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2015-08-03	locking/static_keys: Add a new static_key interface	Peter Zijlstra	1	-2/+16
	There are various problems and short-comings with the current static_key interface: - static_key_{true,false}() read like a branch depending on the key value, instead of the actual likely/unlikely branch depending on init value. - static_key_{true,false}() are, as stated above, tied to the static_key init values STATIC_KEY_INIT_{TRUE,FALSE}. - we're limited to the 2 (out of 4) possible options that compile to a default NOP because that's what our arch_static_branch() assembly emits. So provide a new static_key interface: DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_TRUE(name); DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(name); Which define a key of different types with an initial true/false value. Then allow: static_branch_likely() static_branch_unlikely() to take a key of either type and emit the right instruction for the case. This means adding a second arch_static_branch_jump() assembly helper which emits a JMP per default. In order to determine the right instruction for the right state, encode the branch type in the LSB of jump_entry::key. This is the final step in removing the naming confusion that has led to a stream of avoidable bugs such as: a833581e372a ("x86, perf: Fix static_key bug in load_mm_cr4()") ... but it also allows new static key combinations that will give us performance enhancements in the subsequent patches. Tested-by: Rabin Vincent <rabin@rab.in> # arm Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Acked-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> # ppc Acked-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com> # s390 Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2015-04-09	jump_label: Allow asm/jump_label.h to be included in assembly	Anton Blanchard	1	-4/+4
	Wrap asm/jump_label.h for all archs with #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__. Since these are kernel only headers, we don't need #ifdef __KERNEL__ so can simplify things a bit. If an architecture wants to use jump labels in assembly, it will still need to define a macro to create the __jump_table entries (see ARCH_STATIC_BRANCH in the powerpc asm/jump_label.h for an example). Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: benh@kernel.crashing.org Cc: catalin.marinas@arm.com Cc: davem@davemloft.net Cc: heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com Cc: jbaron@akamai.com Cc: linux@arm.linux.org.uk Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Cc: liuj97@gmail.com Cc: mgorman@suse.de Cc: mmarek@suse.cz Cc: mpe@ellerman.id.au Cc: paulus@samba.org Cc: ralf@linux-mips.org Cc: rostedt@goodmis.org Cc: schwidefsky@de.ibm.com Cc: will.deacon@arm.com Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1428551492-21977-1-git-send-email-anton@samba.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2014-01-08	arm64, jump label: optimize jump label implementation	Jiang Liu	1	-0/+52
	Optimize jump label implementation for ARM64 by dynamically patching kernel text. Reviewed-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Jiang Liu <liuj97@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>