Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752321Ab1C0Hwf (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Mar 2011 03:52:35 -0400 Received: from mail-wy0-f174.google.com ([74.125.82.174]:65100 "EHLO mail-wy0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751962Ab1C0Hwe (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Mar 2011 03:52:34 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=subject:from:to:cc:in-reply-to:references:content-type:date :message-id:mime-version:x-mailer:content-transfer-encoding; b=ir5LxzcUWU8MeDZVRW5pWE9lpyzvDqaccc2z3rr30x44ciaKXzAf4GdIn1xNqOctS7 4j2oZTdaRw9EbwaukfWvqRzloNBkcqlL32HlpR38ZqVreT/AZH6jrQFWFbNAZcKTcDW2 tp+6d6wbvrBm7G7CCyowBnfeaxt5ZRcAZwGAE= Subject: Re: [PATCH] slub: Disable the lockless allocator From: Eric Dumazet To: Christoph Lameter Cc: Linus Torvalds , Ingo Molnar , Pekka Enberg , Thomas Gleixner , akpm@linux-foundation.org, tj@kernel.org, npiggin@kernel.dk, rientjes@google.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org In-Reply-To: References: <20110324142146.GA11682@elte.hu> <20110324172653.GA28507@elte.hu> <20110324185258.GA28370@elte.hu> <20110324192247.GA5477@elte.hu> <20110326112725.GA28612@elte.hu> <20110326114736.GA8251@elte.hu> <1301161507.2979.105.camel@edumazet-laptop> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 09:52:27 +0200 Message-ID: <1301212347.32248.1.camel@edumazet-laptop> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.30.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2508 Lines: 72 Le samedi 26 mars 2011 à 20:57 -0500, Christoph Lameter a écrit : > But then the same fix must also be used in the asm code or the fallback > (turns out that the fallback is always used in kmem_cache_init since > the instruction patching comes later). > > Patch boots fine both in UP and SMP mode > > > > > Subject: percpu: Omit segment prefix in the UP case for cmpxchg_double > > Omit the segment prefix in the UP case. GS is not used then > and we will generate segfaults if cmpxchg16b is used otherwise. > > Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds > Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter > > arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h | 10 ++++++---- > 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h > =================================================================== > --- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h 2011-03-26 20:43:03.994089001 -0500 > +++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h 2011-03-26 20:43:22.414089004 -0500 > @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ > #include > > #ifdef CONFIG_SMP > -#define __percpu_arg(x) "%%"__stringify(__percpu_seg)":%P" #x > +#define __percpu_prefix "%%"__stringify(__percpu_seg)":" > #define __my_cpu_offset percpu_read(this_cpu_off) > > /* > @@ -62,9 +62,11 @@ > (typeof(*(ptr)) __kernel __force *)tcp_ptr__; \ > }) > #else > -#define __percpu_arg(x) "%P" #x > +#define __percpu_prefix "" > #endif > > +#define __percpu_arg(x) __percpu_prefix "%P" #x > + > /* > * Initialized pointers to per-cpu variables needed for the boot > * processor need to use these macros to get the proper address > @@ -516,11 +518,11 @@ > typeof(o2) __n2 = n2; \ > typeof(o2) __dummy; \ > alternative_io("call this_cpu_cmpxchg16b_emu\n\t" P6_NOP4, \ I guess you should make P6_NOP4 be P6_NOP3 in !SMP builds. > - "cmpxchg16b %%gs:(%%rsi)\n\tsetz %0\n\t", \ > + "cmpxchg16b " __percpu_prefix "(%%rsi)\n\tsetz %0\n\t", \ > X86_FEATURE_CX16, \ > ASM_OUTPUT2("=a"(__ret), "=d"(__dummy)), \ > "S" (&pcp1), "b"(__n1), "c"(__n2), \ > - "a"(__o1), "d"(__o2)); \ > + "a"(__o1), "d"(__o2) : "memory"); \ > __ret; \ > }) > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/