linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 12/26] x86: Use the new schedule

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Date:	Fri, 31 Aug 2012 16:53:47 -0700
From:	Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
To:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...e.hu, laijs@...fujitsu.com,
	dipankar@...ibm.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca, niv@...ibm.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
	peterz@...radead.org, rostedt@...dmis.org, Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu,
	dhowells@...hat.com, eric.dumazet@...il.com, darren@...art.com,
	fweisbec@...il.com, sbw@....edu, patches@...aro.org,
	Alessio Igor Bogani <abogani@...nel.org>,
	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>,
	Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...era.com>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
	Geoff Levand <geoff@...radead.org>,
	Gilad Ben Yossef <gilad@...yossef.com>,
	Hakan Akkan <hakanakkan@...il.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Kevin Hilman <khilman@...com>,
	Max Krasnyansky <maxk@...lcomm.com>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>,
	Sven-Thorsten Dietrich <thebigcorporation@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 12/26] x86: Use the new schedule_user API on
 userspace preemption

On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 02:05:29PM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> From: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
> 
> This way we can exit the RCU extended quiescent state before
> we schedule a new task from irq/exception exit.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
> Cc: Alessio Igor Bogani <abogani@...nel.org>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
> Cc: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...era.com>
> Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
> Cc: Geoff Levand <geoff@...radead.org>
> Cc: Gilad Ben Yossef <gilad@...yossef.com>
> Cc: Hakan Akkan <hakanakkan@...il.com>
> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
> Cc: Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
> Cc: Kevin Hilman <khilman@...com>
> Cc: Max Krasnyansky <maxk@...lcomm.com>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> Cc: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> Cc: Sven-Thorsten Dietrich <thebigcorporation@...il.com>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>

>  arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S |    8 ++++----
>  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
> index 69babd8..6230487 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
> @@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ sysret_careful:
>  	TRACE_IRQS_ON
>  	ENABLE_INTERRUPTS(CLBR_NONE)
>  	pushq_cfi %rdi
> -	call schedule
> +	call schedule_user
>  	popq_cfi %rdi
>  	jmp sysret_check
>  
> @@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ int_careful:
>  	TRACE_IRQS_ON
>  	ENABLE_INTERRUPTS(CLBR_NONE)
>  	pushq_cfi %rdi
> -	call schedule
> +	call schedule_user
>  	popq_cfi %rdi
>  	DISABLE_INTERRUPTS(CLBR_NONE)
>  	TRACE_IRQS_OFF
> @@ -974,7 +974,7 @@ retint_careful:
>  	TRACE_IRQS_ON
>  	ENABLE_INTERRUPTS(CLBR_NONE)
>  	pushq_cfi %rdi
> -	call  schedule
> +	call  schedule_user
>  	popq_cfi %rdi
>  	GET_THREAD_INFO(%rcx)
>  	DISABLE_INTERRUPTS(CLBR_NONE)
> @@ -1449,7 +1449,7 @@ paranoid_userspace:
>  paranoid_schedule:
>  	TRACE_IRQS_ON
>  	ENABLE_INTERRUPTS(CLBR_ANY)
> -	call schedule
> +	call schedule_user
>  	DISABLE_INTERRUPTS(CLBR_ANY)
>  	TRACE_IRQS_OFF
>  	jmp paranoid_userspace
> -- 
> 1.7.8
> 
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