[PATCH 1/7] Add Kconfig option ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG

From: Huang Ying
Date: Mon Feb 21 2011 - 00:56:20 EST


cmpxchg() is widely used by lockless code, including NMI-safe lockless
code. But on some architectures, the cmpxchg() implementation is not
NMI-safe, on these architectures the lockless code may need to a
spin_trylock_irqsave() based implementation.

This patch adds a Kconfig option: ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG, so that
NMI-safe lockless code can depend on it or provide different
implementation according to it.

On many architectures, cmpxchg is only NMI-safe for several specific
operand sizes. So, ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG define in this patch
only guarantees cmpxchg is NMI-safe for sizeof(unsigned long).

Signed-off-by: Huang Ying <ying.huang@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Hans-Christian Egtvedt <hans-christian.egtvedt@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@xxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Richard Henderson <rth@xxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Russell King <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Mikael Starvik <starvik@xxxxxxxx>
CC: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Yoshinori Sato <ysato@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>
CC: Hirokazu Takata <takata@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Michal Simek <monstr@xxxxxxxxx>
CC: Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Kyle McMartin <kyle@xxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@xxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Chen Liqin <liqin.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Chris Zankel <chris@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/Kconfig | 3 +++
arch/alpha/Kconfig | 1 +
arch/avr32/Kconfig | 1 +
arch/frv/Kconfig | 1 +
arch/ia64/Kconfig | 1 +
arch/m68k/Kconfig | 1 +
arch/parisc/Kconfig | 1 +
arch/powerpc/Kconfig | 1 +
arch/s390/Kconfig | 1 +
arch/sh/Kconfig | 1 +
arch/sparc/Kconfig | 1 +
arch/tile/Kconfig | 1 +
arch/x86/Kconfig | 1 +
13 files changed, 15 insertions(+)

--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -178,4 +178,7 @@ config HAVE_ARCH_JUMP_LABEL
config HAVE_ARCH_MUTEX_CPU_RELAX
bool

+config ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
+ bool
+
source "kernel/gcov/Kconfig"
--- a/arch/alpha/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/alpha/Kconfig
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ config ALPHA
select HAVE_GENERIC_HARDIRQS
select GENERIC_IRQ_PROBE
select AUTO_IRQ_AFFINITY if SMP
+ select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
help
The Alpha is a 64-bit general-purpose processor designed and
marketed by the Digital Equipment Corporation of blessed memory,
--- a/arch/avr32/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/avr32/Kconfig
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ config AVR32
select HAVE_CLK
select HAVE_OPROFILE
select HAVE_KPROBES
+ select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
help
AVR32 is a high-performance 32-bit RISC microprocessor core,
designed for cost-sensitive embedded applications, with particular
--- a/arch/frv/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/frv/Kconfig
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ config FRV
select HAVE_IRQ_WORK
select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS
select HAVE_GENERIC_HARDIRQS
+ select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG

config ZONE_DMA
bool
--- a/arch/ia64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/ia64/Kconfig
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ config IA64
select GENERIC_IRQ_PROBE
select GENERIC_PENDING_IRQ if SMP
select IRQ_PER_CPU
+ select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
default y
help
The Itanium Processor Family is Intel's 64-bit successor to
--- a/arch/m68k/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/m68k/Kconfig
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ config M68K
select HAVE_AOUT
select HAVE_IDE
select GENERIC_ATOMIC64
+ select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG if RMW_INSNS

config MMU
bool
--- a/arch/parisc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/parisc/Kconfig
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ config PARISC
select HAVE_GENERIC_HARDIRQS
select GENERIC_IRQ_PROBE
select IRQ_PER_CPU
+ select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG

help
The PA-RISC microprocessor is designed by Hewlett-Packard and used
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ config PPC
select HAVE_GENERIC_HARDIRQS
select HAVE_SPARSE_IRQ
select IRQ_PER_CPU
+ select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG

config EARLY_PRINTK
bool
--- a/arch/s390/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/s390/Kconfig
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ config S390
select INIT_ALL_POSSIBLE
select HAVE_IRQ_WORK
select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS
+ select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
select HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP
select HAVE_KERNEL_BZIP2
select HAVE_KERNEL_LZMA
--- a/arch/sh/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/sh/Kconfig
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ config SUPERH
select HAVE_DMA_ATTRS
select HAVE_IRQ_WORK
select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS
+ select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG if (GUSA_RB || CPU_SH4A)
select PERF_USE_VMALLOC
select HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP
select HAVE_KERNEL_BZIP2
--- a/arch/sparc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/sparc/Kconfig
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ config SPARC64
select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS
select PERF_USE_VMALLOC
select HAVE_GENERIC_HARDIRQS
+ select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG

config ARCH_DEFCONFIG
string
--- a/arch/tile/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/tile/Kconfig
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ config TILE
select HAVE_GENERIC_HARDIRQS
select GENERIC_IRQ_PROBE
select GENERIC_PENDING_IRQ if SMP
+ select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG if !M386

# FIXME: investigate whether we need/want these options.
# select HAVE_IOREMAP_PROT
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ config X86
select GENERIC_IRQ_PROBE
select GENERIC_PENDING_IRQ if SMP
select USE_GENERIC_SMP_HELPERS if SMP
+ select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG

config INSTRUCTION_DECODER
def_bool (KPROBES || PERF_EVENTS)
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