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author | Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> | 2009-04-06 11:45:03 +0200 |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-04-07 10:48:56 +0200 |
commit | b6276f353bf490add62dcf7db0ebd75baa3e1a37 (patch) | |
tree | 9720a848fca77555bef9658c56445815f6f2a29d /arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c | |
parent | 671dec5daf3b3c43c5777be282f00120a44cf37f (diff) |
perf_counter: x86: self-IPI for pending work
Implement set_perf_counter_pending() with a self-IPI so that it will
run ASAP in a usable context.
For now use a second IRQ vector, because the primary vector pokes
the apic in funny ways that seem to confuse things.
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Corey Ashford <cjashfor@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
LKML-Reference: <20090406094517.724626696@chello.nl>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c')
-rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c | 14 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c index c74e20d593a..438415866fe 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c @@ -849,6 +849,20 @@ void smp_perf_counter_interrupt(struct pt_regs *regs) irq_exit(); } +void smp_perf_pending_interrupt(struct pt_regs *regs) +{ + irq_enter(); + ack_APIC_irq(); + inc_irq_stat(apic_pending_irqs); + perf_counter_do_pending(); + irq_exit(); +} + +void set_perf_counter_pending(void) +{ + apic->send_IPI_self(LOCAL_PENDING_VECTOR); +} + void perf_counters_lapic_init(int nmi) { u32 apic_val; |