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Christoph Lameter
8ff12cfc00 SLUB: Support for performance statistics
The statistics provided here allow the monitoring of allocator behavior but
at the cost of some (minimal) loss of performance. Counters are placed in
SLUB's per cpu data structure. The per cpu structure may be extended by the
statistics to grow larger than one cacheline which will increase the cache
footprint of SLUB.

There is a compile option to enable/disable the inclusion of the runtime
statistics and its off by default.

The slabinfo tool is enhanced to support these statistics via two options:

-D 	Switches the line of information displayed for a slab from size
	mode to activity mode.

-A	Sorts the slabs displayed by activity. This allows the display of
	the slabs most important to the performance of a certain load.

-r	Report option will report detailed statistics on

Example (tbench load):

slabinfo -AD		->Shows the most active slabs

Name                   Objects    Alloc     Free   %Fast
skbuff_fclone_cache         33 111953835 111953835  99  99
:0000192                  2666  5283688  5281047  99  99
:0001024                   849  5247230  5246389  83  83
vm_area_struct            1349   119642   118355  91  22
:0004096                    15    66753    66751  98  98
:0000064                  2067    25297    23383  98  78
dentry                   10259    28635    18464  91  45
:0000080                 11004    18950     8089  98  98
:0000096                  1703    12358    10784  99  98
:0000128                   762    10582     9875  94  18
:0000512                   184     9807     9647  95  81
:0002048                   479     9669     9195  83  65
anon_vma                   777     9461     9002  99  71
kmalloc-8                 6492     9981     5624  99  97
:0000768                   258     7174     6931  58  15

So the skbuff_fclone_cache is of highest importance for the tbench load.
Pretty high load on the 192 sized slab. Look for the aliases

slabinfo -a | grep 000192
:0000192     <- xfs_btree_cur filp kmalloc-192 uid_cache tw_sock_TCP
	request_sock_TCPv6 tw_sock_TCPv6 skbuff_head_cache xfs_ili

Likely skbuff_head_cache.


Looking into the statistics of the skbuff_fclone_cache is possible through

slabinfo skbuff_fclone_cache	->-r option implied if cache name is mentioned


.... Usual output ...

Slab Perf Counter       Alloc     Free %Al %Fr
--------------------------------------------------
Fastpath             111953360 111946981  99  99
Slowpath                 1044     7423   0   0
Page Alloc                272      264   0   0
Add partial                25      325   0   0
Remove partial             86      264   0   0
RemoteObj/SlabFrozen      350     4832   0   0
Total                111954404 111954404

Flushes       49 Refill        0
Deactivate Full=325(92%) Empty=0(0%) ToHead=24(6%) ToTail=1(0%)

Looks good because the fastpath is overwhelmingly taken.


skbuff_head_cache:

Slab Perf Counter       Alloc     Free %Al %Fr
--------------------------------------------------
Fastpath              5297262  5259882  99  99
Slowpath                 4477    39586   0   0
Page Alloc                937      824   0   0
Add partial                 0     2515   0   0
Remove partial           1691      824   0   0
RemoteObj/SlabFrozen     2621     9684   0   0
Total                 5301739  5299468

Deactivate Full=2620(100%) Empty=0(0%) ToHead=0(0%) ToTail=0(0%)


Descriptions of the output:

Total:		The total number of allocation and frees that occurred for a
		slab

Fastpath:	The number of allocations/frees that used the fastpath.

Slowpath:	Other allocations

Page Alloc:	Number of calls to the page allocator as a result of slowpath
		processing

Add Partial:	Number of slabs added to the partial list through free or
		alloc (occurs during cpuslab flushes)

Remove Partial:	Number of slabs removed from the partial list as a result of
		allocations retrieving a partial slab or by a free freeing
		the last object of a slab.

RemoteObj/Froz:	How many times were remotely freed object encountered when a
		slab was about to be deactivated. Frozen: How many times was
		free able to skip list processing because the slab was in use
		as the cpuslab of another processor.

Flushes:	Number of times the cpuslab was flushed on request
		(kmem_cache_shrink, may result from races in __slab_alloc)

Refill:		Number of times we were able to refill the cpuslab from
		remotely freed objects for the same slab.

Deactivate:	Statistics how slabs were deactivated. Shows how they were
		put onto the partial list.

In general fastpath is very good. Slowpath without partial list processing is
also desirable. Any touching of partial list uses node specific locks which
may potentially cause list lock contention.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com>
2008-02-07 17:47:41 -08:00
Christoph Lameter
683d0baad3 SLUB: Use unique end pointer for each slab page.
We use a NULL pointer on freelists to signal that there are no more objects.
However the NULL pointers of all slabs match in contrast to the pointers to
the real objects which are in different ranges for different slab pages.

Change the end pointer to be a pointer to the first object and set bit 0.
Every slab will then have a different end pointer. This is necessary to ensure
that end markers can be matched to the source slab during cmpxchg_local.

Bring back the use of the mapping field by SLUB since we would otherwise have
to call a relatively expensive function page_address() in __slab_alloc().  Use
of the mapping field allows avoiding a call to page_address() in various other
functions as well.

There is no need to change the page_mapping() function since bit 0 is set on
the mapping as also for anonymous pages.  page_mapping(slab_page) will
therefore still return NULL although the mapping field is overloaded.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com>
Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-07 17:47:41 -08:00
Linus Torvalds
0afc2edfad Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc-2.6:
  [SPARC32]: Use regsets in arch_ptrace().
  [SPARC64]: Use regsets in arch_ptrace().
  [SPARC32]: Use regsets for ELF core dumping.
  [SPARC64]: Use regsets for ELF core dumping.
  [SPARC64]: Remove unintentional ptrace debugging messages.
  [SPARC]: Move over to arch_ptrace().
  [SPARC]: Remove PTRACE_SUN* handling.
  [SPARC]: Kill DEBUG_PTRACE code.
  [SPARC32]: Add user regset support.
  [SPARC64]: Add user regsets.
  [SPARC64]: Fix booting on non-zero cpu.
2008-02-07 10:21:26 -08:00
Linus Torvalds
a8e98d6d51 Merge git://git.infradead.org/mtd-2.6
* git://git.infradead.org/mtd-2.6: (120 commits)
  [MTD] Fix mtdoops.c compilation
  [MTD] [NOR] fix startup lock when using multiple nor flash chips
  [MTD] [DOC200x] eccbuf is statically defined and always evaluate to true
  [MTD] Fix maps/physmap.c compilation with CONFIG_PM
  [MTD] onenand: Add panic_write function to the onenand driver
  [MTD] mtdoops: Use the panic_write function when present
  [MTD] Add mtd panic_write function pointer
  [MTD] [NAND] Freescale enhanced Local Bus Controller FCM NAND support.
  [MTD] physmap.c: Add support for multiple resources
  [MTD] [NAND] Fix misparenthesization introduced by commit 78b65179...
  [MTD] [NAND] Fix Blackfin NFC ECC calculating bug with page size 512 bytes
  [MTD] [NAND] Remove wrong operation in PM function of the BF54x NFC driver
  [MTD] [NAND] Remove unused variable in plat_nand_remove
  [MTD] Unlocking all Intel flash that is locked on power up.
  [MTD] [NAND] at91_nand: Make mtdparts option can override board info
  [MTD] mtdoops: Various minor cleanups
  [MTD] mtdoops: Ensure sequential write to the buffer
  [MTD] mtdoops: Perform write operations in a workqueue
  [MTD] mtdoops: Add further error return code checking
  [MTD] [NOR] Test devtype, not definition in flash_probe(), drivers/mtd/devices/lart.c
  ...
2008-02-07 10:20:31 -08:00
Linus Torvalds
f0f1b3364a Merge branch 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6
* 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6: (112 commits)
  ACPI: fix build warning
  Revert "cpuidle: build fix for non-x86"
  ACPI: update intrd DSDT override console messages
  ACPI: update DSDT override documentation
  ACPI: Add "acpi_no_initrd_override" kernel parameter
  ACPI: its a directory not a folder....
  ACPI: misc cleanups
  ACPI: add missing prink prefix strings
  ACPI: cleanup acpi.h
  ACPICA: fix CONFIG_ACPI_DEBUG_FUNC_TRACE build
  ACPI: video: Ignore ACPI video devices that aren't present in hardware
  ACPI: video: reset brightness on resume
  ACPI: video: call ACPI notifier chain for ACPI video notifications
  ACPI: create notifier chain to get hotkey events to graphics driver
  ACPI: video: delete unused display switch on hotkey event code
  ACPI: video: create "brightness_switch_enabled" modparam
  cpuidle: Add a poll_idle method
  ACPI: cpuidle: Support C1 idle time accounting
  ACPI: enable MWAIT for C1 idle
  ACPI: idle: Fix acpi_safe_halt usages and interrupt enabling/disabling
  ...
2008-02-07 09:45:58 -08:00
Linus Torvalds
3d50337f62 Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.o-hand.com/linux-rpurdie-leds
* 'for-linus' of git://git.o-hand.com/linux-rpurdie-leds:
  leds: Add HP Jornada 6xx driver
  leds: Remove the now uneeded ixp4xx driver
  leds: Add power LED to the wrap driver
  leds: Fix led-gpio active_low default brightness
  leds: hw acceleration for Clevo mail LED driver
  leds: Add support for hardware accelerated LED flashing
  leds: Standardise LED naming scheme
  leds: Add clevo notebook LED driver
2008-02-07 09:45:14 -08:00
Geert Uytterhoeven
5b808a5935 m68k: kill page walker compile warning
The recently introduced page walker (walk_page_range()) calls pgd_offset with a
const struct mm_struct pointer, causing the following compile warning on m68k:

    mm/pagewalk.c:111: warning: passing argument 1 of 'pgd_offset' discards qualifiers from pointer target type

Make the `mm' parameter of the inline function pgd_offset() const to shut it
up.

Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-07 09:10:06 -08:00
Linus Torvalds
7a8c6ad918 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davej/cpufreq
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davej/cpufreq:
  [CPUFREQ] Add missing printk levels to e_powersaver
  [CPUFREQ] Fix sparse warning in powernow-k8
  [CPUFREQ] Support Model D parts and newer in e_powersaver
  [CPUFREQ] Powernow-k8: Update to support the latest Turion processors
  [CPUFREQ] fix configuration help message
  [CPUFREQ] powernow-k8 print pstate instead of fid/did for family 10h
  [CPUFREQ] Eliminate cpufreq_userspace scaling_setspeed deadlock
  [CPUFREQ] gx-suspmod.c: use boot_cpu_data instead of current_cpu_data
  [CPUFREQ] fix incorrect comment on show_available_freqs() in freq_table.c
  [CPUFREQ] drivers/cpufreq: Add missing "space"
  [CPUFREQ] arch/x86: Add missing "space"
  [CPUFREQ] Remove pointless Kconfig dependancy
2008-02-07 09:03:00 -08:00
Linus Torvalds
3796958130 Merge branch 'for-2.6.25' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc
* 'for-2.6.25' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc: (69 commits)
  [POWERPC] Add SPE registers to core dumps
  [POWERPC] Use regset code for compat PTRACE_*REGS* calls
  [POWERPC] Use generic compat_sys_ptrace
  [POWERPC] Use generic compat_ptrace_request
  [POWERPC] Use generic ptrace peekdata/pokedata
  [POWERPC] Use regset code for PTRACE_*REGS* requests
  [POWERPC] Switch to generic compat_binfmt_elf code
  [POWERPC] Switch to using user_regset-based core dumps
  [POWERPC] Add user_regset compat support
  [POWERPC] Add user_regset_view definitions
  [POWERPC] Use user_regset accessors for GPRs
  [POWERPC] ptrace accessors for special regs MSR and TRAP
  [POWERPC] Use user_regset accessors for SPE regs
  [POWERPC] Use user_regset accessors for altivec regs
  [POWERPC] Use user_regset accessors for FP regs
  [POWERPC] mpc52xx: fix compile error introduce when rebasing patch
  [POWERPC] 4xx: PCIe indirect DCR spinlock fix.
  [POWERPC] Add missing native dcr dcr_ind_lock spinlock
  [POWERPC] 4xx: Fix offset value on Warp board
  [POWERPC] 4xx: Add 440EPx Sequoia ehci dts entry
  ...
2008-02-07 09:02:26 -08:00
Jiri Slaby
3099bbc594 Char: serial167, remove bottomhalf
- Cy_EVENT_OPEN_WAKEUP is simple wake_up
- Cy_EVENT_HANGUP is wake_up + tty_hangup, which schedules its own work
- Cy_EVENT_WRITE_WAKEUP is tty_wakeup which may be called directly too

Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-07 08:42:34 -08:00
Jiri Slaby
ccfea3c98a Char: stallion, remove bottomhalf
- tty_hangup schedules a bottomhalf itself, tty_wakeup doesn't need it
- call the CD code (part of work handler previously) directly from the code
  (it wakes somebody up or calls tty_hangup at worse)

Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-07 08:42:34 -08:00
Jiri Slaby
cfccaeea62 Char: istallion, remove hangup bottomhalf
tty_hangup schedules a work for hangup itself, no need to do it in the driver.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-07 08:42:34 -08:00
Jiri Slaby
d2e7a4b66d Char: esp, remove hangup and wakeup bottomhalves
There is no need to schedule a bottomhalf for either of them. One is fast
and the another schedules a bottomhalf itself.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-07 08:42:34 -08:00
Jiri Slaby
1237a2ef31 Char: char/serial, remove SERIAL_TYPE_NORMAL redefines
Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-07 08:42:33 -08:00
Mathieu Desnoyers
9a7744f982 Add cmpxchg_local to xtensa
Use the architecture specific __cmpxchg_u32 for 32 bits cmpxchg)_local. Else,
use the new generic cmpxchg_local (disables interrupt).

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>
Cc: Chris Zankel <chris@zankel.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-07 08:42:33 -08:00
Mathieu Desnoyers
b62f134391 Add cmpxchg_local to v850
Use the new generic cmpxchg_local (disables interrupt). Also use the generic
cmpxchg as fallback if SMP is not set.

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>
Cc: Miles Bader <miles.bader@necel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-07 08:42:33 -08:00
Mathieu Desnoyers
80af4eeb72 Add cmpxchg_local to sparc64
Use cmpxchg_u32 and cmpxchg_u64 for cmpxchg_local and cmpxchg64_local. For other
type sizes, use the new generic cmpxchg_local (disables interrupt).

Change:
Since the header depends on local_irqsave/local_irqrestore, it must be
included after their declaration.

Actually, being below the
#include <linux/irqflags.h> should be enough, and on sparc64 it is
included at the beginning of system.h.

So it makes sense to move it up for sparc64.

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-07 08:42:33 -08:00
Mathieu Desnoyers
405321d3ab Add cmpxchg_local to sparc, move __cmpxchg to system.h
Move cmpxchg and add cmpxchg_local to system.h.
Use the new generic cmpxchg_local (disables interrupt).

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>
Cc: William Lee Irwin III <wli@holomorphy.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-07 08:42:32 -08:00
Mathieu Desnoyers
fe4130131e Add cmpxchg_local to s390
Use the standard __cmpxchg for every type that can be updated atomically.
Use the new generic cmpxchg_local (disables interrupt) for other types.

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-07 08:42:32 -08:00
Gunnar Larisch
85fdbe1b4b Add cmpxchg_local to ppc
Add a local processor version of cmpxchg for ppc.

Implements __cmpxchg_u32_local and uses it for 32 bits cmpxchg_local.
It uses the non NMI safe cmpxchg_local_generic for 1, 2 and 8 bytes
cmpxchg_local.

Signed-off-by: Gunnar Larisch <gl@denx.de>
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Kumar Gala <galak@gate.crashing.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-07 08:42:32 -08:00
Mathieu Desnoyers
df80c8c567 Add cmpxchg_local to parisc
Use the new generic cmpxchg_local (disables interrupt). Also use the generic
cmpxchg as fallback if SMP is not set.

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>
Cc: Kyle McMartin <kyle@mcmartin.ca>
Cc: Grant Grundler <grundler@parisc-linux.org>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@debian.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-07 08:42:32 -08:00
Mathieu Desnoyers
027bcc27d3 Add cmpxchg_local to m68knommu
Use the new generic cmpxchg_local (disables interrupt). Also use the generic
cmpxchg as fallback if SMP is not set.

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>
Cc: Greg Ungerer <gerg@snapgear.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-07 08:42:32 -08:00
Mathieu Desnoyers
5da751035c Add cmpxchg_local to m86k
Use the new generic cmpxchg_local (disables interrupt). Also use the generic
cmpxchg as fallback if SMP is not set.

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>
Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-07 08:42:32 -08:00
Mathieu Desnoyers
7fa2ac3728 local_t m32r use architecture specific cmpxchg_local
On m32r, use the new cmpxchg_local as primitive for the local_cmpxchg
operation.

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>
Acked-by: Hirokazu Takata <takata@linux-m32r.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-07 08:42:32 -08:00
Mathieu Desnoyers
f94d1d3a1d Fix m32r __xchg
the #endif  /* CONFIG_SMP */ should cover the default condition, or it may cause
bad parameter to be silently missed.

To make it work correctly, we have to remove the ifdef CONFIG SMP surrounding
__xchg_called_with_bad_pointer declaration. Thanks to Adrian Bunk for detecting
this.

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>
Acked-by: Hirokazu Takata <takata@linux-m32r.org>
Cc: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-07 08:42:32 -08:00
Mathieu Desnoyers
7b631c2de6 New cmpxchg_local (optimized for UP case) for m32r
Add __xchg_local, xchg_local (define), __cmpxchg_local_u32, __cmpxchg_local,
cmpxchg_local(macro).

cmpxchg_local and cmpxchg64_local will use the architecture specific
__cmpxchg_local_u32 for 32 bits arguments, and use the generic
__cmpxchg_local_generic for 8, 16 and 64 bits arguments.

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>
Acked-by: Hirokazu Takata <takata@linux-m32r.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-07 08:42:32 -08:00
Mathieu Desnoyers
4b78fff6e7 Add cmpxchg_local, cmpxchg64 and cmpxchg64_local to ia64
Add the primitives cmpxchg_local, cmpxchg64 and cmpxchg64_local to ia64. They
use cmpxchg_acq as underlying macro, just like the already existing ia64
cmpxchg().

Changelog:

ia64 cmpxchg_local coding style fix
Quoting Keith Owens:

As a matter of coding style, I prefer

#define cmpxchg_local   cmpxchg
#define cmpxchg64_local cmpxchg64

Which makes it absolutely clear that they are the same code.  With your
patch, humans have to do a string compare of two defines to see if they
are the same.

Note cmpxchg is *not* a performance win vs interrupt disable / enable on IA64.

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>
Acked-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com>
Cc: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com>
Cc: Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-07 08:42:32 -08:00
Mathieu Desnoyers
aebb77aef4 Add cmpxchg_local to h8300
Use the new generic cmpxchg_local (disables interrupt). Also use the generic
cmpxchg as fallback if SMP is not set.

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>
Cc: Yoshinori Sato <ysato@users.sourceforge.jp>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-07 08:42:32 -08:00
Mathieu Desnoyers
14e0cb3c60 Add cmpxchg_local to frv
Use the new generic cmpxchg_local (disables interrupt) for 8, 16 and 64 bits
arguments. Use the 32 bits cmpxchg available on the architecture for 32 bits
arguments.

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-07 08:42:32 -08:00
Mathieu Desnoyers
7732ba3abc Add cmpxchg_local to cris
Use the new generic cmpxchg_local (disables interrupt). Also use the generic
cmpxchg as fallback if SMP is not set.

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>
Cc: Mikael Starvik <starvik@axis.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-07 08:42:31 -08:00
Mathieu Desnoyers
10b8827068 Add cmpxchg_local to blackfin, replace __cmpxchg by generic cmpxchg
Use the new generic cmpxchg_local (disables interrupt). Also use the generic
cmpxchg as fallback if SMP is not set since nobody seems to know why __cmpxchg
has been implemented in assembly in the first place thather than in plain C.

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>
Cc: Bryan Wu <bryan.wu@analog.com>
Cc: Michael Frysinger <michael.frysinger@analog.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-07 08:42:31 -08:00
Mathieu Desnoyers
5e86c11d3e Add cmpxchg_local to avr32
Use the new generic cmpxchg_local (disables interrupt) for 8, 16 and 64 bits
cmpxchg_local. Use the __cmpxchg_u32 primitive for 32 bits cmpxchg_local.

Note that cmpxchg only uses the __cmpxchg_u32 or __cmpxchg_u64 and will cause
a linker error if called with 8 or 16 bits argument.

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>
Acked-by: Haavard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@atmel.com>
Cc: Haavard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@atmel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-07 08:42:31 -08:00
Mathieu Desnoyers
176393d423 Add cmpxchg_local to arm
Use the new generic cmpxchg_local (disables interrupt). Also use the generic
cmpxchg as fallback if SMP is not set.

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>
Cc: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-07 08:42:31 -08:00
Mathieu Desnoyers
32f49eab5e Add cmpxchg64 and cmpxchg64_local to x86_64
Make sure that at least cmpxchg64_local is available on all architectures to use
for unsigned long long values.

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-07 08:42:31 -08:00
Mathieu Desnoyers
f9c4650bcf Add cmpxchg64 and cmpxchg64_local to powerpc
Make sure that at least cmpxchg64_local is available on all architectures to use
for unsigned long long values.

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>
Acked-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-07 08:42:30 -08:00
Mathieu Desnoyers
3b96a56d39 Add cmpxchg64 and cmpxchg64_local to mips
Make sure that at least cmpxchg64_local is available on all architectures to use
for unsigned long long values.

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>
Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-07 08:42:30 -08:00
Mathieu Desnoyers
a259b2428b Add cmpxchg64 and cmpxchg64_local to alpha
Make sure that at least cmpxchg64_local is available on all architectures to use
for unsigned long long values.

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>
Cc: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>
Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-07 08:42:30 -08:00
Mathieu Desnoyers
068fbad288 Add cmpxchg_local to asm-generic for per cpu atomic operations
Emulates the cmpxchg_local by disabling interrupts around variable modification.
This is not reentrant wrt NMIs and MCEs. It is only protected against normal
interrupts, but this is enough for architectures without such interrupt sources
or if used in a context where the data is not shared with such handlers.

It can be used as a fallback for architectures lacking a real cmpxchg
instruction.

For architectures that have a real cmpxchg but does not have NMIs or MCE,
testing which of the generic vs architecture specific cmpxchg is the fastest
should be done.

asm-generic/cmpxchg.h defines a cmpxchg that uses cmpxchg_local. It is meant to
be used as a cmpxchg fallback for architectures that do not support SMP.

* Patch series comments

Using cmpxchg_local shows a performance improvements of the fast path goes from
a 66% speedup on a Pentium 4 to a 14% speedup on AMD64.

In detail:

Tested-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>
Measurements on a Pentium4, 3GHz, Hyperthread.
SLUB Performance testing
========================
1. Kmalloc: Repeatedly allocate then free test

* slub HEAD, test 1
kmalloc(8) = 201 cycles         kfree = 351 cycles
kmalloc(16) = 198 cycles        kfree = 359 cycles
kmalloc(32) = 200 cycles        kfree = 381 cycles
kmalloc(64) = 224 cycles        kfree = 394 cycles
kmalloc(128) = 285 cycles       kfree = 424 cycles
kmalloc(256) = 411 cycles       kfree = 546 cycles
kmalloc(512) = 480 cycles       kfree = 619 cycles
kmalloc(1024) = 623 cycles      kfree = 750 cycles
kmalloc(2048) = 686 cycles      kfree = 811 cycles
kmalloc(4096) = 482 cycles      kfree = 538 cycles
kmalloc(8192) = 680 cycles      kfree = 734 cycles
kmalloc(16384) = 713 cycles     kfree = 843 cycles

* Slub HEAD, test 2
kmalloc(8) = 190 cycles         kfree = 351 cycles
kmalloc(16) = 195 cycles        kfree = 360 cycles
kmalloc(32) = 201 cycles        kfree = 370 cycles
kmalloc(64) = 245 cycles        kfree = 389 cycles
kmalloc(128) = 283 cycles       kfree = 413 cycles
kmalloc(256) = 409 cycles       kfree = 547 cycles
kmalloc(512) = 476 cycles       kfree = 616 cycles
kmalloc(1024) = 628 cycles      kfree = 753 cycles
kmalloc(2048) = 684 cycles      kfree = 811 cycles
kmalloc(4096) = 480 cycles      kfree = 539 cycles
kmalloc(8192) = 661 cycles      kfree = 746 cycles
kmalloc(16384) = 741 cycles     kfree = 856 cycles

* cmpxchg_local Slub test
kmalloc(8) = 83 cycles          kfree = 363 cycles
kmalloc(16) = 85 cycles         kfree = 372 cycles
kmalloc(32) = 92 cycles         kfree = 377 cycles
kmalloc(64) = 115 cycles        kfree = 397 cycles
kmalloc(128) = 179 cycles       kfree = 438 cycles
kmalloc(256) = 314 cycles       kfree = 564 cycles
kmalloc(512) = 398 cycles       kfree = 615 cycles
kmalloc(1024) = 573 cycles      kfree = 745 cycles
kmalloc(2048) = 629 cycles      kfree = 816 cycles
kmalloc(4096) = 473 cycles      kfree = 548 cycles
kmalloc(8192) = 659 cycles      kfree = 745 cycles
kmalloc(16384) = 724 cycles     kfree = 843 cycles

2. Kmalloc: alloc/free test

* slub HEAD, test 1
kmalloc(8)/kfree = 322 cycles
kmalloc(16)/kfree = 318 cycles
kmalloc(32)/kfree = 318 cycles
kmalloc(64)/kfree = 325 cycles
kmalloc(128)/kfree = 318 cycles
kmalloc(256)/kfree = 328 cycles
kmalloc(512)/kfree = 328 cycles
kmalloc(1024)/kfree = 328 cycles
kmalloc(2048)/kfree = 328 cycles
kmalloc(4096)/kfree = 678 cycles
kmalloc(8192)/kfree = 1013 cycles
kmalloc(16384)/kfree = 1157 cycles

* Slub HEAD, test 2
kmalloc(8)/kfree = 323 cycles
kmalloc(16)/kfree = 318 cycles
kmalloc(32)/kfree = 318 cycles
kmalloc(64)/kfree = 318 cycles
kmalloc(128)/kfree = 318 cycles
kmalloc(256)/kfree = 328 cycles
kmalloc(512)/kfree = 328 cycles
kmalloc(1024)/kfree = 328 cycles
kmalloc(2048)/kfree = 328 cycles
kmalloc(4096)/kfree = 648 cycles
kmalloc(8192)/kfree = 1009 cycles
kmalloc(16384)/kfree = 1105 cycles

* cmpxchg_local Slub test
kmalloc(8)/kfree = 112 cycles
kmalloc(16)/kfree = 103 cycles
kmalloc(32)/kfree = 103 cycles
kmalloc(64)/kfree = 103 cycles
kmalloc(128)/kfree = 112 cycles
kmalloc(256)/kfree = 111 cycles
kmalloc(512)/kfree = 111 cycles
kmalloc(1024)/kfree = 111 cycles
kmalloc(2048)/kfree = 121 cycles
kmalloc(4096)/kfree = 650 cycles
kmalloc(8192)/kfree = 1042 cycles
kmalloc(16384)/kfree = 1149 cycles

Tested-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>
Measurements on a AMD64 2.0 GHz dual-core

In this test, we seem to remove 10 cycles from the kmalloc fast path.
On small allocations, it gives a 14% performance increase. kfree fast
path also seems to have a 10 cycles improvement.

1. Kmalloc: Repeatedly allocate then free test

* cmpxchg_local slub
kmalloc(8) = 63 cycles      kfree = 126 cycles
kmalloc(16) = 66 cycles     kfree = 129 cycles
kmalloc(32) = 76 cycles     kfree = 138 cycles
kmalloc(64) = 100 cycles    kfree = 288 cycles
kmalloc(128) = 128 cycles   kfree = 309 cycles
kmalloc(256) = 170 cycles   kfree = 315 cycles
kmalloc(512) = 221 cycles   kfree = 357 cycles
kmalloc(1024) = 324 cycles  kfree = 393 cycles
kmalloc(2048) = 354 cycles  kfree = 440 cycles
kmalloc(4096) = 394 cycles  kfree = 330 cycles
kmalloc(8192) = 523 cycles  kfree = 481 cycles
kmalloc(16384) = 643 cycles kfree = 649 cycles

* Base
kmalloc(8) = 74 cycles      kfree = 113 cycles
kmalloc(16) = 76 cycles     kfree = 116 cycles
kmalloc(32) = 85 cycles     kfree = 133 cycles
kmalloc(64) = 111 cycles    kfree = 279 cycles
kmalloc(128) = 138 cycles   kfree = 294 cycles
kmalloc(256) = 181 cycles   kfree = 304 cycles
kmalloc(512) = 237 cycles   kfree = 327 cycles
kmalloc(1024) = 340 cycles  kfree = 379 cycles
kmalloc(2048) = 378 cycles  kfree = 433 cycles
kmalloc(4096) = 399 cycles  kfree = 329 cycles
kmalloc(8192) = 528 cycles  kfree = 624 cycles
kmalloc(16384) = 651 cycles kfree = 737 cycles

2. Kmalloc: alloc/free test

* cmpxchg_local slub
kmalloc(8)/kfree = 96 cycles
kmalloc(16)/kfree = 97 cycles
kmalloc(32)/kfree = 97 cycles
kmalloc(64)/kfree = 97 cycles
kmalloc(128)/kfree = 97 cycles
kmalloc(256)/kfree = 105 cycles
kmalloc(512)/kfree = 108 cycles
kmalloc(1024)/kfree = 105 cycles
kmalloc(2048)/kfree = 107 cycles
kmalloc(4096)/kfree = 390 cycles
kmalloc(8192)/kfree = 626 cycles
kmalloc(16384)/kfree = 662 cycles

* Base
kmalloc(8)/kfree = 116 cycles
kmalloc(16)/kfree = 116 cycles
kmalloc(32)/kfree = 116 cycles
kmalloc(64)/kfree = 116 cycles
kmalloc(128)/kfree = 116 cycles
kmalloc(256)/kfree = 126 cycles
kmalloc(512)/kfree = 126 cycles
kmalloc(1024)/kfree = 126 cycles
kmalloc(2048)/kfree = 126 cycles
kmalloc(4096)/kfree = 384 cycles
kmalloc(8192)/kfree = 749 cycles
kmalloc(16384)/kfree = 786 cycles

Tested-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com>
I can confirm Mathieus' measurement now:

Athlon64:

regular NUMA/discontig

1. Kmalloc: Repeatedly allocate then free test
10000 times kmalloc(8) -> 79 cycles kfree -> 92 cycles
10000 times kmalloc(16) -> 79 cycles kfree -> 93 cycles
10000 times kmalloc(32) -> 88 cycles kfree -> 95 cycles
10000 times kmalloc(64) -> 124 cycles kfree -> 132 cycles
10000 times kmalloc(128) -> 157 cycles kfree -> 247 cycles
10000 times kmalloc(256) -> 200 cycles kfree -> 257 cycles
10000 times kmalloc(512) -> 250 cycles kfree -> 277 cycles
10000 times kmalloc(1024) -> 337 cycles kfree -> 314 cycles
10000 times kmalloc(2048) -> 365 cycles kfree -> 330 cycles
10000 times kmalloc(4096) -> 352 cycles kfree -> 240 cycles
10000 times kmalloc(8192) -> 456 cycles kfree -> 340 cycles
10000 times kmalloc(16384) -> 646 cycles kfree -> 471 cycles
2. Kmalloc: alloc/free test
10000 times kmalloc(8)/kfree -> 124 cycles
10000 times kmalloc(16)/kfree -> 124 cycles
10000 times kmalloc(32)/kfree -> 124 cycles
10000 times kmalloc(64)/kfree -> 124 cycles
10000 times kmalloc(128)/kfree -> 124 cycles
10000 times kmalloc(256)/kfree -> 132 cycles
10000 times kmalloc(512)/kfree -> 132 cycles
10000 times kmalloc(1024)/kfree -> 132 cycles
10000 times kmalloc(2048)/kfree -> 132 cycles
10000 times kmalloc(4096)/kfree -> 319 cycles
10000 times kmalloc(8192)/kfree -> 486 cycles
10000 times kmalloc(16384)/kfree -> 539 cycles

cmpxchg_local NUMA/discontig

1. Kmalloc: Repeatedly allocate then free test
10000 times kmalloc(8) -> 55 cycles kfree -> 90 cycles
10000 times kmalloc(16) -> 55 cycles kfree -> 92 cycles
10000 times kmalloc(32) -> 70 cycles kfree -> 91 cycles
10000 times kmalloc(64) -> 100 cycles kfree -> 141 cycles
10000 times kmalloc(128) -> 128 cycles kfree -> 233 cycles
10000 times kmalloc(256) -> 172 cycles kfree -> 251 cycles
10000 times kmalloc(512) -> 225 cycles kfree -> 275 cycles
10000 times kmalloc(1024) -> 325 cycles kfree -> 311 cycles
10000 times kmalloc(2048) -> 346 cycles kfree -> 330 cycles
10000 times kmalloc(4096) -> 351 cycles kfree -> 238 cycles
10000 times kmalloc(8192) -> 450 cycles kfree -> 342 cycles
10000 times kmalloc(16384) -> 630 cycles kfree -> 546 cycles
2. Kmalloc: alloc/free test
10000 times kmalloc(8)/kfree -> 81 cycles
10000 times kmalloc(16)/kfree -> 81 cycles
10000 times kmalloc(32)/kfree -> 81 cycles
10000 times kmalloc(64)/kfree -> 81 cycles
10000 times kmalloc(128)/kfree -> 81 cycles
10000 times kmalloc(256)/kfree -> 91 cycles
10000 times kmalloc(512)/kfree -> 90 cycles
10000 times kmalloc(1024)/kfree -> 91 cycles
10000 times kmalloc(2048)/kfree -> 90 cycles
10000 times kmalloc(4096)/kfree -> 318 cycles
10000 times kmalloc(8192)/kfree -> 483 cycles
10000 times kmalloc(16384)/kfree -> 536 cycles

Changelog:
- Ran though checkpatch.

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>
Cc: <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-07 08:42:30 -08:00
H. Peter Anvin
6e16d89bcd Sanitize the type of struct user.u_ar0
struct user.u_ar0 is defined to contain a pointer offset on all
architectures in which it is defined (all architectures which define an
a.out format except SPARC.) However, it has a pointer type in the headers,
which is pointless -- <asm/user.h> is not exported to userspace, and it
just makes the code messy.

Redefine the field as "unsigned long" (which is the same size as a pointer
on all Linux architectures) and change the setting code to user offsetof()
instead of hand-coded arithmetic.

Cc: Linux Arch Mailing List <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Bryan Wu <bryan.wu@analog.com>
Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>
Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru>
Cc: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Lennert Buytenhek <kernel@wantstofly.org>
Cc: Håvard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@atmel.com>
Cc: Mikael Starvik <starvik@axis.com>
Cc: Yoshinori Sato <ysato@users.sourceforge.jp>
Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
Cc: Hirokazu Takata <takata@linux-m32r.org>
Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-07 08:42:30 -08:00
Kirill A. Shutemov
ed7b1889da Unexport asm/page.h
Do not export asm/page.h during make headers_install.  This removes PAGE_SIZE
from userspace headers.

Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <k.shutemov@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-07 08:42:30 -08:00
Kirill A. Shutemov
6cc931b9b5 Unexport asm/elf.h
Do not export asm/elf.h during make headers_install.

Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <k.shutemov@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-07 08:42:30 -08:00
Kirill A. Shutemov
516c25a86f Cleanup asm/{elf,page,user}.h: #ifdef __KERNEL__ is no longer needed
asm/elf.h, asm/page.h and asm/user.h don't export to userspace now, so we can
drop #ifdef __KERNEL__ for them.

[k.shutemov@gmail.com: remove #ifdef __KERNEL_]
Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <k.shutemov@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
Cc: <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <k.shutemov@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-07 08:42:30 -08:00
Kirill A. Shutemov
c1445db9f7 Unexport asm/user.h and linux/user.h
Do not export asm/user.h and linux/user.h during make headers_install.

Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <k.shutemov@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-07 08:42:29 -08:00
David Howells
12debc4248 iget: remove iget() and the read_inode() super op as being obsolete
Remove the old iget() call and the read_inode() superblock operation it uses
as these are really obsolete, and the use of read_inode() does not produce
proper error handling (no distinction between ENOMEM and EIO when marking an
inode bad).

Furthermore, this removes the temptation to use iget() to find an inode by
number in a filesystem from code outside that filesystem.

iget_locked() should be used instead.  A new function is added in an earlier
patch (iget_failed) that is to be called to mark an inode as bad, unlock it
and release it should the get routine fail.  Mark iget() and read_inode() as
being obsolete and remove references to them from the documentation.

Typically a filesystem will be modified such that the read_inode function
becomes an internal iget function, for example the following:

	void thingyfs_read_inode(struct inode *inode)
	{
		...
	}

would be changed into something like:

	struct inode *thingyfs_iget(struct super_block *sp, unsigned long ino)
	{
		struct inode *inode;
		int ret;

		inode = iget_locked(sb, ino);
		if (!inode)
			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
		if (!(inode->i_state & I_NEW))
			return inode;

		...
		unlock_new_inode(inode);
		return inode;
	error:
		iget_failed(inode);
		return ERR_PTR(ret);
	}

and then thingyfs_iget() would be called rather than iget(), for example:

	ret = -EINVAL;
	inode = iget(sb, ino);
	if (!inode || is_bad_inode(inode))
		goto error;

becomes:

	inode = thingyfs_iget(sb, ino);
	if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
		ret = PTR_ERR(inode);
		goto error;
	}

Note that is_bad_inode() does not need to be called.  The error returned by
thingyfs_iget() should render it unnecessary.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-07 08:42:29 -08:00
David Howells
2b7e5bcbd9 iget: stop QNX4 from using iget() and read_inode()
Stop the QNX4 filesystem from using iget() and read_inode().  Replace
qnx4_read_inode() with qnx4_iget(), and call that instead of iget().
qnx4_iget() then uses iget_locked() directly and returns a proper error code
instead of an inode in the event of an error.

qnx4_fill_super() returns any error incurred when getting the root inode
instead of EINVAL.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes]
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Cc: Anders Larsen <al@alarsen.net>
Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-07 08:42:28 -08:00
David Howells
1d1fe1ee02 iget: stop EXT4 from using iget() and read_inode()
Stop the EXT4 filesystem from using iget() and read_inode().  Replace
ext4_read_inode() with ext4_iget(), and call that instead of iget().
ext4_iget() then uses iget_locked() directly and returns a proper error code
instead of an inode in the event of an error.

ext4_fill_super() returns any error incurred when getting the root inode
instead of EINVAL.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Acked-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
Acked-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Cc: <linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org>
Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-07 08:42:27 -08:00
David Howells
473043dcee iget: stop EXT3 from using iget() and read_inode()
Stop the EXT3 filesystem from using iget() and read_inode().  Replace
ext3_read_inode() with ext3_iget(), and call that instead of iget().
ext3_iget() then uses iget_locked() directly and returns a proper error code
instead of an inode in the event of an error.

ext3_fill_super() returns any error incurred when getting the root inode
instead of EINVAL.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes]
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Acked-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
Acked-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Cc: <linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org>
Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-07 08:42:27 -08:00
David Howells
298384cd79 iget: stop EFS from using iget() and read_inode()
Stop the EFS filesystem from using iget() and read_inode().  Replace
efs_read_inode() with efs_iget(), and call that instead of iget().  efs_iget()
then uses iget_locked() directly and returns a proper error code instead of an
inode in the event of an error.

efs_fill_super() returns any error incurred when getting the root inode
instead of EACCES.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes]
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-07 08:42:27 -08:00
David Howells
b46980feed iget: introduce a function to register iget failure
Introduce a function to register failure in an inode construction path.  This
includes marking the inode under construction as bad, unlocking it and
releasing it.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-07 08:42:26 -08:00
David Howells
d1bc8e9544 Add an ERR_CAST() function to complement ERR_PTR and co.
Add an ERR_CAST() function to complement ERR_PTR and co.  for the purposes
of casting an error entyped as one pointer type to an error of another
pointer type whilst making it explicit as to what is going on.

This provides a replacement for the ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(p)) construct.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-07 08:42:25 -08:00