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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/context_tracking.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/context_tracking.c | 114 | 
1 files changed, 88 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/context_tracking.c b/kernel/context_tracking.c index e0e07fd5550..65349f07b87 100644 --- a/kernel/context_tracking.c +++ b/kernel/context_tracking.c @@ -1,29 +1,41 @@ +/* + * Context tracking: Probe on high level context boundaries such as kernel + * and userspace. This includes syscalls and exceptions entry/exit. + * + * This is used by RCU to remove its dependency on the timer tick while a CPU + * runs in userspace. + * + *  Started by Frederic Weisbecker: + * + * Copyright (C) 2012 Red Hat, Inc., Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@redhat.com> + * + * Many thanks to Gilad Ben-Yossef, Paul McKenney, Ingo Molnar, Andrew Morton, + * Steven Rostedt, Peter Zijlstra for suggestions and improvements. + * + */ +  #include <linux/context_tracking.h> +#include <linux/kvm_host.h>  #include <linux/rcupdate.h>  #include <linux/sched.h> -#include <linux/percpu.h>  #include <linux/hardirq.h> +#include <linux/export.h> -struct context_tracking { -	/* -	 * When active is false, hooks are not set to -	 * minimize overhead: TIF flags are cleared -	 * and calls to user_enter/exit are ignored. This -	 * may be further optimized using static keys. -	 */ -	bool active; -	enum { -		IN_KERNEL = 0, -		IN_USER, -	} state; -}; - -static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct context_tracking, context_tracking) = { +DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct context_tracking, context_tracking) = {  #ifdef CONFIG_CONTEXT_TRACKING_FORCE  	.active = true,  #endif  }; +/** + * user_enter - Inform the context tracking that the CPU is going to + *              enter userspace mode. + * + * This function must be called right before we switch from the kernel + * to userspace, when it's guaranteed the remaining kernel instructions + * to execute won't use any RCU read side critical section because this + * function sets RCU in extended quiescent state. + */  void user_enter(void)  {  	unsigned long flags; @@ -39,40 +51,90 @@ void user_enter(void)  	if (in_interrupt())  		return; +	/* Kernel threads aren't supposed to go to userspace */  	WARN_ON_ONCE(!current->mm);  	local_irq_save(flags);  	if (__this_cpu_read(context_tracking.active) &&  	    __this_cpu_read(context_tracking.state) != IN_USER) { -		__this_cpu_write(context_tracking.state, IN_USER); +		/* +		 * At this stage, only low level arch entry code remains and +		 * then we'll run in userspace. We can assume there won't be +		 * any RCU read-side critical section until the next call to +		 * user_exit() or rcu_irq_enter(). Let's remove RCU's dependency +		 * on the tick. +		 */ +		vtime_user_enter(current);  		rcu_user_enter(); +		__this_cpu_write(context_tracking.state, IN_USER);  	}  	local_irq_restore(flags);  } + +/** + * user_exit - Inform the context tracking that the CPU is + *             exiting userspace mode and entering the kernel. + * + * This function must be called after we entered the kernel from userspace + * before any use of RCU read side critical section. This potentially include + * any high level kernel code like syscalls, exceptions, signal handling, etc... + * + * This call supports re-entrancy. This way it can be called from any exception + * handler without needing to know if we came from userspace or not. + */  void user_exit(void)  {  	unsigned long flags; -	/* -	 * Some contexts may involve an exception occuring in an irq, -	 * leading to that nesting: -	 * rcu_irq_enter() rcu_user_exit() rcu_user_exit() rcu_irq_exit() -	 * This would mess up the dyntick_nesting count though. And rcu_irq_*() -	 * helpers are enough to protect RCU uses inside the exception. So -	 * just return immediately if we detect we are in an IRQ. -	 */  	if (in_interrupt())  		return;  	local_irq_save(flags);  	if (__this_cpu_read(context_tracking.state) == IN_USER) { -		__this_cpu_write(context_tracking.state, IN_KERNEL); +		/* +		 * We are going to run code that may use RCU. Inform +		 * RCU core about that (ie: we may need the tick again). +		 */  		rcu_user_exit(); +		vtime_user_exit(current); +		__this_cpu_write(context_tracking.state, IN_KERNEL);  	}  	local_irq_restore(flags);  } +void guest_enter(void) +{ +	if (vtime_accounting_enabled()) +		vtime_guest_enter(current); +	else +		__guest_enter(); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(guest_enter); + +void guest_exit(void) +{ +	if (vtime_accounting_enabled()) +		vtime_guest_exit(current); +	else +		__guest_exit(); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(guest_exit); + + +/** + * context_tracking_task_switch - context switch the syscall callbacks + * @prev: the task that is being switched out + * @next: the task that is being switched in + * + * The context tracking uses the syscall slow path to implement its user-kernel + * boundaries probes on syscalls. This way it doesn't impact the syscall fast + * path on CPUs that don't do context tracking. + * + * But we need to clear the flag on the previous task because it may later + * migrate to some CPU that doesn't do the context tracking. As such the TIF + * flag may not be desired there. + */  void context_tracking_task_switch(struct task_struct *prev,  			     struct task_struct *next)  {  |