[RFC][PATCH] irq_work
From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Thu Jun 24 2010 - 02:36:10 EST
Something like this, but filled out with some arch code that does the
self-ipi and calls irq_work_run() should do.
No need to molest the softirq code, no need for limited vectors of any
kind.
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/irq_callback.h | 13 ++++++++
kernel/irq_callback.c | 66 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 79 insertions(+)
Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/irq_callback.h
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ linux-2.6/include/linux/irq_callback.h
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#ifndef _LINUX_IRQ_CALLBACK_H
+#define _LINUX_IRQ_CALLBACK_H
+
+struct irq_work {
+ struct irq_work *next;
+ void (*func)(struct irq_work *);
+};
+
+int irq_work_queue(struct irq_work *entry, void (*func)(struct irq_work *));
+void irq_work_run(void);
+void irq_work_sync(struct irq_work *entry);
+
+#endif /* _LINUX_IRQ_CALLBACK_H */
Index: linux-2.6/kernel/irq_callback.c
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ linux-2.6/kernel/irq_callback.c
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+
+#include <linux/irq_callback.h>
+
+#define CALLBACK_TAIL ((struct irq_work *)-1UL)
+
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct irq_work *, irq_work_list) = {
+ CALLBACK_TAIL,
+};
+
+int irq_work_queue(struct irq_work *entry, void (*func)(struct irq_work *))
+{
+ struct irq_work **head;
+
+ if (cmpxchg(&entry->next, NULL, CALLBACK_TAIL) != NULL)
+ return 0;
+
+ entry->func = func;
+
+ head = &get_cpu_var(irq_work_list);
+
+ do {
+ entry->next = *head;
+ } while (cmpxchg(head, entry->next, entry) != entry->next);
+
+ if (entry->next == CALLBACK_TAIL)
+ arch_self_ipi();
+
+ put_cpu_var(irq_work_list);
+ return 1;
+}
+
+void irq_work_run(void)
+{
+ struct irq_work *list;
+
+ list = xchg(&__get_cpu_var(irq_work_list), CALLBACK_TAIL);
+ while (list != CALLBACK_TAIL) {
+ struct irq_work *entry = list;
+
+ list = list->next;
+ entry->func(entry);
+
+ entry->next = NULL;
+ /*
+ * matches the mb in cmpxchg() in irq_work_queue()
+ */
+ smp_wmb();
+ }
+}
+
+static int irq_work_pending(struct irq_work *entry)
+{
+ /*
+ * matches the wmb in irq_work_run
+ */
+ smp_rmb();
+ return entry->next != NULL;
+}
+
+void irq_work_sync(struct irq_work *entry)
+{
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(irqs_disabled());
+
+ while (irq_work_pending(entry))
+ cpu_relax();
+}
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