770) is exclusive.

The first 2 have been fixed in subsequent patches.
Due to the nature of the 750 and 770, it is not possible to build for
both together, w/o special runtime glue code which would hurt
performance.

Signed-off-by: Vineet Gupta <vgupta@synopsys.com>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>