Thread (1 message) 1 message, 1 author, 2013-03-28

[PATCH v3] ARM: add support for context tracking subsystem

From: Kevin Hilman <hidden>
Date: 2013-03-28 21:58:36
Also in: lkml

Kevin Hilman [off-list ref] writes:
commit 91d1aa43 (context_tracking: New context tracking susbsystem)
generalized parts of the RCU userspace extended quiescent state into
the context tracking subsystem.  Context tracking is then used
to implement adaptive tickless (a.k.a extended nohz)

To support the new context tracking subsystem on ARM, the user/kernel
boundary transtions need to be instrumented.

For exceptions and IRQs in usermode, the existing usr_entry macro is
used to instrument the user->kernel transition.  For the return to
usermode path, the ret_to_user* path is instrumented.  Using the
usr_entry macro, this covers interrupts in userspace, data abort and
prefetch abort exceptions in userspace as well as undefined exceptions
in userspace (which is where FP emulation and VFP are handled.)

For syscalls, the slow return path is covered by instrumenting the
ret_to_user path.  In addition, the syscall entry point is
instrumented which covers the user->kernel transition for both fast
and slow syscalls, and an additional instrumentation point is added
for the fast syscall return path (ret_fast_syscall).

Cc: Mats Liljegren <redacted>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Kevin Hilman <redacted>
This version has been submitted to Russell's patch tracker as patch
7688[1] after making the minor change below.

[...]
quoted hunk
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
index 0f82098..3449d30 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
@@ -396,6 +396,7 @@ ENDPROC(__pabt_svc)
 #ifdef CONFIG_IRQSOFF_TRACER
 	bl	trace_hardirqs_off
 #endif
+	ct_user_exit, save = 0
 	.endm
Removed the ',' after the macro here an elsewhere.  

It's harmless, but not needed and removing it makes this look like other
macro usage throughout.

Kevin

[1] http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/developer/patches/viewpatch.php?id=7688/1
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