linux-stable.git/arch/blackfin/kernel/process.c, branch linux-3.7.y

vfs: define struct filename and have getname() return it

2012-10-13T00:14:55+00:00

getname() is intended to copy pathname strings from userspace into a
kernel buffer. The result is just a string in kernel space. It would
however be quite helpful to be able to attach some ancillary info to
the string.

For instance, we could attach some audit-related info to reduce the
amount of audit-related processing needed. When auditing is enabled,
we could also call getname() on the string more than once and not
need to recopy it from userspace.

This patchset converts the getname()/putname() interfaces to return
a struct instead of a string. For now, the struct just tracks the
string in kernel space and the original userland pointer for it.

Later, we'll add other information to the struct as it becomes
convenient.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton 
Signed-off-by: Al Viro

sched: Move nr_cpus_allowed out of 'struct sched_rt_entity'

2012-05-30T12:02:25+00:00

Since nr_cpus_allowed is used outside of sched/rt.c and wants to be
used outside of there more, move it to a more natural site.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-kr61f02y9brwzkh6x53pdptm@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

blackfin: add bf60x to current framework

2012-05-21T06:54:12+00:00

This patch added bf60x to current blackfin kernel framework.

Signed-off-by: Bob Liu

Disintegrate asm/system.h for Blackfin [ver #2]

2012-03-21T03:00:08+00:00

Disintegrate asm/system.h for Blackfin.

Signed-off-by: David Howells 
cc: uclinux-dist-devel@blackfin.uclinux.org
Signed-off-by: Bob Liu

sched/rt: Use schedule_preempt_disabled()

2012-03-01T09:28:03+00:00

Coccinelle based conversion.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner 
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-24swm5zut3h9c4a6s46x8rws@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

nohz: Remove tick_nohz_idle_enter_norcu() / tick_nohz_idle_exit_norcu()

2011-12-11T18:31:57+00:00

Those two APIs were provided to optimize the calls of
tick_nohz_idle_enter() and rcu_idle_enter() into a single
irq disabled section. This way no interrupt happening in-between would
needlessly process any RCU job.

Now we are talking about an optimization for which benefits
have yet to be measured. Let's start simple and completely decouple
idle rcu and dyntick idle logics to simplify.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker 
Cc: Ingo Molnar 
Cc: Thomas Gleixner 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett 
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney

nohz: Allow rcu extended quiescent state handling seperately from tick stop

2011-12-11T18:31:36+00:00

It is assumed that rcu won't be used once we switch to tickless
mode and until we restart the tick. However this is not always
true, as in x86-64 where we dereference the idle notifiers after
the tick is stopped.

To prepare for fixing this, add two new APIs:
tick_nohz_idle_enter_norcu() and tick_nohz_idle_exit_norcu().

If no use of RCU is made in the idle loop between
tick_nohz_enter_idle() and tick_nohz_exit_idle() calls, the arch
must instead call the new *_norcu() version such that the arch doesn't
need to call rcu_idle_enter() and rcu_idle_exit().

Otherwise the arch must call tick_nohz_enter_idle() and
tick_nohz_exit_idle() and also call explicitly:

- rcu_idle_enter() after its last use of RCU before the CPU is put
to sleep.
- rcu_idle_exit() before the first use of RCU after the CPU is woken
up.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker 
Cc: Mike Frysinger 
Cc: Guan Xuetao 
Cc: David Miller 
Cc: Chris Metcalf 
Cc: Hans-Christian Egtvedt 
Cc: Ralf Baechle 
Cc: Paul E. McKenney 
Cc: Ingo Molnar 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Thomas Gleixner 
Cc: H. Peter Anvin 
Cc: Russell King 
Cc: Paul Mackerras 
Cc: Heiko Carstens 
Cc: Paul Mundt 
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney

nohz: Separate out irq exit and idle loop dyntick logic

2011-12-11T18:31:35+00:00

The tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick() function, which tries to delay
the next timer tick as long as possible, can be called from two
places:

- From the idle loop to start the dytick idle mode
- From interrupt exit if we have interrupted the dyntick
idle mode, so that we reprogram the next tick event in
case the irq changed some internal state that requires this
action.

There are only few minor differences between both that
are handled by that function, driven by the ts->inidle
cpu variable and the inidle parameter. The whole guarantees
that we only update the dyntick mode on irq exit if we actually
interrupted the dyntick idle mode, and that we enter in RCU extended
quiescent state from idle loop entry only.

Split this function into:

- tick_nohz_idle_enter(), which sets ts->inidle to 1, enters
dynticks idle mode unconditionally if it can, and enters into RCU
extended quiescent state.

- tick_nohz_irq_exit() which only updates the dynticks idle mode
when ts->inidle is set (ie: if tick_nohz_idle_enter() has been called).

To maintain symmetry, tick_nohz_restart_sched_tick() has been renamed
into tick_nohz_idle_exit().

This simplifies the code and micro-optimize the irq exit path (no need
for local_irq_save there). This also prepares for the split between
dynticks and rcu extended quiescent state logics. We'll need this split to
further fix illegal uses of RCU in extended quiescent states in the idle
loop.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker 
Cc: Mike Frysinger 
Cc: Guan Xuetao 
Cc: David Miller 
Cc: Chris Metcalf 
Cc: Hans-Christian Egtvedt 
Cc: Ralf Baechle 
Cc: Paul E. McKenney 
Cc: Ingo Molnar 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Thomas Gleixner 
Cc: H. Peter Anvin 
Cc: Russell King 
Cc: Paul Mackerras 
Cc: Heiko Carstens 
Cc: Paul Mundt 
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney 
Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett

Blackfin: exec: remove redundant set_fs(USER_DS)

2011-07-23T05:18:18+00:00

The address limit is already set in flush_old_exec() so this
set_fs(USER_DS) is redundant.

Signed-off-by: Mathias Krause 
Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger

Blackfin: don't touch task->cpus_allowed directly

2011-05-25T12:24:10+00:00

Every callter (except kthread_bind) should use proper
set_cpus_allowed_ptr() APIs.

Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro 
Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger