patches/arm-preempt-lazy-support.patch

Subject: arm: Add support for lazy preemption
From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 12:04:11 +0100

Implement the arm pieces for lazy preempt.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
---
 arch/arm/Kconfig                   |    1 +
 arch/arm/include/asm/thread_info.h |    3 +++
 arch/arm/kernel/asm-offsets.c      |    1 +
 arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S       |   13 +++++++++++--
 arch/arm/kernel/signal.c           |    3 ++-
 5 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ config ARM
 	select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS
 	select HAVE_PERF_REGS
 	select HAVE_PERF_USER_STACK_DUMP
+	select HAVE_PREEMPT_LAZY
 	select HAVE_RCU_TABLE_FREE if (SMP && ARM_LPAE)
 	select HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API
 	select HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ struct cpu_context_save {
 struct thread_info {
 	unsigned long		flags;		/* low level flags */
 	int			preempt_count;	/* 0 => preemptable, <0 => bug */
+	int			preempt_lazy_count; /* 0 => preemptable, <0 => bug */
 	mm_segment_t		addr_limit;	/* address limit */
 	struct task_struct	*task;		/* main task structure */
 	__u32			cpu;		/* cpu */
@@ -147,6 +148,7 @@ extern int vfp_restore_user_hwstate(stru
 #define TIF_SIGPENDING		0
 #define TIF_NEED_RESCHED	1
 #define TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME	2	/* callback before returning to user */
+#define TIF_NEED_RESCHED_LAZY	3
 #define TIF_UPROBE		7
 #define TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE	8
 #define TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT	9
@@ -160,6 +162,7 @@ extern int vfp_restore_user_hwstate(stru
 #define _TIF_SIGPENDING		(1 << TIF_SIGPENDING)
 #define _TIF_NEED_RESCHED	(1 << TIF_NEED_RESCHED)
 #define _TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME	(1 << TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME)
+#define _TIF_NEED_RESCHED_LAZY	(1 << TIF_NEED_RESCHED_LAZY)
 #define _TIF_UPROBE		(1 << TIF_UPROBE)
 #define _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE	(1 << TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE)
 #define _TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT	(1 << TIF_SYSCALL_AUDIT)
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/asm-offsets.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/asm-offsets.c
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ int main(void)
   BLANK();
   DEFINE(TI_FLAGS,		offsetof(struct thread_info, flags));
   DEFINE(TI_PREEMPT,		offsetof(struct thread_info, preempt_count));
+  DEFINE(TI_PREEMPT_LAZY,	offsetof(struct thread_info, preempt_lazy_count));
   DEFINE(TI_ADDR_LIMIT,		offsetof(struct thread_info, addr_limit));
   DEFINE(TI_TASK,		offsetof(struct thread_info, task));
   DEFINE(TI_CPU,		offsetof(struct thread_info, cpu));
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
@@ -208,11 +208,18 @@ ENDPROC(__dabt_svc)
 #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT
 	get_thread_info tsk
 	ldr	r8, [tsk, #TI_PREEMPT]		@ get preempt count
-	ldr	r0, [tsk, #TI_FLAGS]		@ get flags
 	teq	r8, #0				@ if preempt count != 0
+	bne	1f				@ return from exeption
+	ldr	r0, [tsk, #TI_FLAGS]		@ get flags
+	tst	r0, #_TIF_NEED_RESCHED		@ if NEED_RESCHED is set
+	blne	svc_preempt			@ preempt!
+
+	ldr	r8, [tsk, #TI_PREEMPT_LAZY]	@ get preempt lazy count
+	teq	r8, #0				@ if preempt lazy count != 0
 	movne	r0, #0				@ force flags to 0
-	tst	r0, #_TIF_NEED_RESCHED
+	tst	r0, #_TIF_NEED_RESCHED_LAZY
 	blne	svc_preempt
+1:
 #endif
 
 	svc_exit r5, irq = 1			@ return from exception
@@ -227,6 +234,8 @@ ENDPROC(__irq_svc)
 1:	bl	preempt_schedule_irq		@ irq en/disable is done inside
 	ldr	r0, [tsk, #TI_FLAGS]		@ get new tasks TI_FLAGS
 	tst	r0, #_TIF_NEED_RESCHED
+	bne	1b
+	tst	r0, #_TIF_NEED_RESCHED_LAZY
 	reteq	r8				@ go again
 	b	1b
 #endif
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
@@ -563,7 +563,8 @@ asmlinkage int
 do_work_pending(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned int thread_flags, int syscall)
 {
 	do {
-		if (likely(thread_flags & _TIF_NEED_RESCHED)) {
+		if (likely(thread_flags & (_TIF_NEED_RESCHED |
+					   _TIF_NEED_RESCHED_LAZY))) {
 			schedule();
 		} else {
 			if (unlikely(!user_mode(regs)))