1 files changed, 88 insertions, 26 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/context_tracking.c b/kernel/context_tracking.c
index e0e07fd55508..65349f07b878 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)
 {