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2008-07-16Freezer: Introduce PF_FREEZER_NOSIGRafael J. Wysocki
The freezer currently attempts to distinguish kernel threads from user space tasks by checking if their mm pointer is unset and it does not send fake signals to kernel threads. However, there are kernel threads, mostly related to networking, that behave like user space tasks and may want to be sent a fake signal to be frozen. Introduce the new process flag PF_FREEZER_NOSIG that will be set by default for all kernel threads and make the freezer only send fake signals to the tasks having PF_FREEZER_NOSIG unset. Provide the set_freezable_with_signal() function to be called by the kernel threads that want to be sent a fake signal for freezing. This patch should not change the freezer's observable behavior. Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Acked-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2008-07-16force offline the processor during hot-removalZhang Rui
The ACPI device node for the cpu has already been unregistered when acpi_processor_handle_eject is called. Thus we should offline the cpu and continue, rather than a failure here. http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9772 Signed-off-by: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
2008-07-15generic ipi function calls: wait on alloc failure fallbackJeremy Fitzhardinge
When a GFP_ATOMIC allocation fails, it falls back to allocating the data on the stack and converting it to a waiting call. Make sure we actually wait in this case. Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-15Merge branch 'generic-ipi-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'generic-ipi-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (22 commits) generic-ipi: more merge fallout generic-ipi: merge fix x86, visws: use mach-default/entry_arch.h x86, visws: fix generic-ipi build generic-ipi: fixlet generic-ipi: fix s390 build bug generic-ipi: fix linux-next tree build failure fix: "smp_call_function: get rid of the unused nonatomic/retry argument" fix: "smp_call_function: get rid of the unused nonatomic/retry argument" fix "smp_call_function: get rid of the unused nonatomic/retry argument" on_each_cpu(): kill unused 'retry' parameter smp_call_function: get rid of the unused nonatomic/retry argument sh: convert to generic helpers for IPI function calls parisc: convert to generic helpers for IPI function calls mips: convert to generic helpers for IPI function calls m32r: convert to generic helpers for IPI function calls arm: convert to generic helpers for IPI function calls alpha: convert to generic helpers for IPI function calls ia64: convert to generic helpers for IPI function calls powerpc: convert to generic helpers for IPI function calls ... Fix trivial conflicts due to rcu updates in kernel/rcupdate.c manually
2008-07-15Merge branch 'generic-ipi' into generic-ipi-for-linusIngo Molnar
Conflicts: arch/powerpc/Kconfig arch/s390/kernel/time.c arch/x86/kernel/apic_32.c arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perfctr-watchdog.c arch/x86/kernel/i8259_64.c arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c arch/x86/kernel/nmi_64.c arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c arch/x86/xen/smp.c include/asm-x86/hw_irq_32.h include/asm-x86/hw_irq_64.h include/asm-x86/mach-default/irq_vectors.h include/asm-x86/mach-voyager/irq_vectors.h include/asm-x86/smp.h kernel/Makefile Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-07-15Merge branch 'core/rcu' into core/rcu-for-linusIngo Molnar
2008-07-15Merge branch 'timers/for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'timers/for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: x86: add PCI ID for 6300ESB force hpet x86: add another PCI ID for ICH6 force-hpet kernel-paramaters: document pmtmr= command line option acpi_pm clccksource: fix printk format warning nohz: don't stop idle tick if softirqs are pending. pmtmr: allow command line override of ioport nohz: reduce jiffies polling overhead hrtimer: Remove unused variables in ktime_divns() hrtimer: remove warning in hres_timers_resume posix-timers: print RT watchdog message
2008-07-15Merge branch 'genirq' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'genirq' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: genirq: remove extraneous checks in manage.c genirq: Expose default irq affinity mask (take 3)
2008-07-15Merge branch 'core/stacktrace' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'core/stacktrace' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: generic-ipi: powerpc/generic-ipi tree build failure stacktrace: fix build failure on sparc64 stacktrace: export save_stack_trace[_tsk] stacktrace: fix modular build, export print_stack_trace and save_stack_trace backtrace: replace timer with tasklet + completions stacktrace: add saved stack traces to backtrace self-test stacktrace: print_stack_trace() cleanup debugging: make stacktrace independent from DEBUG_KERNEL stacktrace: don't crash on invalid stack trace structs
2008-07-14Merge branch 'for-linus' of master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-armLinus Torvalds
* 'for-linus' of master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-arm: (241 commits) [ARM] 5171/1: ep93xx: fix compilation of modules using clocks [ARM] 5133/2: at91sam9g20 defconfig file [ARM] 5130/4: Support for the at91sam9g20 [ARM] 5160/1: IOP3XX: gpio/gpiolib support [ARM] at91: Fix NAND FLASH timings for at91sam9x evaluation kits. [ARM] 5084/1: zylonite: Register AC97 device [ARM] 5085/2: PXA: Move AC97 over to the new central device declaration model [ARM] 5120/1: pxa: correct platform driver names for PXA25x and PXA27x UDC drivers [ARM] 5147/1: pxaficp_ir: drop pxa_gpio_mode calls, as pin setting [ARM] 5145/1: PXA2xx: provide api to control IrDA pins state [ARM] 5144/1: pxaficp_ir: cleanup includes [ARM] pxa: remove pxa_set_cken() [ARM] pxa: allow clk aliases [ARM] Feroceon: don't disable BPU on boot [ARM] Orion: LED support for HP mv2120 [ARM] Orion: add RD88F5181L-FXO support [ARM] Orion: add RD88F5181L-GE support [ARM] Orion: add Netgear WNR854T support [ARM] s3c2410_defconfig: update for current build [ARM] Acer n30: Minor style and indentation fixes. ...
2008-07-14Merge branch 'core/softirq' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'core/softirq' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: softirq: remove irqs_disabled warning from local_bh_enable softirq: remove initialization of static per-cpu variable Remove argument from open_softirq which is always NULL
2008-07-14Merge branch 'core/printk' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'core/printk' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: x86, generic: mark early_printk as asmlinkage printk: export console_drivers printk: remember the message level for multi-line output printk: refactor processing of line severity tokens printk: don't prefer unsuited consoles on registration printk: clean up recursion check related static variables namespacecheck: more kernel/printk.c fixes namespacecheck: fix kernel printk.c
2008-07-14Merge branch 'core/locking' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'core/locking' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: lockdep: fix kernel/fork.c warning lockdep: fix ftrace irq tracing false positive lockdep: remove duplicate definition of STATIC_LOCKDEP_MAP_INIT lockdep: add lock_class information to lock_chain and output it lockdep: add lock_class information to lock_chain and output it lockdep: output lock_class key instead of address for forward dependency output __mutex_lock_common: use signal_pending_state() mutex-debug: check mutex magic before owner Fixed up conflict in kernel/fork.c manually
2008-07-14Merge branch 'sched/new-API-sched_setscheduler' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'sched/new-API-sched_setscheduler' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: sched: add new API sched_setscheduler_nocheck: add a flag to control access checks
2008-07-14Merge branch 'tracing/for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'tracing/for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (228 commits) ftrace: build fix for ftraced_suspend ftrace: separate out the function enabled variable ftrace: add ftrace_kill_atomic ftrace: use current CPU for function startup ftrace: start wakeup tracing after setting function tracer ftrace: check proper config for preempt type ftrace: trace schedule ftrace: define function trace nop ftrace: move sched_switch enable after markers ftrace: prevent ftrace modifications while being kprobe'd, v2 fix "ftrace: store mcount address in rec->ip" mmiotrace broken in linux-next (8-bit writes only) ftrace: avoid modifying kprobe'd records ftrace: freeze kprobe'd records kprobes: enable clean usage of get_kprobe ftrace: store mcount address in rec->ip ftrace: build fix with gcc 4.3 namespacecheck: fixes ftrace: fix "notrace" filtering priority ftrace: fix printout ...
2008-07-14Merge branch 'bkl-removal' of git://git.lwn.net/linux-2.6Linus Torvalds
* 'bkl-removal' of git://git.lwn.net/linux-2.6: (146 commits) IB/umad: BKL is not needed for ib_umad_open() IB/uverbs: BKL is not needed for ib_uverbs_open() bf561-coreb: BKL unneeded for open() Call fasync() functions without the BKL snd/PCM: fasync BKL pushdown ipmi: fasync BKL pushdown ecryptfs: fasync BKL pushdown Bluetooth VHCI: fasync BKL pushdown tty_io: fasync BKL pushdown tun: fasync BKL pushdown i2o: fasync BKL pushdown mpt: fasync BKL pushdown Remove BKL from remote_llseek v2 Make FAT users happier by not deadlocking x86-mce: BKL pushdown vmwatchdog: BKL pushdown vmcp: BKL pushdown via-pmu: BKL pushdown uml-random: BKL pushdown uml-mmapper: BKL pushdown ...
2008-07-14Merge commit 'v2.6.26' into bkl-removalJonathan Corbet
2008-07-14Merge branch 'sched/for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'sched/for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (76 commits) sched_clock: and multiplier for TSC to gtod drift sched_clock: record TSC after gtod sched_clock: only update deltas with local reads. sched_clock: fix calculation of other CPU sched_clock: stop maximum check on NO HZ sched_clock: widen the max and min time sched_clock: record from last tick sched: fix accounting in task delay accounting & migration sched: add avg-overlap support to RT tasks sched: terminate newidle balancing once at least one task has moved over sched: fix warning sched: build fix sched: sched_clock_cpu() based cpu_clock(), lockdep fix sched: export cpu_clock sched: make sched_{rt,fair}.c ifdefs more readable sched: bias effective_load() error towards failing wake_affine(). sched: incremental effective_load() sched: correct wakeup weight calculations sched: fix mult overflow sched: update shares on wakeup ...
2008-07-14Merge branch 'x86/for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'x86/for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (821 commits) x86: make 64bit hpet_set_mapping to use ioremap too, v2 x86: get x86_phys_bits early x86: max_low_pfn_mapped fix #4 x86: change _node_to_cpumask_ptr to return const ptr x86: I/O APIC: remove an IRQ2-mask hack x86: fix numaq_tsc_disable calling x86, e820: remove end_user_pfn x86: max_low_pfn_mapped fix, #3 x86: max_low_pfn_mapped fix, #2 x86: max_low_pfn_mapped fix, #1 x86_64: fix delayed signals x86: remove conflicting nx6325 and nx6125 quirks x86: Recover timer_ack lost in the merge of the NMI watchdog x86: I/O APIC: Never configure IRQ2 x86: L-APIC: Always fully configure IRQ0 x86: L-APIC: Set IRQ0 as edge-triggered x86: merge dwarf2 headers x86: use AS_CFI instead of UNWIND_INFO x86: use ignore macro instead of hash comment x86: use matching CFI_ENDPROC ...
2008-07-14Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/security-testing-2.6 * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/security-testing-2.6: (25 commits) security: remove register_security hook security: remove dummy module fix security: remove dummy module security: remove unused sb_get_mnt_opts hook LSM/SELinux: show LSM mount options in /proc/mounts SELinux: allow fstype unknown to policy to use xattrs if present security: fix return of void-valued expressions SELinux: use do_each_thread as a proper do/while block SELinux: remove unused and shadowed addrlen variable SELinux: more user friendly unknown handling printk selinux: change handling of invalid classes (Was: Re: 2.6.26-rc5-mm1 selinux whine) SELinux: drop load_mutex in security_load_policy SELinux: fix off by 1 reference of class_to_string in context_struct_compute_av SELinux: open code sidtab lock SELinux: open code load_mutex SELinux: open code policy_rwlock selinux: fix endianness bug in network node address handling selinux: simplify ioctl checking SELinux: enable processes with mac_admin to get the raw inode contexts Security: split proc ptrace checking into read vs. attach ...
2008-07-14Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-blockLinus Torvalds
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: (37 commits) splice: fix generic_file_splice_read() race with page invalidation ramfs: enable splice write drivers/block/pktcdvd.c: avoid useless memset cdrom: revert commit 22a9189 (cdrom: use kmalloced buffers instead of buffers on stack) scsi: sr avoids useless buffer allocation block: blk_rq_map_kern uses the bounce buffers for stack buffers block: add blk_queue_update_dma_pad DAC960: push down BKL pktcdvd: push BKL down into driver paride: push ioctl down into driver block: use get_unaligned_* helpers block: extend queue_flag bitops block: request_module(): use format string Add bvec_merge_data to handle stacked devices and ->merge_bvec() block: integrity flags can't use bit ops on unsigned short cmdfilter: extend default read filter sg: fix odd style (extra parenthesis) introduced by cmd filter patch block: add bounce support to blk_rq_map_user_iov cfq-iosched: get rid of enable_idle being unused warning allow userspace to modify scsi command filter on per device basis ...
2008-07-14Merge commit '900cfa46191a7d87cf1891924cb90499287fd235'; branches ↵Thomas Gleixner
'timers/nohz', 'timers/clocksource' and 'timers/posixtimers' into timers/for-linus
2008-07-14Merge branch 'auto-ftrace-next' into tracing/for-linusIngo Molnar
Conflicts: arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c arch/x86/lib/Makefile include/asm-x86/irqflags.h kernel/Makefile kernel/sched.c Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-07-14Merge branch 'sched/for-linus' into tracing/for-linusIngo Molnar
2008-07-14Merge branch 'tracing/ftrace' into auto-ftrace-nextIngo Molnar
2008-07-14Merge commit 'v2.6.26' into sched/develIngo Molnar
2008-07-14Merge branch 'sched/clock' into sched/develIngo Molnar
2008-07-14lockdep: fix kernel/fork.c warningIngo Molnar
fix: [ 0.184011] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 0.188011] WARNING: at kernel/fork.c:918 copy_process+0x1c0/0x1084() [ 0.192011] Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.26-tip-00351-g01d4a50-dirty #14521 [ 0.196011] [<c0135d48>] warn_on_slowpath+0x3c/0x60 [ 0.200012] [<c016f805>] ? __alloc_pages_internal+0x92/0x36b [ 0.208012] [<c033de5e>] ? __spin_lock_init+0x24/0x4a [ 0.212012] [<c01347e3>] copy_process+0x1c0/0x1084 [ 0.216013] [<c013575f>] do_fork+0xb8/0x1ad [ 0.220013] [<c034f75e>] ? acpi_os_release_lock+0x8/0xa [ 0.228013] [<c034ff7a>] ? acpi_os_vprintf+0x20/0x24 [ 0.232014] [<c01129ee>] kernel_thread+0x75/0x7d [ 0.236014] [<c0a491eb>] ? kernel_init+0x0/0x24a [ 0.240014] [<c0a491eb>] ? kernel_init+0x0/0x24a [ 0.244014] [<c01151b0>] ? kernel_thread_helper+0x0/0x10 [ 0.252015] [<c06c6ac0>] rest_init+0x14/0x50 [ 0.256015] [<c0a498ce>] start_kernel+0x2b9/0x2c0 [ 0.260015] [<c0a4904f>] __init_begin+0x4f/0x57 [ 0.264016] ======================= [ 0.268016] ---[ end trace 4eaa2a86a8e2da22 ]--- [ 0.272016] enabled ExtINT on CPU#0 which occurs if CONFIG_TRACE_IRQFLAGS=y, CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCKDEP=y, but CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING is disabled. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-07-14Merge commit 'v2.6.26' into x86/coreIngo Molnar
2008-07-14lockdep: fix ftrace irq tracing false positiveIngo Molnar
fix this false positive: [ 0.020000] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 0.020000] WARNING: at kernel/lockdep.c:2718 check_flags+0x14a/0x170() [ 0.020000] Modules linked in: [ 0.020000] Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.26-tip-00343-gd7e5521-dirty #14486 [ 0.020000] [<c01312e4>] warn_on_slowpath+0x54/0x80 [ 0.020000] [<c067e451>] ? _spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x61/0x70 [ 0.020000] [<c0131bb1>] ? release_console_sem+0x201/0x210 [ 0.020000] [<c0143d65>] ? __kernel_text_address+0x35/0x40 [ 0.020000] [<c010562e>] ? dump_trace+0x5e/0x140 [ 0.020000] [<c01518b5>] ? __lock_acquire+0x245/0x820 [ 0.020000] [<c015063a>] check_flags+0x14a/0x170 [ 0.020000] [<c0151ed8>] ? lock_acquire+0x48/0xc0 [ 0.020000] [<c0151ee1>] lock_acquire+0x51/0xc0 [ 0.020000] [<c014a16c>] ? down+0x2c/0x40 [ 0.020000] [<c010a609>] ? sched_clock+0x9/0x10 [ 0.020000] [<c067e7b2>] _write_lock+0x32/0x60 [ 0.020000] [<c013797f>] ? request_resource+0x1f/0xb0 [ 0.020000] [<c013797f>] request_resource+0x1f/0xb0 [ 0.020000] [<c02f89ad>] vgacon_startup+0x2bd/0x3e0 [ 0.020000] [<c094d62a>] con_init+0x19/0x22f [ 0.020000] [<c0330c7c>] ? tty_register_ldisc+0x5c/0x70 [ 0.020000] [<c094cf49>] console_init+0x20/0x2e [ 0.020000] [<c092a969>] start_kernel+0x20c/0x379 [ 0.020000] [<c092a516>] ? unknown_bootoption+0x0/0x1f6 [ 0.020000] [<c092a099>] __init_begin+0x99/0xa1 [ 0.020000] ======================= [ 0.020000] ---[ end trace 4eaa2a86a8e2da22 ]--- [ 0.020000] possible reason: unannotated irqs-on. [ 0.020000] irq event stamp: 0 which occurs if CONFIG_TRACE_IRQFLAGS=y, CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCKDEP=y, but CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING is disabled. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-07-14Merge commit 'v2.6.26' into core/lockingIngo Molnar
2008-07-14Security: split proc ptrace checking into read vs. attachStephen Smalley
Enable security modules to distinguish reading of process state via proc from full ptrace access by renaming ptrace_may_attach to ptrace_may_access and adding a mode argument indicating whether only read access or full attach access is requested. This allows security modules to permit access to reading process state without granting full ptrace access. The base DAC/capability checking remains unchanged. Read access to /proc/pid/mem continues to apply a full ptrace attach check since check_mem_permission() already requires the current task to already be ptracing the target. The other ptrace checks within proc for elements like environ, maps, and fds are changed to pass the read mode instead of attach. In the SELinux case, we model such reading of process state as a reading of a proc file labeled with the target process' label. This enables SELinux policy to permit such reading of process state without permitting control or manipulation of the target process, as there are a number of cases where programs probe for such information via proc but do not need to be able to control the target (e.g. procps, lsof, PolicyKit, ConsoleKit). At present we have to choose between allowing full ptrace in policy (more permissive than required/desired) or breaking functionality (or in some cases just silencing the denials via dontaudit rules but this can hide genuine attacks). This version of the patch incorporates comments from Casey Schaufler (change/replace existing ptrace_may_attach interface, pass access mode), and Chris Wright (provide greater consistency in the checking). Note that like their predecessors __ptrace_may_attach and ptrace_may_attach, the __ptrace_may_access and ptrace_may_access interfaces use different return value conventions from each other (0 or -errno vs. 1 or 0). I retained this difference to avoid any changes to the caller logic but made the difference clearer by changing the latter interface to return a bool rather than an int and by adding a comment about it to ptrace.h for any future callers. Signed-off-by: Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov> Acked-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org> Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
2008-07-13rcu classic: update qlen when cpu offlineLai Jiangshan
When callbacks are moved from offline cpu to this cpu, the qlen field of this rdp should be updated. [ Paul E. McKenney: ] The effect of this bug would be for force_quiescent_state() to be invoked when it should not and vice versa -- wasting cycles in the first case and letting RCU callbacks remain piled up in the second case. The bug is thus "benign" in that it does not result in premature grace-period termination, but should of course be fixed nonetheless. Preemption is disabled by the caller's get_cpu_var(), so we are guaranteed to remain on the same CPU, as required. The local_irq_disable() is indeed needed, otherwise, an interrupt might invoke call_rcu() or call_rcu_bh(), which could cause that interrupt's increment of ->qlen to be lost. Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-07-13Merge branch 'sched-fixes-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'sched-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: cpusets, hotplug, scheduler: fix scheduler domain breakage
2008-07-13cpusets, hotplug, scheduler: fix scheduler domain breakageDmitry Adamushko
Commit f18f982ab ("sched: CPU hotplug events must not destroy scheduler domains created by the cpusets") introduced a hotplug-related problem as described below: Upon CPU_DOWN_PREPARE, update_sched_domains() -> detach_destroy_domains(&cpu_online_map) does the following: /* * Force a reinitialization of the sched domains hierarchy. The domains * and groups cannot be updated in place without racing with the balancing * code, so we temporarily attach all running cpus to the NULL domain * which will prevent rebalancing while the sched domains are recalculated. */ The sched-domains should be rebuilt when a CPU_DOWN ops. has been completed, effectively either upon CPU_DEAD{_FROZEN} (upon success) or CPU_DOWN_FAILED{_FROZEN} (upon failure -- restore the things to their initial state). That's what update_sched_domains() also does but only for !CPUSETS case. With f18f982ab, sched-domains' reinitialization is delegated to CPUSETS code: cpuset_handle_cpuhp() -> common_cpu_mem_hotplug_unplug() -> rebuild_sched_domains() Being called for CPU_UP_PREPARE and if its callback is called after update_sched_domains()), it just negates all the work done by update_sched_domains() -- i.e. a soon-to-be-offline cpu is included in the sched-domains and that makes it visible for the load-balancer while the CPU_DOWN ops. is in progress. __migrate_live_tasks() moves the tasks off a 'dead' cpu (it's already "offline" when this function is called). try_to_wake_up() is called for one of these tasks from another CPU -> the load-balancer (wake_idle()) picks up a "dead" CPU and places the task on it. Then e.g. BUG_ON(rq->nr_running) detects this a bit later -> oops. Signed-off-by: Dmitry Adamushko <dmitry.adamushko@gmail.com> Tested-by: Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@gmail.com> Cc: Paul Menage <menage@google.com> Cc: Max Krasnyansky <maxk@qualcomm.com> Cc: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: miaox@cn.fujitsu.com Cc: rostedt@goodmis.org Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-07-13Merge branch 'linus' into sched/develIngo Molnar
2008-07-12Merge branch 'linus' into x86/coreIngo Molnar
Conflicts: arch/x86/mm/ioremap.c Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-07-11ftrace: build fix for ftraced_suspendIngo Molnar
fix: kernel/trace/ftrace.c:1615: error: 'ftraced_suspend' undeclared (first use in this function) kernel/trace/ftrace.c:1615: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once kernel/trace/ftrace.c:1615: error: for each function it appears in.) Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-07-11sched_clock: and multiplier for TSC to gtod driftSteven Rostedt
The sched_clock code currently tries to keep all CPU clocks of all CPUS somewhat in sync. At every clock tick it records the gtod clock and uses that and jiffies and the TSC to calculate a CPU clock that tries to stay in sync with all the other CPUs. ftrace depends heavily on this timer and it detects when this timer "jumps". One problem is that the TSC and the gtod also drift. When the TSC is 0.1% faster or slower than the gtod it is very noticeable in ftrace. To help compensate for this, I've added a multiplier that tries to keep the CPU clock updating at the same rate as the gtod. I've tried various ways to get it to be in sync and this ended up being the most reliable. At every scheduler tick we calculate the new multiplier: multi = delta_gtod / delta_TSC This means we perform a 64 bit divide at the tick (once a HZ). A shift is used to handle the accuracy. Other methods that failed due to dynamic HZ are: (not used) multi += (gtod - tsc) / delta_gtod (not used) multi += (gtod - (last_tsc + delta_tsc)) / delta_gtod as well as other variants. This code still allows for a slight drift between TSC and gtod, but it keeps the damage down to a minimum. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-07-11sched_clock: record TSC after gtodSteven Rostedt
To read the gtod we need to grab the xtime lock for read. Reading the gtod before the TSC can cause a bigger gab if the xtime lock is contended. This patch simply reverses the order to read the TSC after the gtod. The locking in the reading of the gtod handles any barriers one might think is needed. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-07-11sched_clock: only update deltas with local reads.Steven Rostedt
Reading the CPU clock should try to stay accurate within the CPU. By reading the CPU clock from another CPU and updating the deltas can cause unneeded jumps when reading from the local CPU. This patch changes the code to update the last read TSC only when read from the local CPU. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-07-11sched_clock: fix calculation of other CPUSteven Rostedt
The algorithm to calculate the 'now' of another CPU is not correct. At each scheduler tick, each CPU records the last sched_clock and gtod (tick_raw and tick_gtod respectively). If the TSC is somewhat the same in speed between two clocks the algorithm would be: tick_gtod1 + (now1 - tick_raw1) = tick_gtod2 + (now2 - tick_raw2) To calculate now2 we would have: now2 = (tick_gtod1 - tick_gtod2) + (tick_raw2 - tick_raw1) + now1 Currently the algorithm is: now2 = (tick_gtod1 - tick_gtod2) + (tick_raw1 - tick_raw2) + now1 This solves most of the rest of the issues I've had with timestamps in ftace. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-07-11sched_clock: stop maximum check on NO HZSteven Rostedt
Working with ftrace I would get large jumps of 11 millisecs or more with the clock tracer. This killed the latencing timings of ftrace and also caused the irqoff self tests to fail. What was happening is with NO_HZ the idle would stop the jiffy counter and before the jiffy counter was updated the sched_clock would have a bad delta jiffies to compare with the gtod with the maximum. The jiffies would stop and the last sched_tick would record the last gtod. On wakeup, the sched clock update would compare the gtod + delta jiffies (which would be zero) and compare it to the TSC. The TSC would have correctly (with a stable TSC) moved forward several jiffies. But because the jiffies has not been updated yet the clock would be prevented from moving forward because it would appear that the TSC jumped too far ahead. The clock would then virtually stop, until the jiffies are updated. Then the next sched clock update would see that the clock was very much behind since the delta jiffies is now correct. This would then jump the clock forward by several jiffies. This caused ftrace to report several milliseconds of interrupts off latency at every resume from NO_HZ idle. This patch adds hooks into the nohz code to disable the checking of the maximum clock update when nohz is in effect. It resumes the max check when nohz has updated the jiffies again. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-07-11sched_clock: widen the max and min timeSteven Rostedt
With keeping the max and min sched time within one jiffy of the gtod clock was too tight. Just before a schedule tick the max could easily be hit, as well as just after a schedule_tick the min could be hit. This caused the clock to jump around by a jiffy. This patch widens the minimum to last gtod + (delta_jiffies ? delta_jiffies - 1 : 0) * TICK_NSECS and the maximum to last gtod + (2 + delta_jiffies) * TICK_NSECS This keeps the minum to gtod or if one jiffy less than delta jiffies and the maxim 2 jiffies ahead of gtod. This may cause unstable TSCs to be a bit more sporadic, but it helps keep a clock with a stable TSC working well. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-07-11sched_clock: record from last tickSteven Rostedt
The sched_clock code tries to keep within the gtod time by one tick (jiffy). The current code mistakenly keeps track of the delta jiffies between updates of the clock, where the the delta is used to compare with the number of jiffies that have past since an update of the gtod. The gtod is updated at each schedule tick not each sched_clock update. After one jiffy passes the clock is updated fine. But the delta is taken from the last update so if the next update happens before the next tick the delta jiffies used will be incorrect. This patch changes the code to check the delta of jiffies between ticks and not updates to match the comparison of the updates with the gtod. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-07-11ftrace: separate out the function enabled variableSteven Rostedt
Currently the function tracer uses the global tracer_enabled variable that is used to keep track if the tracer is enabled or not. The function tracing startup needs to be separated out, otherwise the internal happenings of the tracer startup is also recorded. This patch creates a ftrace_function_enabled variable to all the starting of the function traces to happen after everything has been started. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-07-11ftrace: add ftrace_kill_atomicSteven Rostedt
It has been suggested that I add a way to disable the function tracer on an oops. This code adds a ftrace_kill_atomic. It is not meant to be used in normal situations. It will disable the ftrace tracer, but will not perform the nice shutdown that requires scheduling. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-07-11ftrace: use current CPU for function startupSteven Rostedt
This is more of a clean up. Currently the function tracer initializes the tracer with which ever CPU was last used for tracing. This value isn't realy useful for function tracing, but at least it should be something other than a random number. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-07-11ftrace: start wakeup tracing after setting function tracerSteven Rostedt
Enabling the wakeup tracer before enabling the function tracing causes some strange results due to the dynamic enabling of the functions. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-07-11ftrace: check proper config for preempt typeSteven Rostedt
There is no CONFIG_PREEMPT_DESKTOP. Use the proper entry CONFIG_PREEMPT. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>