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<subtitle>Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules</subtitle>
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<title>perf, arch: Cleanup perf-pmu init vs lockup-detector</title>
<updated>2010-11-26T14:14:56+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl</email>
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<published>2010-11-25T17:38:29+00:00</published>
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The perf hardware pmu got initialized at various points in the boot,
some before early_initcall() some after (notably arch_initcall).

The problem is that the NMI lockup detector is ran from early_initcall()
and expects the hardware pmu to be present.

Sanitize this by moving all architecture hardware pmu implementations to
initialize at early_initcall() and move the lockup detector to an explicit
initcall right after that.

Cc: paulus &lt;paulus@samba.org&gt;
Cc: davem &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Cc: Michael Cree &lt;mcree@orcon.net.nz&gt;
Cc: Deng-Cheng Zhu &lt;dengcheng.zhu@gmail.com&gt;
Acked-by: Paul Mundt &lt;lethal@linux-sh.org&gt;
Acked-by: Will Deacon &lt;will.deacon@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra &lt;a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl&gt;
LKML-Reference: &lt;1290707759.2145.119.camel@laptop&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@elte.hu&gt;
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The perf hardware pmu got initialized at various points in the boot,
some before early_initcall() some after (notably arch_initcall).

The problem is that the NMI lockup detector is ran from early_initcall()
and expects the hardware pmu to be present.

Sanitize this by moving all architecture hardware pmu implementations to
initialize at early_initcall() and move the lockup detector to an explicit
initcall right after that.

Cc: paulus &lt;paulus@samba.org&gt;
Cc: davem &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Cc: Michael Cree &lt;mcree@orcon.net.nz&gt;
Cc: Deng-Cheng Zhu &lt;dengcheng.zhu@gmail.com&gt;
Acked-by: Paul Mundt &lt;lethal@linux-sh.org&gt;
Acked-by: Will Deacon &lt;will.deacon@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra &lt;a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl&gt;
LKML-Reference: &lt;1290707759.2145.119.camel@laptop&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@elte.hu&gt;
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<title>irq_work: Add generic hardirq context callbacks</title>
<updated>2010-10-18T17:58:50+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl</email>
</author>
<published>2010-10-14T06:01:34+00:00</published>
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Provide a mechanism that allows running code in IRQ context. It is
most useful for NMI code that needs to interact with the rest of the
system -- like wakeup a task to drain buffers.

Perf currently has such a mechanism, so extract that and provide it as
a generic feature, independent of perf so that others may also
benefit.

The IRQ context callback is generated through self-IPIs where
possible, or on architectures like powerpc the decrementer (the
built-in timer facility) is set to generate an interrupt immediately.

Architectures that don't have anything like this get to do with a
callback from the timer tick. These architectures can call
irq_work_run() at the tail of any IRQ handlers that might enqueue such
work (like the perf IRQ handler) to avoid undue latencies in
processing the work.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra &lt;a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl&gt;
Acked-by: Kyle McMartin &lt;kyle@mcmartin.ca&gt;
Acked-by: Martin Schwidefsky &lt;schwidefsky@de.ibm.com&gt;
[ various fixes ]
Signed-off-by: Huang Ying &lt;ying.huang@intel.com&gt;
LKML-Reference: &lt;1287036094.7768.291.camel@yhuang-dev&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@elte.hu&gt;
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Provide a mechanism that allows running code in IRQ context. It is
most useful for NMI code that needs to interact with the rest of the
system -- like wakeup a task to drain buffers.

Perf currently has such a mechanism, so extract that and provide it as
a generic feature, independent of perf so that others may also
benefit.

The IRQ context callback is generated through self-IPIs where
possible, or on architectures like powerpc the decrementer (the
built-in timer facility) is set to generate an interrupt immediately.

Architectures that don't have anything like this get to do with a
callback from the timer tick. These architectures can call
irq_work_run() at the tail of any IRQ handlers that might enqueue such
work (like the perf IRQ handler) to avoid undue latencies in
processing the work.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra &lt;a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl&gt;
Acked-by: Kyle McMartin &lt;kyle@mcmartin.ca&gt;
Acked-by: Martin Schwidefsky &lt;schwidefsky@de.ibm.com&gt;
[ various fixes ]
Signed-off-by: Huang Ying &lt;ying.huang@intel.com&gt;
LKML-Reference: &lt;1287036094.7768.291.camel@yhuang-dev&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@elte.hu&gt;
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<entry>
<title>alpha: implement HW performance events on the EV67 and later CPUs</title>
<updated>2010-08-10T03:45:04+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Michael Cree</name>
<email>mcree@orcon.net.nz</email>
</author>
<published>2010-08-10T00:20:08+00:00</published>
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This implements hardware performance events for the EV67 and later CPUs
within the Linux performance events subsystem.  Only using the performance
monitoring unit in HP/Compaq's so called "Aggregrate mode" is supported.

The code has been implemented in a manner that makes extension to other
older Alpha CPUs relatively straightforward should some mug wish to
indulge themselves.

Signed-off-by: Michael Cree &lt;mcree@orcon.net.nz&gt;
Cc: Richard Henderson &lt;rth@twiddle.net&gt;
Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky &lt;ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru&gt;
Cc: Matt Turner &lt;mattst88@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@elte.hu&gt;
Cc: Jay Estabrook &lt;jay.estabrook@hp.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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This implements hardware performance events for the EV67 and later CPUs
within the Linux performance events subsystem.  Only using the performance
monitoring unit in HP/Compaq's so called "Aggregrate mode" is supported.

The code has been implemented in a manner that makes extension to other
older Alpha CPUs relatively straightforward should some mug wish to
indulge themselves.

Signed-off-by: Michael Cree &lt;mcree@orcon.net.nz&gt;
Cc: Richard Henderson &lt;rth@twiddle.net&gt;
Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky &lt;ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru&gt;
Cc: Matt Turner &lt;mattst88@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@elte.hu&gt;
Cc: Jay Estabrook &lt;jay.estabrook@hp.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>alpha: Add minimal support for software performance events</title>
<updated>2009-12-18T06:11:30+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Michael Cree</name>
<email>mcree@orcon.net.nz</email>
</author>
<published>2009-12-08T19:27:01+00:00</published>
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In the kernel the patch enables configuration of the perf event
option, adds the perf_event_open syscall, and includes a minimal
architecture specific asm/perf_event.h header file.

Signed-off-by: Michael Cree &lt;mcree@orcon.net.nz&gt;
Cc: Richard Henderson &lt;rth@twiddle.net&gt;
Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky &lt;ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl&gt;
Cc: Paul Mackerras &lt;paulus@samba.org&gt;
Cc: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@elte.hu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Matt Turner &lt;mattst88@gmail.com&gt;
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In the kernel the patch enables configuration of the perf event
option, adds the perf_event_open syscall, and includes a minimal
architecture specific asm/perf_event.h header file.

Signed-off-by: Michael Cree &lt;mcree@orcon.net.nz&gt;
Cc: Richard Henderson &lt;rth@twiddle.net&gt;
Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky &lt;ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl&gt;
Cc: Paul Mackerras &lt;paulus@samba.org&gt;
Cc: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@elte.hu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Matt Turner &lt;mattst88@gmail.com&gt;
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