Merge branch 'timers/core' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kern…

…el/git/tip/tip into remove-local-timers

Documentation/devicetree/bindings/timer/lsi,zevio-timer.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+TI-NSPIRE timer
+
+Required properties:
+
+- compatible : should be "lsi,zevio-timer".
+- reg : The physical base address and size of the timer (always first).
+- clocks: phandle to the source clock.
+
+Optional properties:
+
+- interrupts : The interrupt number of the first timer.
+- reg : The interrupt acknowledgement registers
+	(always after timer base address)
+
+If any of the optional properties are not given, the timer is added as a
+clock-source only.
+
+Example:
+
+timer {
+	compatible = "lsi,zevio-timer";
+	reg = <0x900D0000 0x1000>, <0x900A0020 0x8>;
+	interrupts = <19>;
+	clocks = <&timer_clk>;
+};
+
+Example (no clock-events):
+
+timer {
+	compatible = "lsi,zevio-timer";
+	reg = <0x900D0000 0x1000>;
+	clocks = <&timer_clk>;
+};

Documentation/kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+REDUCING OS JITTER DUE TO PER-CPU KTHREADS
+
+This document lists per-CPU kthreads in the Linux kernel and presents
+options to control their OS jitter.  Note that non-per-CPU kthreads are
+not listed here.  To reduce OS jitter from non-per-CPU kthreads, bind
+them to a "housekeeping" CPU dedicated to such work.
+
+
+REFERENCES
+
+o	Documentation/IRQ-affinity.txt:  Binding interrupts to sets of CPUs.
+
+o	Documentation/cgroups:  Using cgroups to bind tasks to sets of CPUs.
+
+o	man taskset:  Using the taskset command to bind tasks to sets
+	of CPUs.
+
+o	man sched_setaffinity:  Using the sched_setaffinity() system
+	call to bind tasks to sets of CPUs.
+
+o	/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuN/online:  Control CPU N's hotplug state,
+	writing "0" to offline and "1" to online.
+
+o	In order to locate kernel-generated OS jitter on CPU N:
+
+		cd /sys/kernel/debug/tracing
+		echo 1 > max_graph_depth # Increase the "1" for more detail
+		echo function_graph > current_tracer
+		# run workload
+		cat per_cpu/cpuN/trace
+
+
+KTHREADS
+
+Name: ehca_comp/%u
+Purpose: Periodically process Infiniband-related work.
+To reduce its OS jitter, do any of the following:
+1.	Don't use eHCA Infiniband hardware, instead choosing hardware
+	that does not require per-CPU kthreads.  This will prevent these
+	kthreads from being created in the first place.  (This will
+	work for most people, as this hardware, though important, is
+	relatively old and is produced in relatively low unit volumes.)
+2.	Do all eHCA-Infiniband-related work on other CPUs, including
+	interrupts.
+3.	Rework the eHCA driver so that its per-CPU kthreads are
+	provisioned only on selected CPUs.
+
+
+Name: irq/%d-%s
+Purpose: Handle threaded interrupts.
+To reduce its OS jitter, do the following:
+1.	Use irq affinity to force the irq threads to execute on
+	some other CPU.
+
+Name: kcmtpd_ctr_%d
+Purpose: Handle Bluetooth work.
+To reduce its OS jitter, do one of the following:
+1.	Don't use Bluetooth, in which case these kthreads won't be
+	created in the first place.
+2.	Use irq affinity to force Bluetooth-related interrupts to
+	occur on some other CPU and furthermore initiate all
+	Bluetooth activity on some other CPU.
+
+Name: ksoftirqd/%u
+Purpose: Execute softirq handlers when threaded or when under heavy load.
+To reduce its OS jitter, each softirq vector must be handled
+separately as follows:
+TIMER_SOFTIRQ:  Do all of the following:
+1.	To the extent possible, keep the CPU out of the kernel when it
+	is non-idle, for example, by avoiding system calls and by forcing
+	both kernel threads and interrupts to execute elsewhere.
+2.	Build with CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU=y.  After boot completes, force
+	the CPU offline, then bring it back online.  This forces
+	recurring timers to migrate elsewhere.	If you are concerned
+	with multiple CPUs, force them all offline before bringing the
+	first one back online.  Once you have onlined the CPUs in question,
+	do not offline any other CPUs, because doing so could force the
+	timer back onto one of the CPUs in question.
+NET_TX_SOFTIRQ and NET_RX_SOFTIRQ:  Do all of the following:
+1.	Force networking interrupts onto other CPUs.
+2.	Initiate any network I/O on other CPUs.
+3.	Once your application has started, prevent CPU-hotplug operations
+	from being initiated from tasks that might run on the CPU to
+	be de-jittered.  (It is OK to force this CPU offline and then
+	bring it back online before you start your application.)
+BLOCK_SOFTIRQ:  Do all of the following:
+1.	Force block-device interrupts onto some other CPU.
+2.	Initiate any block I/O on other CPUs.
+3.	Once your application has started, prevent CPU-hotplug operations
+	from being initiated from tasks that might run on the CPU to
+	be de-jittered.  (It is OK to force this CPU offline and then
+	bring it back online before you start your application.)
+BLOCK_IOPOLL_SOFTIRQ:  Do all of the following:
+1.	Force block-device interrupts onto some other CPU.
+2.	Initiate any block I/O and block-I/O polling on other CPUs.
+3.	Once your application has started, prevent CPU-hotplug operations
+	from being initiated from tasks that might run on the CPU to
+	be de-jittered.  (It is OK to force this CPU offline and then
+	bring it back online before you start your application.)
+TASKLET_SOFTIRQ: Do one or more of the following:
+1.	Avoid use of drivers that use tasklets.  (Such drivers will contain
+	calls to things like tasklet_schedule().)
+2.	Convert all drivers that you must use from tasklets to workqueues.
+3.	Force interrupts for drivers using tasklets onto other CPUs,
+	and also do I/O involving these drivers on other CPUs.
+SCHED_SOFTIRQ: Do all of the following:
+1.	Avoid sending scheduler IPIs to the CPU to be de-jittered,
+	for example, ensure that at most one runnable kthread is present
+	on that CPU.  If a thread that expects to run on the de-jittered
+	CPU awakens, the scheduler will send an IPI that can result in
+	a subsequent SCHED_SOFTIRQ.
+2.	Build with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y, CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_ALL=y,
+	CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y, and, in addition, ensure that the CPU
+	to be de-jittered is marked as an adaptive-ticks CPU using the
+	"nohz_full=" boot parameter.  This reduces the number of
+	scheduler-clock interrupts that the de-jittered CPU receives,
+	minimizing its chances of being selected to do the load balancing
+	work that runs in SCHED_SOFTIRQ context.
+3.	To the extent possible, keep the CPU out of the kernel when it
+	is non-idle, for example, by avoiding system calls and by
+	forcing both kernel threads and interrupts to execute elsewhere.
+	This further reduces the number of scheduler-clock interrupts
+	received by the de-jittered CPU.
+HRTIMER_SOFTIRQ:  Do all of the following:
+1.	To the extent possible, keep the CPU out of the kernel when it
+	is non-idle.  For example, avoid system calls and force both
+	kernel threads and interrupts to execute elsewhere.
+2.	Build with CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU=y.  Once boot completes, force the
+	CPU offline, then bring it back online.  This forces recurring
+	timers to migrate elsewhere.  If you are concerned with multiple
+	CPUs, force them all offline before bringing the first one
+	back online.  Once you have onlined the CPUs in question, do not
+	offline any other CPUs, because doing so could force the timer
+	back onto one of the CPUs in question.
+RCU_SOFTIRQ:  Do at least one of the following:
+1.	Offload callbacks and keep the CPU in either dyntick-idle or
+	adaptive-ticks state by doing all of the following:
+	a.	Build with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y, CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_ALL=y,
+		CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y, and, in addition ensure that the CPU
+		to be de-jittered is marked as an adaptive-ticks CPU using
+		the "nohz_full=" boot parameter.  Bind the rcuo kthreads
+		to housekeeping CPUs, which can tolerate OS jitter.
+	b.	To the extent possible, keep the CPU out of the kernel
+		when it is non-idle, for example, by avoiding system
+		calls and by forcing both kernel threads and interrupts
+		to execute elsewhere.
+2.	Enable RCU to do its processing remotely via dyntick-idle by
+	doing all of the following:
+	a.	Build with CONFIG_NO_HZ=y and CONFIG_RCU_FAST_NO_HZ=y.
+	b.	Ensure that the CPU goes idle frequently, allowing other
+		CPUs to detect that it has passed through an RCU quiescent
+		state.	If the kernel is built with CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL=y,
+		userspace execution also allows other CPUs to detect that
+		the CPU in question has passed through a quiescent state.
+	c.	To the extent possible, keep the CPU out of the kernel
+		when it is non-idle, for example, by avoiding system
+		calls and by forcing both kernel threads and interrupts
+		to execute elsewhere.
+
+Name: rcuc/%u
+Purpose: Execute RCU callbacks in CONFIG_RCU_BOOST=y kernels.
+To reduce its OS jitter, do at least one of the following:
+1.	Build the kernel with CONFIG_PREEMPT=n.  This prevents these
+	kthreads from being created in the first place, and also obviates
+	the need for RCU priority boosting.  This approach is feasible
+	for workloads that do not require high degrees of responsiveness.
+2.	Build the kernel with CONFIG_RCU_BOOST=n.  This prevents these
+	kthreads from being created in the first place.  This approach
+	is feasible only if your workload never requires RCU priority
+	boosting, for example, if you ensure frequent idle time on all
+	CPUs that might execute within the kernel.
+3.	Build with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU=y and CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPU_ALL=y,
+	which offloads all RCU callbacks to kthreads that can be moved
+	off of CPUs susceptible to OS jitter.  This approach prevents the
+	rcuc/%u kthreads from having any work to do, so that they are
+	never awakened.
+4.	Ensure that the CPU never enters the kernel, and, in particular,
+	avoid initiating any CPU hotplug operations on this CPU.  This is
+	another way of preventing any callbacks from being queued on the
+	CPU, again preventing the rcuc/%u kthreads from having any work
+	to do.
+
+Name: rcuob/%d, rcuop/%d, and rcuos/%d
+Purpose: Offload RCU callbacks from the corresponding CPU.
+To reduce its OS jitter, do at least one of the following:
+1.	Use affinity, cgroups, or other mechanism to force these kthreads
+	to execute on some other CPU.
+2.	Build with CONFIG_RCU_NOCB_CPUS=n, which will prevent these
+	kthreads from being created in the first place.  However, please
+	note that this will not eliminate OS jitter, but will instead
+	shift it to RCU_SOFTIRQ.
+
+Name: watchdog/%u
+Purpose: Detect software lockups on each CPU.
+To reduce its OS jitter, do at least one of the following:
+1.	Build with CONFIG_LOCKUP_DETECTOR=n, which will prevent these
+	kthreads from being created in the first place.
+2.	Echo a zero to /proc/sys/kernel/watchdog to disable the
+	watchdog timer.
+3.	Echo a large number of /proc/sys/kernel/watchdog_thresh in
+	order to reduce the frequency of OS jitter due to the watchdog
+	timer down to a level that is acceptable for your workload.

arch/Kconfig

@@ -213,6 +213,9 @@ config USE_GENERIC_SMP_HELPERS
 config GENERIC_SMP_IDLE_THREAD
        bool
 
+config GENERIC_IDLE_POLL_SETUP
+       bool
+
 # Select if arch init_task initializer is different to init/init_task.c
 config ARCH_INIT_TASK
        bool

arch/arm/Kconfig

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ config ARM
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_PROBE
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW
 	select GENERIC_PCI_IOMAP
+	select GENERIC_SCHED_CLOCK
 	select GENERIC_SMP_IDLE_THREAD
 	select GENERIC_IDLE_POLL_SETUP
 	select GENERIC_STRNCPY_FROM_USER
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ config ARM
 	select HAVE_GENERIC_HARDIRQS
 	select HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT if (PERF_EVENTS && (CPU_V6 || CPU_V6K || CPU_V7))
 	select HAVE_IDE if PCI || ISA || PCMCIA
+	select HAVE_IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING
 	select HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP
 	select HAVE_KERNEL_LZMA
 	select HAVE_KERNEL_LZO
@@ -488,7 +490,7 @@ config ARCH_IXP4XX
 config ARCH_DOVE
 	bool "Marvell Dove"
 	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
-	select CPU_V7
+	select CPU_PJ4
 	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	select MIGHT_HAVE_PCI
 	select PINCTRL

arch/arm/Makefile

@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ define archhelp
   echo  '  Image         - Uncompressed kernel image (arch/$(ARCH)/boot/Image)'
   echo  '* xipImage      - XIP kernel image, if configured (arch/$(ARCH)/boot/xipImage)'
   echo  '  uImage        - U-Boot wrapped zImage'
-  echo  '  bootpImage    - Combined zImage and initial RAM disk' 
+  echo  '  bootpImage    - Combined zImage and initial RAM disk'
   echo  '                  (supply initrd image via make variable INITRD=<path>)'
   echo  '* dtbs          - Build device tree blobs for enabled boards'
   echo  '  install       - Install uncompressed kernel'

arch/arm/common/mcpm_platsmp.c

@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
 #include <linux/smp.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 
-#include <linux/irqchip/arm-gic.h>
-
 #include <asm/mcpm.h>
 #include <asm/smp.h>
 #include <asm/smp_plat.h>
@@ -49,7 +47,6 @@ static int __cpuinit mcpm_boot_secondary(unsigned int cpu, struct task_struct *i
 static void __cpuinit mcpm_secondary_init(unsigned int cpu)
 {
 	mcpm_cpu_powered_up();
-	gic_secondary_init(0);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU

arch/arm/common/timer-sp.c

@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 #include <linux/of.h>
 #include <linux/of_address.h>
 #include <linux/of_irq.h>
+#include <linux/sched_clock.h>
 
-#include <asm/sched_clock.h>
 #include <asm/hardware/arm_timer.h>
 #include <asm/hardware/timer-sp.h>
 

arch/arm/include/asm/cmpxchg.h

@@ -233,15 +233,15 @@ static inline unsigned long __cmpxchg_local(volatile void *ptr,
 	((__typeof__(*(ptr)))atomic64_cmpxchg(container_of((ptr),	\
 						atomic64_t,		\
 						counter),		\
-					      (unsigned long)(o),	\
-					      (unsigned long)(n)))
+					      (unsigned long long)(o),	\
+					      (unsigned long long)(n)))
 
 #define cmpxchg64_local(ptr, o, n)					\
 	((__typeof__(*(ptr)))local64_cmpxchg(container_of((ptr),	\
 						local64_t,		\
 						a),			\
-					     (unsigned long)(o),	\
-					     (unsigned long)(n)))
+					     (unsigned long long)(o),	\
+					     (unsigned long long)(n)))
 
 #endif	/* __LINUX_ARM_ARCH__ >= 6 */
 

arch/arm/include/asm/sched_clock.h

@@ -1,16 +1,4 @@
-/*
- * sched_clock.h: support for extending counters to full 64-bit ns counter
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
- * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+/* You shouldn't include this file. Use linux/sched_clock.h instead.
+ * Temporary file until all asm/sched_clock.h users are gone
  */
-#ifndef ASM_SCHED_CLOCK
-#define ASM_SCHED_CLOCK
-
-extern void sched_clock_postinit(void);
-extern void setup_sched_clock(u32 (*read)(void), int bits, unsigned long rate);
-
-extern unsigned long long (*sched_clock_func)(void);
-
-#endif
+#include <linux/sched_clock.h>

arch/arm/kernel/Makefile

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ CFLAGS_REMOVE_return_address.o = -pg
 # Object file lists.
 
 obj-y		:= elf.o entry-armv.o entry-common.o irq.o opcodes.o \
-		   process.o ptrace.o return_address.o sched_clock.o \
+		   process.o ptrace.o return_address.o \
 		   setup.o signal.o stacktrace.o sys_arm.o time.o traps.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_ATAGS)		+= atags_parse.o

arch/arm/kernel/arch_timer.c

@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
+#include <linux/sched_clock.h>
 
 #include <asm/delay.h>
-#include <asm/sched_clock.h>
 
 #include <clocksource/arm_arch_timer.h>
 

arch/arm/kernel/time.c

@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@
 #include <linux/timer.h>
 #include <linux/clocksource.h>
 #include <linux/irq.h>
+#include <linux/sched_clock.h>
 
 #include <asm/thread_info.h>
-#include <asm/sched_clock.h>
 #include <asm/stacktrace.h>
 #include <asm/mach/arch.h>
 #include <asm/mach/time.h>
@@ -120,6 +120,4 @@ void __init time_init(void)
 		machine_desc->init_time();
 	else
 		clocksource_of_init();
-
-	sched_clock_postinit();
 }

arch/arm/mach-davinci/time.c

@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 #include <linux/clk.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
+#include <linux/sched_clock.h>
 
-#include <asm/sched_clock.h>
 #include <asm/mach/irq.h>
 #include <asm/mach/time.h>