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-rw-r--r--Documentation/x86/x86_64/kernel-stacks6
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/Kconfig.debug10
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/irq.h12
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/module.h7
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/page_32_types.h4
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/irq_32.c12
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S2
-rw-r--r--include/linux/percpu-defs.h12
8 files changed, 25 insertions, 40 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/kernel-stacks b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/kernel-stacks
index 5ad65d51fb9..a01eec5d1d0 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/kernel-stacks
+++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/kernel-stacks
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ specialized stacks contain no useful data. The main CPU stacks are:
Used for external hardware interrupts. If this is the first external
hardware interrupt (i.e. not a nested hardware interrupt) then the
kernel switches from the current task to the interrupt stack. Like
- the split thread and interrupt stacks on i386 (with CONFIG_4KSTACKS),
- this gives more room for kernel interrupt processing without having
- to increase the size of every per thread stack.
+ the split thread and interrupt stacks on i386, this gives more room
+ for kernel interrupt processing without having to increase the size
+ of every per thread stack.
The interrupt stack is also used when processing a softirq.
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
index e5bb96b10f1..b59ee765414 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
@@ -125,16 +125,6 @@ config DEBUG_NX_TEST
and the software setup of this feature.
If in doubt, say "N"
-config 4KSTACKS
- bool "Use 4Kb for kernel stacks instead of 8Kb"
- depends on X86_32
- ---help---
- If you say Y here the kernel will use a 4Kb stacksize for the
- kernel stack attached to each process/thread. This facilitates
- running more threads on a system and also reduces the pressure
- on the VM subsystem for higher order allocations. This option
- will also use IRQ stacks to compensate for the reduced stackspace.
-
config DOUBLEFAULT
default y
bool "Enable doublefault exception handler" if EMBEDDED
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/irq.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/irq.h
index 5458380b6ef..0bf5b008365 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/irq.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/irq.h
@@ -19,18 +19,16 @@ static inline int irq_canonicalize(int irq)
# define ARCH_HAS_NMI_WATCHDOG
#endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_4KSTACKS
- extern void irq_ctx_init(int cpu);
- extern void irq_ctx_exit(int cpu);
-# define __ARCH_HAS_DO_SOFTIRQ
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
+extern void irq_ctx_init(int cpu);
+extern void irq_ctx_exit(int cpu);
#else
# define irq_ctx_init(cpu) do { } while (0)
# define irq_ctx_exit(cpu) do { } while (0)
-# ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
-# define __ARCH_HAS_DO_SOFTIRQ
-# endif
#endif
+#define __ARCH_HAS_DO_SOFTIRQ
+
#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
#include <linux/cpumask.h>
extern void fixup_irqs(void);
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/module.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/module.h
index 3e2ce58a31a..67763c5d8b4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/module.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/module.h
@@ -60,12 +60,7 @@
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
-# ifdef CONFIG_4KSTACKS
-# define MODULE_STACKSIZE "4KSTACKS "
-# else
-# define MODULE_STACKSIZE ""
-# endif
-# define MODULE_ARCH_VERMAGIC MODULE_PROC_FAMILY MODULE_STACKSIZE
+# define MODULE_ARCH_VERMAGIC MODULE_PROC_FAMILY
#endif
#endif /* _ASM_X86_MODULE_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/page_32_types.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/page_32_types.h
index 6f1b7331313..ade619ff9e2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/page_32_types.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/page_32_types.h
@@ -15,11 +15,7 @@
*/
#define __PAGE_OFFSET _AC(CONFIG_PAGE_OFFSET, UL)
-#ifdef CONFIG_4KSTACKS
-#define THREAD_ORDER 0
-#else
#define THREAD_ORDER 1
-#endif
#define THREAD_SIZE (PAGE_SIZE << THREAD_ORDER)
#define STACKFAULT_STACK 0
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/irq_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/irq_32.c
index 10709f29d16..50fbbe60e50 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/irq_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/irq_32.c
@@ -49,20 +49,19 @@ static inline int check_stack_overflow(void) { return 0; }
static inline void print_stack_overflow(void) { }
#endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_4KSTACKS
/*
* per-CPU IRQ handling contexts (thread information and stack)
*/
union irq_ctx {
struct thread_info tinfo;
u32 stack[THREAD_SIZE/sizeof(u32)];
-} __attribute__((aligned(PAGE_SIZE)));
+} __attribute__((aligned(THREAD_SIZE)));
static DEFINE_PER_CPU(union irq_ctx *, hardirq_ctx);
static DEFINE_PER_CPU(union irq_ctx *, softirq_ctx);
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU_PAGE_ALIGNED(union irq_ctx, hardirq_stack);
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU_PAGE_ALIGNED(union irq_ctx, softirq_stack);
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU_MULTIPAGE_ALIGNED(union irq_ctx, hardirq_stack, THREAD_SIZE);
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU_MULTIPAGE_ALIGNED(union irq_ctx, softirq_stack, THREAD_SIZE);
static void call_on_stack(void *func, void *stack)
{
@@ -187,11 +186,6 @@ asmlinkage void do_softirq(void)
local_irq_restore(flags);
}
-#else
-static inline int
-execute_on_irq_stack(int overflow, struct irq_desc *desc, int irq) { return 0; }
-#endif
-
bool handle_irq(unsigned irq, struct pt_regs *regs)
{
struct irq_desc *desc;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 38e2b67807e..e03530aebfd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ SECTIONS
}
#if !defined(CONFIG_X86_64) || !defined(CONFIG_SMP)
- PERCPU(PAGE_SIZE)
+ PERCPU(THREAD_SIZE)
#endif
. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
diff --git a/include/linux/percpu-defs.h b/include/linux/percpu-defs.h
index 27ef6b190ea..018db9a62ff 100644
--- a/include/linux/percpu-defs.h
+++ b/include/linux/percpu-defs.h
@@ -148,6 +148,18 @@
DEFINE_PER_CPU_SECTION(type, name, "..readmostly")
/*
+ * Declaration/definition used for large per-CPU variables that must be
+ * aligned to something larger than the pagesize.
+ */
+#define DECLARE_PER_CPU_MULTIPAGE_ALIGNED(type, name, size) \
+ DECLARE_PER_CPU_SECTION(type, name, "..page_aligned") \
+ __aligned(size)
+
+#define DEFINE_PER_CPU_MULTIPAGE_ALIGNED(type, name, size) \
+ DEFINE_PER_CPU_SECTION(type, name, "..page_aligned") \
+ __aligned(size)
+
+/*
* Intermodule exports for per-CPU variables. sparse forgets about
* address space across EXPORT_SYMBOL(), change EXPORT_SYMBOL() to
* noop if __CHECKER__.