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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2012-03-12 20:44:07 +0100
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2012-03-12 20:44:11 +0100
commit35239e23c66f1614c76739b62a299c3c92d6eb68 (patch)
tree7b1e068df888ec9a00b43c1dd7517a6490da6a94 /kernel/irq
parent3f33ab1c0c741bfab2138c14ba1918a7905a1e8b (diff)
parent87e24f4b67e68d9fd8df16e0bf9c66d1ad2a2533 (diff)
Merge branch 'perf/urgent' into perf/core
Merge reason: We are going to queue up a dependent patch. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/irq')
-rw-r--r--kernel/irq/manage.c44
1 files changed, 38 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/irq/manage.c b/kernel/irq/manage.c
index 32313c08444..0f0d4704ddd 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/manage.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/manage.c
@@ -985,6 +985,11 @@ __setup_irq(unsigned int irq, struct irq_desc *desc, struct irqaction *new)
/* add new interrupt at end of irq queue */
do {
+ /*
+ * Or all existing action->thread_mask bits,
+ * so we can find the next zero bit for this
+ * new action.
+ */
thread_mask |= old->thread_mask;
old_ptr = &old->next;
old = *old_ptr;
@@ -993,14 +998,41 @@ __setup_irq(unsigned int irq, struct irq_desc *desc, struct irqaction *new)
}
/*
- * Setup the thread mask for this irqaction. Unlikely to have
- * 32 resp 64 irqs sharing one line, but who knows.
+ * Setup the thread mask for this irqaction for ONESHOT. For
+ * !ONESHOT irqs the thread mask is 0 so we can avoid a
+ * conditional in irq_wake_thread().
*/
- if (new->flags & IRQF_ONESHOT && thread_mask == ~0UL) {
- ret = -EBUSY;
- goto out_mask;
+ if (new->flags & IRQF_ONESHOT) {
+ /*
+ * Unlikely to have 32 resp 64 irqs sharing one line,
+ * but who knows.
+ */
+ if (thread_mask == ~0UL) {
+ ret = -EBUSY;
+ goto out_mask;
+ }
+ /*
+ * The thread_mask for the action is or'ed to
+ * desc->thread_active to indicate that the
+ * IRQF_ONESHOT thread handler has been woken, but not
+ * yet finished. The bit is cleared when a thread
+ * completes. When all threads of a shared interrupt
+ * line have completed desc->threads_active becomes
+ * zero and the interrupt line is unmasked. See
+ * handle.c:irq_wake_thread() for further information.
+ *
+ * If no thread is woken by primary (hard irq context)
+ * interrupt handlers, then desc->threads_active is
+ * also checked for zero to unmask the irq line in the
+ * affected hard irq flow handlers
+ * (handle_[fasteoi|level]_irq).
+ *
+ * The new action gets the first zero bit of
+ * thread_mask assigned. See the loop above which or's
+ * all existing action->thread_mask bits.
+ */
+ new->thread_mask = 1 << ffz(thread_mask);
}
- new->thread_mask = 1 << ffz(thread_mask);
if (!shared) {
init_waitqueue_head(&desc->wait_for_threads);