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2007-02-16[PATCH] Add irq flag to disable balancing for an interruptThomas Gleixner
Add a flag so we can prevent the irq balancing of an interrupt. Move the bits, so we have room for more :) Necessary for the ability to setup clocksources more flexible (e.g. use the different HPET channels per CPU) Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-16[PATCH] vmi-versus-hrtimersAndrew Morton
arch/i386/kernel/built-in.o: In function `vmi_stop_hz_timer': : undefined reference to `next_timer_interrupt' If CONFIG_NO_HZ, next_timer_interrupt() doesn't exist (and presumably doesn't make sense). Perhaps VMI shouildn't be playing with timer internals at this level. Cc: Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xensource.com> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Cc: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-13[PATCH] i386: Fix broken CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO on i386Jan Beulich
After updating several machines to 2.6.20, I can't boot anymore the single one of them that supports the NX bit and is configured as a 32-bit system. My understanding is that the VDSO changes in 2.6.20-rc7 were not fully cooked, in that with that config option enabled VDSO_SYM(x) now equals x, meaning that an address in the fixmap area is now being passed to apps via AT_SYSINFO. However, the page is mapped with PAGE_READONLY rather than PAGE_READONLY_EXEC. I'm not certain whether having app code go through the fixmap area is intended, but in case it is here is the simple patch that makes things work again. Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2007-02-13[PATCH] i386: fix 32-bit ioctls on x64_32Giuliano Procida
[MTRR] fix 32-bit ioctls on x64_32 Signed-off-by: Giuliano Procida <giuliano.procida@googlemail.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2007-02-13[PATCH] x86: Unify pcspeaker platform device code between i386/x86-64Andi Kleen
Trivial cleanup. Only change is that it is always compiled in now on x86-64 like on i386. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2007-02-13[PATCH] i386: Remove extern declaration from mm/discontig.c, put in header.Rusty Russell
Extern declarations belong in headers. Times, they are a'changin. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> ===================================================================
2007-02-13[PATCH] i386: Rename cpu_gdt_descr and remove extern declaration from smpboot.cRusty Russell
When I implemented the DECLARE_PER_CPU(var) macros, I was careful that people couldn't use "var" in a non-percpu context, by prepending percpu__. I never considered that this would allow them to overload the same name for a per-cpu and a non-percpu variable. It is only one of many horrors in the i386 boot code, but let's rename the non-perpcu cpu_gdt_descr to early_gdt_descr (not boot_gdt_descr, that's something else...) Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> ===================================================================
2007-02-13[PATCH] i386: Move mce_disabled to asm/mce.hRusty Russell
Allows external actors to disable mce. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> ===================================================================
2007-02-13[PATCH] i386: paravirt unhandled fallthroughRusty Russell
The current code simply calls "start_kernel" directly if we're under a hypervisor and no paravirt_ops backend wants us, because paravirt.c registers that as a backend. This was always a vain hope; start_kernel won't get far without setup. It's also impossible for paravirt_ops backends which don't sit in the arch/i386/kernel directory: they can't link before paravirt.o anyway. Keep it simple: if we pass all the registered paravirt probes, BUG(). Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2007-02-13[PATCH] x86: Don't require the vDSO for handling a.out signalsAndi Kleen
and in other strange binfmts. vDSO is not necessarily mapped there. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2007-02-13[PATCH] i386: Fix Cyrix MediaGX detectionAlan
The old Cyrix 5520 CPU detection code relied upon the PCI layer setup being done earlier than the CPU setup, which is no longer true. Fortunately we know that if the processor is a MediaGX we can do type 1 pci config accesses to check the companion chip. We thus do those directly and from this find the 5520 and implement the workarounds for the timer problem Original report from takada@mbf.nifty.com, I sent a proposed patch which Takara then corrected, tested and sent back to the list on 10th January. Submitting for merging as it seems to have been missed AK: Changed to use pci-direct.h and fix warning for !CONFIG_PCI (later AK: originally from akpm) Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: <takada@mbf.nifty.com> Cc: Jordan Crouse <jordan.crouse@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-13[PATCH] i386: Fix warning in cpu initializationAndi Kleen
Fix bogus warning linux/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/transmeta.c:12: warning: ‘cpu_freq’ may be used uninitialized in this function Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2007-02-13[PATCH] i386: Fix warning in microcode.cAndi Kleen
Fix bogus gcc warning linux/arch/i386/kernel/microcode.c:387: warning: ‘new_mc’ may be used uninitialized in this function Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2007-02-13[PATCH] x86: Enable NMI watchdog for AMD Family 0x10 CPUsAndi Kleen
For i386/x86-64. Straight forward -- just reuse the Family 0xf code. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2007-02-13[PATCH] x86: Add new CPUID bits for AMD Family 10 CPUs in /proc/cpuinfoAndi Kleen
Just various new acronyms. The new popcnt bit is in the middle of Intel space. This looks a little weird, but I've been assured it's ok. Also I fixed RDTSCP for i386 which was at the wrong place. For i386 and x86-64. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2007-02-13[PATCH] i386: Remove fastcall in paravirt.[ch]Andi Kleen
Not needed because fastcall is always default now Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2007-02-13[PATCH] i386: geode configuration fixesTAKADA Yoshihito
Original code doesn't write back to CCR4 register. This patch reflects a value of a register. Cc: Jordan Crouse <jordan.crouse@amd.com> Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2007-02-13[PATCH] i386: add option to show more code in oops reportsChuck Ebbert
Sometimes developers need to see more object code in an oops report, e.g. when kernel may be corrupted at runtime. Add the "code_bytes" option for this. Signed-off-by: Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-13[PATCH] i386: Remove unused kernel config option X86_XADDRobert P. J. Day
Remove the unused kernel config option X86_XADD, which is unused in any source or header file. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-13[PATCH] i386: entry.S END/ENDPROC annotationsJan Beulich
Annotate i386/kernel/entry.S with END/ENDPROC to assist disassemblers and other analysis tools. Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-13[PATCH] i386: support Classic MediaGXmtakada
I hope to support "classic" MediaGXm in kernel. The DIR1 register of MediaGXm( or Geode) shows the following values for identify CPU. For example, My MediaGXm shows 0x42. We can read National Semiconductor's datasheet without any NDAs. http://www.national.com/pf/GX/GXLV.html from datasheets: DIR1 0x30 - 0x33 GXm rev. 1.0 - 2.3 0x34 - 0x4f GXm rev. 2.4 - 3.x 0x5x GXm rev. 5.0 - 5.4 0x6x GXLV 0x7x (unknow) 0x8x Gx1 In nsc driver of X, accept 0x30 through 0x82. What will 0x7x mean? Cc: Jordan Crouse <jordan.crouse@amd.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2007-02-13[PATCH] i386: avoid gcc extensionRandy Dunlap
setcc() in math-emu is written as a gcc extension statement expression macro that returns a value. However, it's not used that way and it's not needed like that, so just make it a inline function so that we don't use an extension when it's not needed. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> Cc: Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-13[PATCH] i386: All Transmeta CPUs have constant TSCsH. Peter Anvin
All Transmeta CPUs ever produced have constant-rate TSCs. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-13[PATCH] x86: fix laptop bootup hang in init_acpi()Ingo Molnar
During kernel bootup, a new T60 laptop (CoreDuo, 32-bit) hangs about 10%-20% of the time in acpi_init(): Calling initcall 0xc055ce1a: topology_init+0x0/0x2f() Calling initcall 0xc055d75e: mtrr_init_finialize+0x0/0x2c() Calling initcall 0xc05664f3: param_sysfs_init+0x0/0x175() Calling initcall 0xc014cb65: pm_sysrq_init+0x0/0x17() Calling initcall 0xc0569f99: init_bio+0x0/0xf4() Calling initcall 0xc056b865: genhd_device_init+0x0/0x50() Calling initcall 0xc056c4bd: fbmem_init+0x0/0x87() Calling initcall 0xc056dd74: acpi_init+0x0/0x1ee() It's a hard hang that not even an NMI could punch through! Frustratingly, adding printks or function tracing to the ACPI code made the hangs go away ... After some time an additional detail emerged: disabling the NMI watchdog made these occasional hangs go away. So i spent the better part of today trying to debug this and trying out various theories when i finally found the likely reason for the hang: if acpi_ns_initialize_devices() executes an _INI AML method and an NMI happens to hit that AML execution in the wrong moment, the machine would hang. (my theory is that this must be some sort of chipset setup method doing stores to chipset mmio registers?) Unfortunately given the characteristics of the hang it was sheer impossible to figure out which of the numerous AML methods is impacted by this problem. As a workaround i wrote an interface to disable chipset-based NMIs while executing _INI sections - and indeed this fixed the hang. I did a boot-loop of 100 separate reboots and none hung - while without the patch it would hang every 5-10 attempts. Out of caution i did not touch the nmi_watchdog=2 case (it's not related to the chipset anyway and didnt hang). I implemented this for both x86_64 and i686, tested the i686 laptop both with nmi_watchdog=1 [which triggered the hangs] and nmi_watchdog=2, and tested an Athlon64 box with the 64-bit kernel as well. Everything builds and works with the patch applied. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2007-02-13[PATCH] i386: fix size_or_mask and size_and_maskAndreas Herrmann
mtrr: fix size_or_mask and size_and_mask This fixes two bugs in /proc/mtrr interface: o If physical address size crosses the 44 bit boundary size_or_mask is evaluated wrong. o size_and_mask limits width of physical base address for an MTRR to be less than 44 bits. TBD: later patch had one more change, but I think that was bogus. TBD: need to double check Signed-off-by: Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2007-02-13[PATCH] i386: Convert /proc/apm to seqfileAlexey Dobriyan
Byte-to-byte identical /proc/apm here. Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2007-02-13[PATCH] i386: use smp_call_function_single()Alexey Dobriyan
It will execure cpuid only on the cpu we need. Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2007-02-13[PATCH] i386: use smp_call_function_single()Alexey Dobriyan
It will execute rdmsr and wrmsr only on the cpu we need. Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2007-02-13[PATCH] i386: Small cleanup to TLB flush codeAndi Kleen
- Remove outdated comment - Use cpu_relax() in a busy loop Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2007-02-13[PATCH] x86: simplify notify_page_fault()Jan Beulich
Remove all parameters from this function that aren't really variable. Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2007-02-13[PATCH] i386: Handle 32 bit PerfMon Counter writes cleanly in oprofileVenkatesh Pallipadi
Handle these 32 bit perfmon counter MSR writes cleanly in oprofile. Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2007-02-13[PATCH] i386: Handle 32 bit PerfMon Counter writes cleanly in i386 nmi_watchdogVenkatesh Pallipadi
Change i386 nmi handler to handle 32 bit perfmon counter MSR writes cleanly. Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2007-02-13[PATCH] i386: romsignature/checksum cleanupRene Herman
Use adding __init to romsignature() (it's only called from probe_roms() which is itself __init) as an excuse to submit a pedantic cleanup. Signed-off-by: Rene Herman <rene.herman@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
2007-02-13[PATCH] i386: improve sched_clock() on i686Ingo Molnar
Clean up sched_clock() on i686: it will use the TSC if available and falls back to jiffies only if the user asked for it to be disabled via notsc or the CPU calibration code didnt figure out the right cpu_khz. This generally makes the scheduler timestamps more finegrained, on all hardware. (the current scheduler is pretty resistant against asynchronous sched_clock() values on different CPUs, it will allow at most up to a jiffy of jitter.) Also simplify sched_clock()'s check for TSC availability: propagate the desire and ability to use the TSC into the tsc_disable flag, previously this flag only indicated whether the notsc option was passed. This makes the rare low-res sched_clock() codepath a single branch off a read-mostly flag. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2007-02-13[PATCH] i386: add idle notifierStephane Eranian
Add a notifier mechanism to the low level idle loop. You can register a callback function which gets invoked on entry and exit from the low level idle loop. The low level idle loop is defined as the polling loop, low-power call, or the mwait instruction. Interrupts processed by the idle thread are not considered part of the low level loop. The notifier can be used to measure precisely how much is spent in useless execution (or low power mode). The perfmon subsystem uses it to turn on/off monitoring. Signed-off-by: stephane eranian <eranian@hpl.hp.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2007-02-13[PATCH] i386: arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c should #include <asm/mce.h>Adrian Bunk
Every file should include the headers containing the prototypes for it's global functions. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2007-02-13[PATCH] i386: move startup_32() in text.head sectionVivek Goyal
o Entry startup_32 was in .text section but it was accessing some init data too and it prompts MODPOST to generate compilation warnings. WARNING: vmlinux - Section mismatch: reference to .init.data:boot_params from .text between '_text' (at offset 0xc0100029) and 'startup_32_smp' WARNING: vmlinux - Section mismatch: reference to .init.data:boot_params from .text between '_text' (at offset 0xc0100037) and 'startup_32_smp' WARNING: vmlinux - Section mismatch: reference to .init.data:init_pg_tables_end from .text between '_text' (at offset 0xc0100099) and 'startup_32_smp' o Can't move startup_32 to .init.text as this entry point has to be at the start of bzImage. Hence moved startup_32 to a new section .text.head and instructed MODPOST to not to generate warnings if init data is being accessed from .text.head section. This code has been audited. o SMP boot up code (startup_32_smp) can go into .init.text if CPU hotplug is not supported. Otherwise it generates more warnings WARNING: vmlinux - Section mismatch: reference to .init.data:new_cpu_data from .text between 'checkCPUtype' (at offset 0xc0100126) and 'is486' WARNING: vmlinux - Section mismatch: reference to .init.data:new_cpu_data from .text between 'checkCPUtype' (at offset 0xc0100130) and 'is486' Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2007-02-13[PATCH] i386: Paravirt debug defaults offZachary Amsden
Deliberate register clobber around performance critical inline code is great for testing, bad to leave on by default. Many people ship with DEBUG_KERNEL turned on, so stop making DEBUG_PARAVIRT default on. Signed-off-by: Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2007-02-13[PATCH] i386: Vmi timer raceZachary Amsden
Because timer code moves around, and we might eventually move our init to a late_time_init hook, save and restore IRQs around this code because it is definitely not interrupt safe. Signed-off-by: Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2007-02-13[PATCH] i386: Kprobe rpl fixZachary Amsden
Kprobes bugfix for paravirt compatibility - RPL on the CS when inserting BPs must match running kernel. Signed-off-by: Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> CC: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
2007-02-13[PATCH] i386: Profile pc badnessZachary Amsden
Profile_pc was broken when using paravirtualization because the assumption the kernel was running at CPL 0 was violated, causing bad logic to read a random value off the stack. The only way to be in kernel lock functions is to be in kernel code, so validate that assumption explicitly by checking the CS value. We don't want to be fooled by BIOS / APM segments and try to read those stacks, so only match KERNEL_CS. I moved some stuff in segment.h to make it prettier. Signed-off-by: Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2007-02-13[PATCH] i386: vMI timer patchesZachary Amsden
VMI timer code. It works by taking over the local APIC clock when APIC is configured, which requires a couple hooks into the APIC code. The backend timer code could be commonized into the timer infrastructure, but there are some pieces missing (stolen time, in particular), and the exact semantics of when to do accounting for NO_IDLE need to be shared between different hypervisors as well. So for now, VMI timer is a separate module. [Adrian Bunk: cleanups] Subject: VMI timer patches Signed-off-by: Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xensource.com> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Cc: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
2007-02-13[PATCH] i386: vMI backend for paravirt-opsZachary Amsden
Fairly straightforward implementation of VMI backend for paravirt-ops. [Adrian Bunk: some cleanups] Signed-off-by: Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xensource.com> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Cc: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
2007-02-13[PATCH] i386: SMP boot hook for paravirtZachary Amsden
Add VMI SMP boot hook. We emulate a regular boot sequence and use the same APIC IPI initiation, we just poke magic values to load into the CPU state when the startup IPI is received, rather than having to jump through a real mode trampoline. This is all that was needed to get SMP to work. Signed-off-by: Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xensource.com> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Cc: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
2007-02-13[PATCH] i386: iOPL handling for paravirt guestsZachary Amsden
I found a clever way to make the extra IOPL switching invisible to non-paravirt compiles - since kernel_rpl is statically defined to be zero there, and only non-zero rpl kernel have a problem restoring IOPL, as popf does not restore IOPL flags unless run at CPL-0. Signed-off-by: Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xensource.com> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Cc: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
2007-02-13[PATCH] i386: paravirt CPU hypercall batching modeZachary Amsden
The VMI ROM has a mode where hypercalls can be queued and batched. This turns out to be a significant win during context switch, but must be done at a specific point before side effects to CPU state are visible to subsequent instructions. This is similar to the MMU batching hooks already provided. The same hooks could be used by the Xen backend to implement a context switch multicall. To explain a bit more about lazy modes in the paravirt patches, basically, the idea is that only one of lazy CPU or MMU mode can be active at any given time. Lazy MMU mode is similar to this lazy CPU mode, and allows for batching of multiple PTE updates (say, inside a remap loop), but to avoid keeping some kind of state machine about when to flush cpu or mmu updates, we just allow one or the other to be active. Although there is no real reason a more comprehensive scheme could not be implemented, there is also no demonstrated need for this extra complexity. Signed-off-by: Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xensource.com> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Cc: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
2007-02-13[PATCH] MM: page allocation hooks for VMI backendZachary Amsden
The VMI backend uses explicit page type notification to track shadow page tables. The allocation of page table roots is especially tricky. We need to clone the root for non-PAE mode while it is protected under the pgd lock to correctly copy the shadow. We don't need to allocate pgds in PAE mode, (PDPs in Intel terminology) as they only have 4 entries, and are cached entirely by the processor, which makes shadowing them rather simple. For base page table level allocation, pmd_populate provides the exact hook point we need. Also, we need to allocate pages when splitting a large page, and we must release pages before returning the page to any free pool. Despite being required with these slightly odd semantics for VMI, Xen also uses these hooks to determine the exact moment when page tables are created or released. AK: All nops for other architectures Signed-off-by: Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xensource.com> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Cc: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
2007-02-13[PATCH] i386: arch/i386/kernel/e820.c should #include <asm/setup.hAdrian Bunk
Every file should #include the headers containing the prototypes for its global functions. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2007-02-13[PATCH] mmconfig: Move e820 check into pci_mmcfg_reject_broken()OGAWA Hirofumi
This is just cleanup. It moves to e820 check into pci_mmcfg_reject_broken(). Signed-off-by: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
2007-02-13[PATCH] mmconfig: fix unreachable_devices()OGAWA Hirofumi
Currently, unreachable_devices() compares value of mmconfig and value of conf1. But it doesn't check the device is reachable or not. Signed-off-by: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>