linux-kernel - [GIT PULL] scheduler fixes

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Date:	Mon, 18 May 2009 16:27:07 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Subject: [GIT PULL] scheduler fixes

Linus,

Please pull the latest sched-fixes-for-linus git tree from:

   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip.git sched-fixes-for-linus

 Thanks,

	Ingo

------------------>
Ron (1):
      sched: Fix fallback sched_clock()'s offset when using jiffies

Rusty Russell (1):
      sched: avoid flexible array member inside struct (gcc extension)


 kernel/sched.c       |   28 +++++++++++++++-------------
 kernel/sched_clock.c |    3 ++-
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 26efa47..d1ef62c 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -7756,22 +7756,24 @@ int sched_smt_power_savings = 0, sched_mc_power_savings = 0;
  * FIXME: use cpumask_var_t or dynamic percpu alloc to avoid wasting space
  * for nr_cpu_ids < CONFIG_NR_CPUS.
  */
-struct static_sched_group {
+union static_sched_group {
 	struct sched_group sg;
-	DECLARE_BITMAP(cpus, CONFIG_NR_CPUS);
+	char _sg_and_cpus[sizeof(struct sched_group) +
+			  BITS_TO_LONGS(CONFIG_NR_CPUS) * sizeof(long)];
 };
 
-struct static_sched_domain {
+union static_sched_domain {
 	struct sched_domain sd;
-	DECLARE_BITMAP(span, CONFIG_NR_CPUS);
+	char _sd_and_cpus[sizeof(struct sched_domain) +
+			  BITS_TO_LONGS(CONFIG_NR_CPUS) * sizeof(long)];
 };
 
 /*
  * SMT sched-domains:
  */
 #ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_SMT
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct static_sched_domain, cpu_domains);
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct static_sched_group, sched_group_cpus);
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(union static_sched_domain, cpu_domains);
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(union static_sched_group, sched_group_cpus);
 
 static int
 cpu_to_cpu_group(int cpu, const struct cpumask *cpu_map,
@@ -7787,8 +7789,8 @@ cpu_to_cpu_group(int cpu, const struct cpumask *cpu_map,
  * multi-core sched-domains:
  */
 #ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_MC
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct static_sched_domain, core_domains);
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct static_sched_group, sched_group_core);
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(union static_sched_domain, core_domains);
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(union static_sched_group, sched_group_core);
 #endif /* CONFIG_SCHED_MC */
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_SCHED_MC) && defined(CONFIG_SCHED_SMT)
@@ -7815,8 +7817,8 @@ cpu_to_core_group(int cpu, const struct cpumask *cpu_map,
 }
 #endif
 
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct static_sched_domain, phys_domains);
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct static_sched_group, sched_group_phys);
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(union static_sched_domain, phys_domains);
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(union static_sched_group, sched_group_phys);
 
 static int
 cpu_to_phys_group(int cpu, const struct cpumask *cpu_map,
@@ -7843,11 +7845,11 @@ cpu_to_phys_group(int cpu, const struct cpumask *cpu_map,
  * groups, so roll our own. Now each node has its own list of groups which
  * gets dynamically allocated.
  */
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct static_sched_domain, node_domains);
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(union static_sched_domain, node_domains);
 static struct sched_group ***sched_group_nodes_bycpu;
 
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct static_sched_domain, allnodes_domains);
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct static_sched_group, sched_group_allnodes);
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(union static_sched_domain, allnodes_domains);
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(union static_sched_group, sched_group_allnodes);
 
 static int cpu_to_allnodes_group(int cpu, const struct cpumask *cpu_map,
 				 struct sched_group **sg,
diff --git a/kernel/sched_clock.c b/kernel/sched_clock.c
index 819f17a..e1d16c9 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_clock.c
+++ b/kernel/sched_clock.c
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@
  */
 unsigned long long __attribute__((weak)) sched_clock(void)
 {
-	return (unsigned long long)jiffies * (NSEC_PER_SEC / HZ);
+	return (unsigned long long)(jiffies - INITIAL_JIFFIES)
+					* (NSEC_PER_SEC / HZ);
 }
 
 static __read_mostly int sched_clock_running;
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