user/sven/linux.git/kernel/workqueue.c, branch v2.6.17.2

[PATCH] Remove devinit and cpuinit from notifier_call definitions

2006-04-26T15:30:03Z

Few of the notifier_chain_register() callers use __init in the definition of notifier_call. It is incorrect as the function definition should be available after the initializations (they do not unregister them during initializations). This patch fixes all such usages to _not_ have the notifier_call __init section. Signed-off-by: Chandra Seetharaman Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[SCSI] add execute_in_process_context() API

2006-02-28T05:34:40Z

We have several points in the SCSI stack (primarily for our device functions) where we need to guarantee process context, but (given the place where the last reference was released) we cannot guarantee this. This API gets around the issue by executing the function directly if the caller has process context, but scheduling a workqueue to execute in process context if the caller doesn't have it. Signed-off-by: James Bottomley

[PATCH] Unlinline a bunch of other functions

2006-01-15T02:27:06Z

Remove the "inline" keyword from a bunch of big functions in the kernel with the goal of shrinking it by 30kb to 40kb Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Acked-by: Jeff Garzik Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] fix workqueue oops during cpu offline

2006-01-09T04:14:08Z

Use first_cpu(cpu_possible_map) for the single-thread workqueue case. We used to hardcode 0, but that broke on systems where !cpu_possible(0) when workqueue_struct->cpu_workqueue_struct was changed from a static array to alloc_percpu. Commit id bce61dd49d6ba7799be2de17c772e4c701558f14 ("Fix hardcoded cpu=0 in workqueue for per_cpu_ptr() calls") fixed that for Ben's funky sparc64 system, but it regressed my Power5. Offlining cpu 0 oopses upon the next call to queue_work for a single-thread workqueue, because now we try to manipulate per_cpu_ptr(wq->cpu_wq, 1), which is uninitialized. So we need to establish an unchanging "slot" for single-thread workqueues which will have a valid percpu allocation. Since alloc_percpu keys off of cpu_possible_map, which must not change after initialization, make this slot == first_cpu(cpu_possible_map). Signed-off-by: Nathan Lynch Cc: Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] Unchecked alloc_percpu() return in __create_workqueue()

2006-01-09T04:13:54Z

__create_workqueue() not checking return of alloc_percpu() NULL dereference was possible. Signed-off-by: Ben Collins Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] add schedule_on_each_cpu()

2006-01-09T04:12:40Z

swap migration's isolate_lru_page() currently uses an IPI to notify other processors that the lru caches need to be drained if the page cannot be found on the LRU. The IPI interrupt may interrupt a processor that is just processing lru requests and cause a race condition. This patch introduces a new function run_on_each_cpu() that uses the keventd() to run the LRU draining on each processor. Processors disable preemption when dealing the LRU caches (these are per processor) and thus executing LRU draining from another process is safe. Thanks to Lee Schermerhorn for finding this race condition. Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] Fix hardcoded cpu=0 in workqueue for per_cpu_ptr() calls

2005-11-28T22:42:23Z

Tracked this down on an Ultra Enterprise 3000. It's a 6-way machine. Odd thing about this machine (and it's good for finding bugs like this) is that the CPU id's are not 0 based. For instance, on my machine the CPU's are 6/7/10/11/14/15. This caused some NULL pointer dereference in kernel/workqueue.c because for single_threaded workqueue's, it hardcoded the cpu to 0. I changed the 0's to any_online_cpu(cpu_online_mask), which cpumask.h claims is "First cpu in mask". So this fits the same usage. Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] cpu hoptlug: avoid usage of smp_processor_id() in preemptible code

2005-11-07T15:53:29Z

Replace smp_processor_id() with any_online_cpu(cpu_online_map) in order to avoid lots of "BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible [00000001] code:..." messages in case taking a cpu online fails. All the traces start at the last notifier_call_chain(...) in kernel/cpu.c. Since we hold the cpu_control semaphore it shouldn't be any problem to access cpu_online_map. The reason why cpu_up failed is simply that the cpu that was supposed to be taken online wasn't even there. That is because on s390 we never know when a new cpu comes and therefore cpu_possible_map consists of only ones and doesn't reflect reality. Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens Cc: Ingo Molnar Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] Use alloc_percpu to allocate workqueues locally

2005-10-31T01:37:18Z

This patch makes the workqueus use alloc_percpu instead of an array. The workqueues are placed on nodes local to each processor. The workqueue structure can grow to a significant size on a system with lots of processors if this patch is not applied. 64 bit architectures with all debugging features enabled and configured for 512 processors will not be able to boot without this patch. Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] introduce and use kzalloc

2005-09-07T23:57:45Z

This patch introduces a kzalloc wrapper and converts kernel/ to use it. It saves a little program text. Signed-off-by: Pekka Enberg Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds