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Message-Id: <1454014885-29012-4-git-send-email-mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Date:	Thu, 28 Jan 2016 16:01:23 -0500
From:	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Paul Turner <pjt@...gle.com>,
	Andrew Hunter <ahh@...gle.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Dave Watson <davejwatson@...com>, Chris Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Ben Maurer <bmaurer@...com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
	Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
Subject: [RFC PATCH v3 3/5] getcpu_cache: wire up ARM system call

Wire up the getcpu cache system call on 32-bit ARM.

This provides an ABI improving the speed of a getcpu operation
on ARM by skipping the getcpu system call on the fast path.

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
CC: Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>
CC: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
CC: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
CC: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CC: Paul Turner <pjt@...gle.com>
CC: Andrew Hunter <ahh@...gle.com>
CC: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
CC: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
CC: Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
CC: Dave Watson <davejwatson@...com>
CC: Chris Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
CC: Ben Maurer <bmaurer@...com>
CC: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
CC: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
CC: Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
CC: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
CC: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CC: linux-api@...r.kernel.org
---
 arch/arm/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h | 1 +
 arch/arm/kernel/calls.S            | 1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h b/arch/arm/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
index ede692f..ea0ea94 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
@@ -417,6 +417,7 @@
 #define __NR_userfaultfd		(__NR_SYSCALL_BASE+388)
 #define __NR_membarrier			(__NR_SYSCALL_BASE+389)
 #define __NR_mlock2			(__NR_SYSCALL_BASE+390)
+#define __NR_getcpu_cache		(__NR_SYSCALL_BASE+391)
 
 /*
  * The following SWIs are ARM private.
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/calls.S b/arch/arm/kernel/calls.S
index ac368bb..aa43e29 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/calls.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/calls.S
@@ -400,6 +400,7 @@
 		CALL(sys_userfaultfd)
 		CALL(sys_membarrier)
 		CALL(sys_mlock2)
+/* 391 */	CALL(sys_getcpu_cache)
 #ifndef syscalls_counted
 .equ syscalls_padding, ((NR_syscalls + 3) & ~3) - NR_syscalls
 #define syscalls_counted
-- 
2.1.4

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