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| author | Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> | 2009-04-06 11:45:03 +0200 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-04-07 10:48:56 +0200 |
| commit | b6276f353bf490add62dcf7db0ebd75baa3e1a37 (patch) | |
| tree | 9720a848fca77555bef9658c56445815f6f2a29d /arch/x86/include/asm/perf_counter.h | |
| parent | 671dec5daf3b3c43c5777be282f00120a44cf37f (diff) | |
perf_counter: x86: self-IPI for pending work
Implement set_perf_counter_pending() with a self-IPI so that it will
run ASAP in a usable context.
For now use a second IRQ vector, because the primary vector pokes
the apic in funny ways that seem to confuse things.
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Corey Ashford <cjashfor@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
LKML-Reference: <20090406094517.724626696@chello.nl>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/include/asm/perf_counter.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/asm/perf_counter.h | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_counter.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_counter.h index e2b0e66b235..d08dd52cb8f 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_counter.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_counter.h @@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ union cpuid10_edx { #define MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_FIXED_CTR2 0x30b #define X86_PMC_IDX_FIXED_BUS_CYCLES (X86_PMC_IDX_FIXED + 2) -#define set_perf_counter_pending() do { } while (0) +extern void set_perf_counter_pending(void); + #define clear_perf_counter_pending() do { } while (0) #define test_perf_counter_pending() (0) |