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From: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@tilera.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] arch/tile: use a cleaner technique to enable interrupt for cpu_idle()
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:22:40 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201103011934.p21JYdZK010305@farm-0010.internal.tilera.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201103011931.p21JVtqp010237@farm-0010.internal.tilera.com>

Previously we used iret to atomically return to kernel PL with
interrupts enabled.  However, it turns out that we are architecturally
guaranteed that we can just set and clear the "interrupt critical
section" and only interrupt on the following instruction, so we
now do that instead, since it's cleaner.

Signed-off-by: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@tilera.com>
---
 arch/tile/kernel/entry.S |   16 +++++-----------
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/tile/kernel/entry.S b/arch/tile/kernel/entry.S
index c3aa067..431e9ae 100644
--- a/arch/tile/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/tile/kernel/entry.S
@@ -91,23 +91,17 @@ STD_ENTRY(smp_nap)
 
 /*
  * Enable interrupts racelessly and then nap until interrupted.
+ * Architecturally, we are guaranteed that enabling interrupts via
+ * mtspr to INTERRUPT_CRITICAL_SECTION only interrupts at the next PC.
  * This function's _cpu_idle_nap address is special; see intvec.S.
  * When interrupted at _cpu_idle_nap, we bump the PC forward 8, and
  * as a result return to the function that called _cpu_idle().
  */
 STD_ENTRY(_cpu_idle)
-	{
-	 lnk r0
-	 movei r1, KERNEL_PL
-	}
-	{
-	 addli r0, r0, _cpu_idle_nap - .
-	 mtspr INTERRUPT_CRITICAL_SECTION, r1
-	}
+	movei r1, 1
+	mtspr INTERRUPT_CRITICAL_SECTION, r1
 	IRQ_ENABLE(r2, r3)             /* unmask, but still with ICS set */
-	mtspr SPR_EX_CONTEXT_K_1, r1   /* Kernel PL, ICS clear */
-	mtspr SPR_EX_CONTEXT_K_0, r0
-	iret
+	mtspr INTERRUPT_CRITICAL_SECTION, zero
 	.global _cpu_idle_nap
 _cpu_idle_nap:
 	nap
-- 
1.6.5.2


  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-03-01 19:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-02-27 23:52 arch/tile: various fixes for 2.6.39 Chris Metcalf
2011-02-27 23:52 ` [PATCH] arch/tile: catch up with section naming convention in 2.6.35 Chris Metcalf
2011-03-01 20:52   ` Sam Ravnborg
2011-03-01 21:17     ` Chris Metcalf
2011-02-28 18:08 ` [PATCH] arch/tile: bug fix: exec'ed task thought it was still single-stepping Chris Metcalf
2011-02-28 18:21 ` [PATCH] arch/tile: fix __ndelay etc to work better Chris Metcalf
2011-02-28 18:24 ` [PATCH] arch/tile: stop disabling INTCTRL_1 interrupts during hypervisor downcalls Chris Metcalf
2011-02-28 18:32 ` [PATCH] arch/tile: warn and retry if an IPI is not accepted by the target cpu Chris Metcalf
2011-02-28 18:35 ` [PATCH] arch/tile: export <asm/hardwall.h> to userspace Chris Metcalf
2011-02-28 20:01 ` [PATCH] arch/tile: avoid a simulator warning during bootup Chris Metcalf
2011-02-28 20:14 ` [PATCH] arch/tile: fix reversed test of strict_strtol() return value Chris Metcalf
2011-02-28 20:19 ` [PATCH] arch/tile: sync up with <arch/sim.h> and <arch/sim_def.h> changes Chris Metcalf
2011-02-28 20:22 ` Chris Metcalf [this message]
2011-02-28 20:28 ` [PATCH] arch/tile: use extended assembly to inline __mb_incoherent() Chris Metcalf
2011-02-28 20:30 ` [PATCH] arch/tile: fix two bugs in the backtracer code Chris Metcalf
2011-02-28 20:48 ` [PATCH] arch/tile: enhance existing finv_buffer_remote() routine Chris Metcalf
2011-02-28 20:51 ` [PATCH] arch/tile: export some additional module symbols Chris Metcalf
2011-02-28 20:58 ` [PATCH] arch/tile: fix some comments and whitespace Chris Metcalf
2011-02-28 21:01 ` [PATCH] arch/tile: add some more VMSPLIT options and use consistent naming Chris Metcalf
2011-02-28 21:37 ` [PATCH] arch/tile: support 4KB page size as well as 64KB Chris Metcalf

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