Now that x86 no longer requires IRQs disabled for sched_clock() and ia64 never had this requirement (it doesn't seem to do cpufreq at all), we can remove the requirement of disabling IRQs. MAINLINE PRE POST sched_clock_stable: 1 1 1 (cold) sched_clock: 329841 257223 221876 (cold) local_clock: 301773 309889 234692 (warm) sched_clock: 38375 25280 25602 (warm) local_clock: 100371 85268 33265 (warm) rdtsc: 27340 24247 24214 sched_clock_stable: 0 0 0 (cold) sched_clock: 382634 301224 235941 (cold) local_clock: 396890 399870 297017 (warm) sched_clock: 38194 25630 25233 (warm) local_clock: 143452 129629 71234 (warm) rdtsc: 27345 24307 24245 Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra --- kernel/sched/clock.c | 34 ++++++---------------------------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-) --- a/kernel/sched/clock.c +++ b/kernel/sched/clock.c @@ -26,9 +26,10 @@ * at 0 on boot (but people really shouldn't rely on that). * * cpu_clock(i) -- can be used from any context, including NMI. - * sched_clock_cpu(i) -- must be used with local IRQs disabled (implied by NMI) * local_clock() -- is cpu_clock() on the current cpu. * + * sched_clock_cpu(i) + * * How: * * The implementation either uses sched_clock() when @@ -50,15 +51,6 @@ * Furthermore, explicit sleep and wakeup hooks allow us to account for time * that is otherwise invisible (TSC gets stopped). * - * - * Notes: - * - * The !IRQ-safetly of sched_clock() and sched_clock_cpu() comes from things - * like cpufreq interrupts that can change the base clock (TSC) multiplier - * and cause funny jumps in time -- although the filtering provided by - * sched_clock_cpu() should mitigate serious artifacts we cannot rely on it - * in general since for !CONFIG_HAVE_UNSTABLE_SCHED_CLOCK we fully rely on - * sched_clock(). */ #include #include @@ -242,20 +234,20 @@ u64 sched_clock_cpu(int cpu) struct sched_clock_data *scd; u64 clock; - WARN_ON_ONCE(!irqs_disabled()); - if (sched_clock_stable) return sched_clock(); if (unlikely(!sched_clock_running)) return 0ull; + preempt_disable(); scd = cpu_sdc(cpu); if (cpu != smp_processor_id()) clock = sched_clock_remote(scd); else clock = sched_clock_local(scd); + preempt_enable(); return clock; } @@ -316,14 +308,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sched_clock_idle_wakeu */ u64 cpu_clock(int cpu) { - u64 clock; - unsigned long flags; - - local_irq_save(flags); - clock = sched_clock_cpu(cpu); - local_irq_restore(flags); - - return clock; + return sched_clock_cpu(cpu); } /* @@ -335,14 +320,7 @@ u64 cpu_clock(int cpu) */ u64 local_clock(void) { - u64 clock; - unsigned long flags; - - local_irq_save(flags); - clock = sched_clock_cpu(smp_processor_id()); - local_irq_restore(flags); - - return clock; + return sched_clock_cpu(raw_smp_processor_id()); } #else /* CONFIG_HAVE_UNSTABLE_SCHED_CLOCK */ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/