linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -v5 09/11] tracing: add IRQENTRY

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Message-ID: <c62985530910271046p36866698l20597b90e3b826e6@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:46:34 +0100
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	wuzhangjin@...il.com
Cc:	linux-mips@...ux-mips.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	rostedt@...dmis.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
	Nicholas Mc Guire <der.herr@...r.at>,
	Richard Sandiford <rdsandiford@...glemail.com>,
	David Daney <ddaney@...iumnetworks.com>,
	Adam Nemet <anemet@...iumnetworks.com>,
	Patrik Kluba <kpajko79@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -v5 09/11] tracing: add IRQENTRY_EXIT for MIPS

2009/10/27 Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>:
> 2009/10/26 Wu Zhangjin <wuzhangjin@...il.com>:
>> ooh, Sorry, only this patch added(I stopped after fixing the compiling
>> errors, no more check! so lazy a guy!).
>>
>> Just checked the source code of MIPS, the do_IRQ() is defined as a
>> macro, so, I must move the macro to a C file, and also, there is a
>> irq_enter...irq_exit block in a "big" function, I need to split it out.
>>
>> [...]
>> /*
>>  * do_IRQ handles all normal device IRQ's (the special
>>  * SMP cross-CPU interrupts have their own specific
>>  * handlers).
>>  *
>>  * Ideally there should be away to get this into kernel/irq/handle.c to
>>  * avoid the overhead of a call for just a tiny function ...
>>  */
>> #define do_IRQ(irq)
>> \
>> do {
>> \
>>        irq_enter();
>> \
>>        __DO_IRQ_SMTC_HOOK(irq);
>> \
>>        generic_handle_irq(irq);
>> \
>>        irq_exit();
>> \
>> } while (0)
>> [...]
>>
>> But The comment told us: do not make this tiny function be a standalone
>> function, so???
>
>
> I can't check that currently. But may be the caller of this m


Sorry, my message has been sent in the middle. I'm dealing with a
strange keyboard where
I am (and also with my strange hands).

So, may be the caller of this macro can take the irqentry tag?


>
>
>>
>> the same to do_IRQ_no_affinity.
>>
>> and, about the following function, I need to split the
>> irq_enter()...irq_exit() block out.
>>
>> void ipi_decode(struct smtc_ipi *pipi)
>> {
>>        [...]
>>        switch (type_copy) {
>>        case SMTC_CLOCK_TICK:
>>                irq_enter();
>>                kstat_incr_irqs_this_cpu(irq, irq_to_desc(irq));
>>                cd = &per_cpu(mips_clockevent_device, cpu);
>>                cd->event_handler(cd);
>>                irq_exit();
>>                break;
>>
>>        case LINUX_SMP_IPI:
>>                switch ((int)arg_copy) {
>>                case SMP_RESCHEDULE_YOURSELF:
>>                        ipi_resched_interrupt();
>>                        break;
>>                case SMP_CALL_FUNCTION:
>>                        ipi_call_interrupt();
>>                        break;
>>        [...]
>>


Oh right, this one is more tricky. Well, if that's important for
someone, we can deal with that later.
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