stop_machine: implement stop_machine_from_inactive_cpu()

Currently, mtrr wants stop_machine functionality while a CPU is being
brought up.  As stop_machine() requires the calling CPU to be active,
mtrr implements its own stop_machine using stop_one_cpu() on each
online CPU.  This doesn't only unnecessarily duplicate complex logic
but also introduces a possibility of deadlock when it races against
the generic stop_machine().

This patch implements stop_machine_from_inactive_cpu() to serve such
use cases.  Its functionality is basically the same as stop_machine();
however, it should be called from a CPU which isn't active and doesn't
depend on working scheduling on the calling CPU.

This is achieved by using busy loops for synchronization and
open-coding stop_cpus queuing and waiting with direct invocation of
fn() for local CPU inbetween.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20110623182056.982526827@sbsiddha-MOBL3.sc.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/stop_machine.h b/include/linux/stop_machine.h
index 14d3524d127..e0f2da25d75 100644
--- a/include/linux/stop_machine.h
+++ b/include/linux/stop_machine.h
@@ -126,15 +126,19 @@ int stop_machine(int (*fn)(void *), void *data, const struct cpumask *cpus);
  */
 int __stop_machine(int (*fn)(void *), void *data, const struct cpumask *cpus);
 
+int stop_machine_from_inactive_cpu(int (*fn)(void *), void *data,
+				   const struct cpumask *cpus);
+
 #else	 /* CONFIG_STOP_MACHINE && CONFIG_SMP */
 
 static inline int __stop_machine(int (*fn)(void *), void *data,
 				 const struct cpumask *cpus)
 {
+	unsigned long flags;
 	int ret;
-	local_irq_disable();
+	local_irq_save(flags);
 	ret = fn(data);
-	local_irq_enable();
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -144,5 +148,11 @@ static inline int stop_machine(int (*fn)(void *), void *data,
 	return __stop_machine(fn, data, cpus);
 }
 
+static inline int stop_machine_from_inactive_cpu(int (*fn)(void *), void *data,
+						 const struct cpumask *cpus)
+{
+	return __stop_machine(fn, data, cpus);
+}
+
 #endif	/* CONFIG_STOP_MACHINE && CONFIG_SMP */
 #endif	/* _LINUX_STOP_MACHINE */