This patch unifies struct desc_ptr between i386 and x86_64.
They can be expressed in the exact same way in C code, only
having to change the name of one of them. As Xgt_desc_struct
is ugly and big, this is the one that goes away.
There's also a padding field in i386, but it is not really
needed in the C structure definition.
Signed-off-by: Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
This patch aims to make the access of struct desc_struct variables
equal across architectures. In this patch, I unify the i386 and x86_64
versions under an anonymous union, keeping the way they are accessed
untouched (a and b for 32-bit code, individual bit-fields for 64-bit).
This solution is not beautiful, but will allow us to integrate common
code that differed by the way descriptors were used. This is to be viewed
incrementally. There's simply too much code to be fixed at once.
In the future, goal is to set up in a single way of acessing
the desc_struct fields.
Signed-off-by: Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
This patch prepares the x86_64 architecture initialization for
paravirt. It requires a memory initialization step, which is done
by implementing 64-bit version for machine_specific_memory_setup,
and putting an ARCH_SETUP hook, for guest-dependent initialization.
This last step is done akin to i386
Signed-off-by: Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Acked-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
We need something here because we can't call in and out instructions
directly. However, we have to be careful, because no indirections are
allowed in misc_64.c , and paravirt_ops is a kind of one. So just
call it directly there
Signed-off-by: Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Acked-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
This patch add provisions for time related functions so they
can be later replaced by paravirt versions.
it basically encloses {g,s}et_wallclock inside the
already existent functions update_persistent_clock and
read_persistent_clock, and defines {s,g}et_wallclock
to the core of such functions.
it also allow for a later-on-game time initialization, as done
by i386. Paravirt guests can set a function to do their own
initialization this way.
Signed-off-by: Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Acked-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
under paravirt, read cr2 cannot be issued directly anymore.
So wrap it in a macro, defined to the operation itself in case
paravirt is off, but to something else if we have paravirt
in the game
Signed-off-by: Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Acked-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
With paravirualization, hypervisors needs to handle the gdt,
that was right to this point only used at very early
inialization code. Hypervisors (lguest being the current case)
are commonly modules, so make it an export
Signed-off-by: Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Acked-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Export math_state_restore symbol, so it can be used for hypervisors.
They are commonly loaded as modules (lguest being an example).
Signed-off-by: Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Acked-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
mmap_is_ia32 always true for X86_32, or while emulating IA32 on X86_64
Randomization not supported on X86_32 in legacy layout. Both layouts allow
randomization on X86_64.
Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Some code reformatting in init_32.c. No functional change.
Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <Jeremy.Fitzhardinge@citrix.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
It only has a single use, which can be trivially replaced.
Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <Jeremy.Fitzhardinge@citrix.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
tons of style cleanup in drivers/char/rtc.c - no code changed:
text data bss dec hex filename
6400 384 32 6816 1aa0 rtc.o.before
6400 384 32 6816 1aa0 rtc.o.after
since we seem to have a number of open breakages in this code we might
as well start with making the code more readable and maintainable.
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Convert clear_page/copy_page macros to inline functions for type-checking.
Andrew wants to extirpate these ugly macros. (Ingo too. Thomas as well.
Please send us more "kill ugly macros" patches! :-)
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
This file puts the remainder of the arch specificic segment
headers in segment.h.
Signed-off-by: Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Although segment handling in i386 and x86_64 are very different,
there's a common part. Put them in segment.h instead of arch specific
headers
Signed-off-by: Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
This macro is useful for both i386 and x86_64, so put it in a common
location, where both arches can grab it.
Signed-off-by: Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Resend using different mail client
Changes to the last version:
- split implementation into two layers: ds/bts and ptrace
- renamed TIF's
- save/restore ds save area msr in __switch_to_xtra()
- make block-stepping only look at BTF bit
Signed-off-by: Markus Metzger <markus.t.metzger@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
git-x86, in commit 70aa1bd3839e3ec74ce65316528a82570e8de666, changed
a lot of the sigcontext field names. This patch changes UML usage to
match.
I also changed includes of generic headers from "" to <>.
Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
This patch finishes the unification of system.h file.
i386 needs a constant to be defined, and it is defined inside an ifdef.
Other than that, pretty much nothing but includes are left in the arch
specific headers, and they are deleted.
[ mingo@elte.hu: 64-bit needs the cr8 access inlines. ]
Signed-off-by: Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
This patch moves the switch_to() macro to system.h
As those macros are fundamentally different between i386 and x86_64,
they are enclosed around an ifdef.
Signed-off-by: Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
The memory barrier parts of system.h are not very different between
i386 and x86_64, the main difference being the availability of
instructions, which we handle with the use of ifdefs.
They are consolidated in system.h file, and then removed from
the arch-specific headers.
Signed-off-by: Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Mr. Grep says warn_if_not_ulong() is not used anymore anywhere
in the code. So, we remove it.
Signed-off-by: Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
This patch moves the i386 control registers manipulation functions,
wbinvd, and clts functions to system.h. They are essentially the same
as in x86_64.
With this, system.h paravirt comes for free in x86_64.
[ mingo@elte.hu: reintroduced the cr8 bits - needed for resume images ]
Signed-off-by: Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
This patch unifies the load_segment() macro, making them equal in both
x86_64 and i386 architectures. The common version goes to system.h,
and the old are deleted.
Signed-off-by: Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
This patch puts together pieces of system_{32,64}.h that
looks like the same. It's the first step towards integration
of this file.
Signed-off-by: Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
the p parameter is an explicit memory reference, and is
enough to prevent gcc to being nasty here. The volatile
seems completely not needed.
Signed-off-by: Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
This patch does some whitespace cleanups in the paging code to fix some
checkpatch.pl warnings of my formerly merged cleanup patches.
Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
#39: FILE: arch/ia64/ia32/binfmt_elf32.c:229:
+elf32_map (struct file *filep, unsigned long addr, struct elf_phdr *eppnt, int prot, int type, unsigned long unused)
WARNING: no space between function name and open parenthesis '('
#39: FILE: arch/ia64/ia32/binfmt_elf32.c:229:
+elf32_map (struct file *filep, unsigned long addr, struct elf_phdr *eppnt, int prot, int type, unsigned long unused)
WARNING: line over 80 characters
#67: FILE: arch/x86/kernel/sys_x86_64.c:80:
+ new_begin = randomize_range(*begin, *begin + 0x02000000, 0);
ERROR: use tabs not spaces
#110: FILE: arch/x86/kernel/sys_x86_64.c:185:
+ ^I mm->cached_hole_size = 0;$
ERROR: use tabs not spaces
#111: FILE: arch/x86/kernel/sys_x86_64.c:186:
+ ^I^Imm->free_area_cache = mm->mmap_base;$
ERROR: use tabs not spaces
#112: FILE: arch/x86/kernel/sys_x86_64.c:187:
+ ^I}$
ERROR: use tabs not spaces
#141: FILE: arch/x86/kernel/sys_x86_64.c:216:
+ ^I^I/* remember the largest hole we saw so far */$
ERROR: use tabs not spaces
#142: FILE: arch/x86/kernel/sys_x86_64.c:217:
+ ^I^Iif (addr + mm->cached_hole_size < vma->vm_start)$
ERROR: use tabs not spaces
#143: FILE: arch/x86/kernel/sys_x86_64.c:218:
+ ^I^I mm->cached_hole_size = vma->vm_start - addr;$
ERROR: use tabs not spaces
#157: FILE: arch/x86/kernel/sys_x86_64.c:232:
+ ^Imm->free_area_cache = TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE;$
ERROR: need a space before the open parenthesis '('
#291: FILE: arch/x86/mm/mmap_64.c:101:
+ } else if(mmap_is_legacy()) {
WARNING: braces {} are not necessary for single statement blocks
#302: FILE: arch/x86/mm/mmap_64.c:112:
+ if (current->flags & PF_RANDOMIZE) {
+ mm->mmap_base += ((long)rnd) << PAGE_SHIFT;
+ }
WARNING: line over 80 characters
#314: FILE: fs/binfmt_elf.c:48:
+static unsigned long elf_map (struct file *, unsigned long, struct elf_phdr *, int, int, unsigned long);
WARNING: no space between function name and open parenthesis '('
#314: FILE: fs/binfmt_elf.c:48:
+static unsigned long elf_map (struct file *, unsigned long, struct elf_phdr *, int, int, unsigned long);
WARNING: line over 80 characters
#429: FILE: fs/binfmt_elf.c:438:
+ eppnt, elf_prot, elf_type, total_size);
ERROR: need space after that ',' (ctx:VxV)
#480: FILE: fs/binfmt_elf.c:939:
+ elf_prot, elf_flags,0);
^
total: 9 errors, 7 warnings, 461 lines checked
Your patch has style problems, please review. If any of these errors
are false positives report them to the maintainer, see
CHECKPATCH in MAINTAINERS.
Please run checkpatch prior to sending patches
Cc: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com>
Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>
Cc: Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com>
Cc: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>
Cc: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
main executable of (specially compiled/linked -pie/-fpie) ET_DYN binaries
onto a random address (in cases in which mmap() is allowed to perform a
randomization).
The code has been extraced from Ingo's exec-shield patch
http://people.redhat.com/mingo/exec-shield/
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix used-uninitialsied warning]
[kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com: fixed ia32 ELF on x86_64 handling]
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>
Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>
Cc: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
Cc: Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com>
Cc: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Remove definitions of FASTCALL/fastcall from linkage_32 as compiled with
-regparm=3 by default since 2.6.20 and should no longer be needed.
CONFIG X86_64 and CONFIG_X86_ALIGNMENT_16 are mutually exclusive as found
in Kconfig.cpu so it should be fine to test them separately.
Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
This patches proceeds with the integration of msr.h, making
the code unified, instead of having a version for each architecture.
We stick with the native_* functions, and then paravirt comes for free.
Signed-off-by: Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
This patch uses the _ASM_ALIGN and _ASM_PTR macros
to make the fixups in native_read/write_msr_safe look the same
for x86_64 and i386. Besides using this macros, we also have to
take the explicit instruction suffixes out. It's okay
because all this instructions uses registers, and can be sized by
them.
Signed-off-by: Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
This patche changes the native_write_msr() and friends interface
to explicitly take 2 32-bit registers instead of a 64-bit value.
The change will ease the merge with 64-bit code. As the 64-bit
value will be passed as two registers anyway in i386,
the PVOP_CALL interface has to account for that and use low/high parameters
It would force the x86_64 version to be different.
The change does not make i386 generated code less efficient. As said above,
it would get the values from two registers anyway.
Signed-off-by: Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
the rdpmc instruction gets a counter argument in rcx. However,
the i386 version was ignoring it. To make both x86_64 and i386 versions
the same, as well as to comply with the instruction semantics, this
parameter is added in the i386 version
Signed-off-by: Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Targetting paravirt, this patch introduces native_read_tscp, in
place of rdtscp() macro. When in a paravirt guest, this will
involve a function call, and thus, cannot be done in the vdso area.
These users then have to call the native version directly
Signed-off-by: Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
cpuid is not very different between i386 and x86_64.
We move away the x86_64 version from msr.h, and
unify them at processor.h, where they belong.
cpuid() paravirt then comes for free.
Signed-off-by: Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
This patch splits get_cycles_sync() into __get_cycles_sync(),
and the rdtscll part. Paravirt guests cannot issue rdtscl directly,
as it involves a function call in vdso area.
So, using the __get_cycles_sync() base, we introduce vget_cycles_sync,
which then calls the native version of rdtscll. Ideally, however, a guest
should define its own clocksource, together with a vread function
Signed-off-by: Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
This patch turns the sched_clock into native_sched_clock.
sched clock becomes a weak symbol, which can then give its
place to a paravirt definition.
Signed-off-by: Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
The functions under #ifdef CONFIG_SMP in msr.h are the same
for both x86_64 and i386, and this patches removes one of them,
putting them in a single location
Signed-off-by: Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Among other things, using -traditional as a gcc option stops us from
using macro token pasting, which is a feature we heavily rely on.
There was still a use of -traditional in arch/x86/kernel/Makefile_64,
which this patch removes.
I don't see any problems building kernels in my x86_64 box without
-traditional.
Signed-off-by: Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Acked-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
x86: Use def_bool where possible in Kconfig.cpu
Change occurances of:
bool
default X
to:
def_bool X
Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
White space and coding style clean up.
Make process_32/64.c similar.
Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@ct.jp.nec.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Change occurances of:
bool
default X
to:
def_bool X
Change ocurances of:
bool "Foo"
default X
to:
def_bool X
prompt "Foo"
Shows no difference in generated config for allmodconfig/allyesconfig.
Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
This minor cleanup replaces _KERNPG_TABLE with the __PAGE_KERNEL* for 2MB PTEs
in the 64-bit memory initialization code. The __PAGE_KERNEL* defines are more
appropriate for PTEs.
Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
This patch defines the _PAGE_* paging attributes in pgtable_64.h in terms of
the former defined _PAGE_BIT_* values.
Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
commit c434b7a6ae
(x86: avoid wasting IRQs for PCI devices)
created a concept of "IRQ compression" on i386
to conserve IRQ numbers on systems with many
sparsely populated IO APICs.
The same scheme was also added to x86_64,
but later removed when x86_64 recieved an IRQ over-haul
that made it unnecessary -- including per-CPU
IRQ vectors that greatly increased the IRQ capacity
on the machine.
i386 has not received the analogous over-haul,
and thus a previous attempt to delete IRQ compression
from i386 was rejected on the theory that there may
exist machines that actually need it. The fact is
that the author of IRQ compression patch was unable
to confirm the actual existence of such a system.
As a result, all i386 kernels with IOAPIC support
pay the following:
1. confusion
IRQ compression re-names the traditional IOAPIC
pin numbers (aka ACPI GSI's) into sequential IRQ #s:
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1c.0[A] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1c.1[B] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1c.2[C] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1c.3[D] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1c.4[A] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
This makes /proc/interrupts look different
depending on system configuration and device probe order.
It is also different than the x86_64 kernel running
on the exact same system. As a result, programmers
get confused when comparing systems.
2. complexity
The IRQ code in Linux is already overly complex,
and IRQ compression makes it worse. There have
already been two bug workarounds related to IRQ
compression -- the IRQ0 timer workaround and
the VIA PCI IRQ workaround.
3. size
All i386 kernels with IOAPIC support contain an int[4096] --
a 4 page array to contain the renamed IRQs.
So while the irq compression code on i386 should really
be deleted -- even before merging the x86_64 irq-overhaul,
this patch simply disables it on all high volume systems
to avoid problems #1 and #2 on most all i386 systems.
A large system with pin numbers >=64 will still have compression
to conserve limited IRQ numbers for sparse IOAPICS. However,
the vast majority of the planet, those with only pin numbers < 64
will use an identity GSI -> IRQ mapping.
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Acked-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
This changes size-specific register names (eip/rip, esp/rsp, etc.) to
generic names in the thread and tss structures.
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
This removes the old separate 64-bit and ia32 ptrace source files.
They are no longer used.
Signed-off-by: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
