arm64: Support arch_irq_work_raise() via self IPIs
authorLarry Bassel <larry.bassel@linaro.org>
Mon, 12 May 2014 15:48:51 +0000 (16:48 +0100)
committerCatalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Fri, 16 May 2014 16:42:21 +0000 (17:42 +0100)
commiteb631bb5bf5b042202aaaee4a8dd8f863ba2a900
tree542dc533d37983180b36512b00e5d8e01627d96c
parentebdc94470d23d73dcab3748ae7eefa9ca669cdbe
arm64: Support arch_irq_work_raise() via self IPIs

Support for arch_irq_work_raise() was missing from
arm64 (a prerequisite for FULL_NOHZ).

This patch is based on the arm32 patch ARM 7872/1.

commit bf18525fd793101df42a1344ecc48b49b62e48c9
Author: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org>
Date:   Tue Oct 29 20:32:56 2013 +0100

    ARM: 7872/1: Support arch_irq_work_raise() via self IPIs

    By default, IRQ work is run from the tick interrupt (see
    irq_work_run() in update_process_times()). When we're in full
    NOHZ mode, restarting the tick requires the use of IRQ work and
    if the only place we run IRQ work is in the tick interrupt we
    have an unbreakable cycle. Implement arch_irq_work_raise() via
    self IPIs to break this cycle and get the tick started again.
    Note that we implement this via IPIs which are only available on
    SMP builds. This shouldn't be a problem because full NOHZ is only
    supported on SMP builds anyway.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org>
Reviewed-by: Kevin Hilman <khilman@linaro.org>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Larry Bassel <larry.bassel@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Kevin Hilman <khilman@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
arch/arm64/include/asm/hardirq.h
arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c