From f37f435f33717dcf15fd4bb422da739da7fc2052 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Gleixner Date: Mon, 7 May 2012 17:59:48 +0000 Subject: smp: Implement kick_all_cpus_sync() Will replace the misnomed cpu_idle_wait() function which is copied a gazillion times all over arch/* Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20120507175652.049316594@linutronix.de --- kernel/smp.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+) (limited to 'kernel/smp.c') diff --git a/kernel/smp.c b/kernel/smp.c index a61294c07f3f..d0ae5b24875e 100644 --- a/kernel/smp.c +++ b/kernel/smp.c @@ -795,3 +795,26 @@ void on_each_cpu_cond(bool (*cond_func)(int cpu, void *info), } } EXPORT_SYMBOL(on_each_cpu_cond); + +static void do_nothing(void *unused) +{ +} + +/** + * kick_all_cpus_sync - Force all cpus out of idle + * + * Used to synchronize the update of pm_idle function pointer. It's + * called after the pointer is updated and returns after the dummy + * callback function has been executed on all cpus. The execution of + * the function can only happen on the remote cpus after they have + * left the idle function which had been called via pm_idle function + * pointer. So it's guaranteed that nothing uses the previous pointer + * anymore. + */ +void kick_all_cpus_sync(void) +{ + /* Make sure the change is visible before we kick the cpus */ + smp_mb(); + smp_call_function(do_nothing, NULL, 1); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kick_all_cpus_sync); -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b