From: Thomas Gleixner Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2012 10:14:11 +0100 Subject: powerpc: Add support for lazy preemption Implement the powerpc pieces for lazy preempt. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner --- arch/powerpc/Kconfig | 1 + arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h | 11 ++++++++--- arch/powerpc/kernel/asm-offsets.c | 1 + arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_32.S | 17 ++++++++++++----- arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S | 14 +++++++++++--- 5 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) --- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig +++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig @@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ config PPC select HAVE_HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR_PERF if PERF_EVENTS && HAVE_PERF_EVENTS_NMI && !HAVE_HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR_ARCH select HAVE_PERF_REGS select HAVE_PERF_USER_STACK_DUMP + select HAVE_PREEMPT_LAZY select HAVE_RCU_TABLE_FREE if SMP select HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API select HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/thread_info.h @@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ struct thread_info { int cpu; /* cpu we're on */ int preempt_count; /* 0 => preemptable, <0 => BUG */ + int preempt_lazy_count; /* 0 => preemptable, + <0 => BUG */ unsigned long local_flags; /* private flags for thread */ #ifdef CONFIG_LIVEPATCH unsigned long *livepatch_sp; @@ -81,8 +83,7 @@ static inline struct thread_info *curren #define TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE 0 /* syscall trace active */ #define TIF_SIGPENDING 1 /* signal pending */ #define TIF_NEED_RESCHED 2 /* rescheduling necessary */ -#define TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG 3 /* true if poll_idle() is polling - TIF_NEED_RESCHED */ +#define TIF_NEED_RESCHED_LAZY 3 /* lazy rescheduling necessary */ #define TIF_32BIT 4 /* 32 bit binary */ #define TIF_RESTORE_TM 5 /* need to restore TM FP/VEC/VSX */ #define TIF_PATCH_PENDING 6 /* pending live patching update */ @@ -101,6 +102,8 @@ static inline struct thread_info *curren #if defined(CONFIG_PPC64) #define TIF_ELF2ABI 18 /* function descriptors must die! */ #endif +#define TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG 19 /* true if poll_idle() is polling + TIF_NEED_RESCHED */ /* as above, but as bit values */ #define _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE (1<