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authorRussell King <rmk@dyn-67.arm.linux.org.uk>2005-11-08 22:43:44 +0000
committerRussell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>2005-11-08 22:43:44 +0000
commit72274c9e24d58d09489d37e732545e52395da270 (patch)
tree9c47a583b38a4996bda2dbe182547f8409bb65e8 /arch/arm
parent5285eb57c9a20d8df2569c770ff6048c3202cc91 (diff)
parent37ee16ae93a3e4ae7dd51beb81d249f5f12a55c2 (diff)
Merge with ARM SMP tree
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/arm')
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/Kconfig10
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S7
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/kernel/irq.c1
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/kernel/smp.c34
4 files changed, 52 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 91d5ef3397b..3bfef0934c9 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -356,6 +356,16 @@ config HOTPLUG_CPU
Say Y here to experiment with turning CPUs off and on. CPUs
can be controlled through /sys/devices/system/cpu.
+config LOCAL_TIMERS
+ bool "Use local timer interrupts"
+ depends on SMP && n
+ default y
+ help
+ Enable support for local timers on SMP platforms, rather then the
+ legacy IPI broadcast method. Local timers allows the system
+ accounting to be spread across the timer interval, preventing a
+ "thundering herd" at every timer tick.
+
config PREEMPT
bool "Preemptible Kernel (EXPERIMENTAL)"
depends on EXPERIMENTAL
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
index a511ec5b11a..d9fb819bf7c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
@@ -47,6 +47,13 @@
movne r0, sp
adrne lr, 1b
bne do_IPI
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_LOCAL_TIMERS
+ test_for_ltirq r0, r6, r5, lr
+ movne r0, sp
+ adrne lr, 1b
+ bne do_local_timer
+#endif
#endif
.endm
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/irq.c b/arch/arm/kernel/irq.c
index 6f86d0af7c5..d7099dbbb87 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/irq.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/irq.c
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ unlock:
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
show_ipi_list(p);
+ show_local_irqs(p);
#endif
seq_printf(p, "Err: %10lu\n", irq_err_count);
}
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c b/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
index f5fc57e0fe4..77e2e9ca89f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
@@ -185,6 +185,11 @@ int __cpuexit __cpu_disable(void)
migrate_irqs();
/*
+ * Stop the local timer for this CPU.
+ */
+ local_timer_stop(cpu);
+
+ /*
* Flush user cache and TLB mappings, and then remove this CPU
* from the vm mask set of all processes.
*/
@@ -290,6 +295,11 @@ asmlinkage void __cpuinit secondary_start_kernel(void)
cpu_set(cpu, cpu_online_map);
/*
+ * Setup local timer for this CPU.
+ */
+ local_timer_setup(cpu);
+
+ /*
* OK, it's off to the idle thread for us
*/
cpu_idle();
@@ -454,6 +464,18 @@ void show_ipi_list(struct seq_file *p)
seq_putc(p, '\n');
}
+void show_local_irqs(struct seq_file *p)
+{
+ unsigned int cpu;
+
+ seq_printf(p, "LOC: ");
+
+ for_each_present_cpu(cpu)
+ seq_printf(p, "%10u ", irq_stat[cpu].local_timer_irqs);
+
+ seq_putc(p, '\n');
+}
+
static void ipi_timer(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
int user = user_mode(regs);
@@ -464,6 +486,18 @@ static void ipi_timer(struct pt_regs *regs)
irq_exit();
}
+#ifdef CONFIG_LOCAL_TIMERS
+asmlinkage void do_local_timer(struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+ int cpu = smp_processor_id();
+
+ if (local_timer_ack()) {
+ irq_stat[cpu].local_timer_irqs++;
+ ipi_timer(regs);
+ }
+}
+#endif
+
/*
* ipi_call_function - handle IPI from smp_call_function()
*