From c08c820508233b424deab3302bc404bbecc6493a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Vojtech Pavlik Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 10:52:28 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add the vgetcpu vsyscall This patch adds a vgetcpu vsyscall, which depending on the CPU RDTSCP capability uses either the RDTSCP or CPUID to obtain a CPU and node numbers and pass them to the program. AK: Lots of changes over Vojtech's original code: Better prototype for vgetcpu() It's better to pass the cpu / node numbers as separate arguments to avoid mistakes when going from SMP to NUMA. Also add a fast time stamp based cache using a user supplied argument to speed things more up. Use fast method from Chuck Ebbert to retrieve node/cpu from GDT limit instead of CPUID Made sure RDTSCP init is always executed after node is known. Drop printk Signed-off-by: Vojtech Pavlik Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen --- include/linux/getcpu.h | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) create mode 100644 include/linux/getcpu.h (limited to 'include/linux/getcpu.h') diff --git a/include/linux/getcpu.h b/include/linux/getcpu.h new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..031ed3780e45 --- /dev/null +++ b/include/linux/getcpu.h @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +#ifndef _LINUX_GETCPU_H +#define _LINUX_GETCPU_H 1 + +/* Cache for getcpu() to speed it up. Results might be upto a jiffie + out of date, but will be faster. + User programs should not refer to the contents of this structure. + It is only a cache for vgetcpu(). It might change in future kernels. + The user program must store this information per thread (__thread) + If you want 100% accurate information pass NULL instead. */ +struct getcpu_cache { + unsigned long t0; + unsigned long t1; + unsigned long res[4]; +}; + +#endif -- cgit v1.2.3 From 34596dc9e59d7bece16fe5aba08116b49465da26 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andi Kleen Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 01:47:55 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Define vsyscall cache as blob to make clearer that user space shouldn't use it Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen --- include/linux/getcpu.h | 12 +++++++----- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'include/linux/getcpu.h') diff --git a/include/linux/getcpu.h b/include/linux/getcpu.h index 031ed3780e45..c7372d7a97be 100644 --- a/include/linux/getcpu.h +++ b/include/linux/getcpu.h @@ -1,16 +1,18 @@ #ifndef _LINUX_GETCPU_H #define _LINUX_GETCPU_H 1 -/* Cache for getcpu() to speed it up. Results might be upto a jiffie +/* Cache for getcpu() to speed it up. Results might be a short time out of date, but will be faster. + User programs should not refer to the contents of this structure. - It is only a cache for vgetcpu(). It might change in future kernels. + I repeat they should not refer to it. If they do they will break + in future kernels. + + It is only a private cache for vgetcpu(). It will change in future kernels. The user program must store this information per thread (__thread) If you want 100% accurate information pass NULL instead. */ struct getcpu_cache { - unsigned long t0; - unsigned long t1; - unsigned long res[4]; + unsigned long blob[128 / sizeof(long)]; }; #endif -- cgit v1.2.3