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Huang Ying 7f184275aa lib, Make gen_pool memory allocator lockless 
This version of the gen_pool memory allocator supports lockless
operation.

This makes it safe to use in NMI handlers and other special
unblockable contexts that could otherwise deadlock on locks.  This is
implemented by using atomic operations and retries on any conflicts.
The disadvantage is that there may be livelocks in extreme cases.  For
better scalability, one gen_pool allocator can be used for each CPU.

The lockless operation only works if there is enough memory available.
If new memory is added to the pool a lock has to be still taken.  So
any user relying on locklessness has to ensure that sufficient memory
is preallocated.

The basic atomic operation of this allocator is cmpxchg on long.  On
architectures that don't have NMI-safe cmpxchg implementation, the
allocator can NOT be used in NMI handler.  So code uses the allocator
in NMI handler should depend on CONFIG_ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG.

Signed-off-by: Huang Ying <ying.huang@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
2011-08-03 11:15:57 -04:00
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lzo lib: add support for LZO-compressed kernels 2010-01-11 09:34:04 -08:00
raid6 Move .gitignore from drivers/md to lib/raid6 2010-08-30 17:35:52 +10:00
reed_solomon
xz XZ decompressor: Fix decoding of empty LZMA2 streams 2011-05-02 08:46:12 -07:00
zlib_deflate zlib: slim down zlib_deflate() workspace when possible 2011-03-22 17:44:17 -07:00
zlib_inflate inflate_fast: sout is already a short so ptr arith was off by one. 2010-03-12 15:52:44 -08:00
.gitignore
argv_split.c tree-wide: convert open calls to remove spaces to skip_spaces() lib function 2009-12-15 08:53:32 -08:00
atomic64_test.c ARM: 6213/1: atomic64_test: add ARM as supported architecture 2010-07-27 10:43:46 +01:00
atomic64.c lib: Fix atomic64_add_unless return value convention 2010-03-01 11:38:46 -08:00
audit.c audit: support the "standard" <asm-generic/unistd.h> 2011-05-04 14:41:28 -04:00
average.c lib: Improve EWMA efficiency by using bitshifts 2010-12-06 15:58:43 -05:00
bcd.c
bch.c lib: add shared BCH ECC library 2011-03-11 14:25:50 +00:00
bitmap.c lib, Make gen_pool memory allocator lockless 2011-08-03 11:15:57 -04:00
bitrev.c
bsearch.c lib: Add generic binary search function to the kernel. 2011-05-19 16:55:27 +09:30
btree.c Fix common misspellings 2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00
bug.c modules: Fix module_bug_list list corruption race 2010-10-05 11:29:27 -07:00
bust_spinlocks.c oops handling: ensure that any oops is flushed to the mtdoops console 2009-01-06 15:59:11 -08:00
check_signature.c
checksum.c lib/checksum: fix one more thinko 2009-11-03 16:06:53 +01:00
cmdline.c
cpu_rmap.c lib: cpu_rmap: CPU affinity reverse-mapping 2011-01-24 14:51:56 -08:00
cpu-notifier-error-inject.c fault-injection: add CPU notifier error injection module 2010-05-27 09:12:48 -07:00
cpumask.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
crc7.c
crc16.c
crc32.c revert "crc32: use __BYTE_ORDER macro for endian detection" 2010-05-26 08:19:23 -07:00
crc32defs.h
crc-ccitt.c
crc-itu-t.c
crc-t10dif.c
ctype.c ctype: constify read-only _ctype string 2009-12-15 08:53:32 -08:00
debug_locks.c Revert "debug_locks: set oops_in_progress if we will log messages." 2010-11-29 15:18:28 -08:00
debugobjects.c debugobjects: Fix boot crash when kmemleak and debugobjects enabled 2011-06-20 14:38:43 +02:00
dec_and_lock.c atomic: only take lock when the counter drops to zero on UP as well 2009-06-16 19:47:47 -07:00
decompress_bunzip2.c Decompressors: include <linux/slab.h> in <linux/decompress/mm.h> 2011-01-13 08:03:23 -08:00
decompress_inflate.c decompressors: check input size in decompress_inflate.c 2011-01-13 08:03:25 -08:00
decompress_unlzma.c Decompressors: validate match distance in decompress_unlzma.c 2011-01-13 08:03:24 -08:00
decompress_unlzo.c Decompressors: fix callback-to-callback mode in decompress_unlzo.c 2011-01-13 08:03:24 -08:00
decompress_unxz.c Fix common misspellings 2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00
decompress.c decompressors: add boot-time XZ support 2011-01-13 08:03:25 -08:00
devres.c lib/devres.c: fix comment typo 2010-07-11 22:16:32 +02:00
div64.c div64_u64(): improve precision on 32bit platforms 2010-10-26 16:52:19 -07:00
dma-debug.c dma-debug: print information about leaked entry 2011-04-07 16:31:19 +02:00
dump_stack.c
dynamic_debug.c dynamic_debug: add #include <linux/sched.h> 2011-02-03 15:59:58 -08:00
extable.c module: trim exception table on init free. 2009-06-12 21:47:04 +09:30
fault-inject.c headers: remove sched.h from interrupt.h 2009-10-11 11:20:58 -07:00
find_last_bit.c bitops: add #ifndef for each of find bitops 2011-05-26 17:12:38 -07:00
find_next_bit.c arch: remove CONFIG_GENERIC_FIND_{NEXT_BIT,BIT_LE,LAST_BIT} 2011-05-26 17:12:38 -07:00
flex_array.c flex_array: avoid divisions when accessing elements 2011-05-26 17:12:33 -07:00
gcd.c lib: add lib/gcd.c 2009-06-18 13:04:05 -07:00
gen_crc32table.c crc32: major optimization 2010-05-25 08:07:06 -07:00
genalloc.c lib, Make gen_pool memory allocator lockless 2011-08-03 11:15:57 -04:00
halfmd4.c
hexdump.c include/linux/printk.h lib/hexdump.c: neatening and add CONFIG_PRINTK guard 2011-01-13 08:03:10 -08:00
hweight.c x86: Add optimized popcnt variants 2010-04-06 15:52:11 -07:00
idr.c docbook: add idr/ida to kernel-api docbook 2010-10-26 17:40:56 -07:00
inflate.c MN10300: Don't try and #include <linux/slab.h> in lib/inflate.c from bootloader 2010-08-12 09:51:35 -07:00
int_sqrt.c
iomap_copy.c
iomap.c
iommu-helper.c iommu: inline iommu_num_pages 2010-08-09 20:45:05 -07:00
ioremap.c ACPI, APEI, Generic Hardware Error Source POLL/IRQ/NMI notification type support 2011-01-12 03:06:19 -05:00
irq_regs.c
is_single_threaded.c kernel: is_current_single_threaded: don't use ->mmap_sem 2009-07-17 09:11:31 +10:00
kasprintf.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
Kconfig lib, Add lock-less NULL terminated single list 2011-08-03 11:15:56 -04:00
Kconfig.debug tile: enable CONFIG_BUGVERBOSE 2011-06-01 16:06:04 -04:00
Kconfig.kgdb mips,kgdb: kdb low level trap catch and stack trace 2010-05-20 21:04:26 -05:00
Kconfig.kmemcheck kmemcheck: depend on HAVE_ARCH_KMEMCHECK 2009-07-01 22:28:44 +02:00
klist.c driver core: Remove completion from struct klist_node 2009-01-06 10:44:30 -08:00
kobject_uevent.c kobject_uevent: fix typo in comments 2010-08-23 18:12:46 -07:00
kobject.c Delay struct net freeing while there's a sysfs instance refering to it 2011-06-12 17:45:41 -04:00
kref.c kref: Add a kref_sub function 2010-11-22 13:25:13 +10:00
kstrtox.c lib: add kstrto*_from_user() 2011-05-25 08:39:52 -07:00
lcm.c block: Fix overrun in lcm() and move it to lib 2010-03-15 12:47:59 +01:00
libcrc32c.c libcrc32c: Fix "crc32c undefined" compilation error 2008-12-25 11:01:42 +11:00
list_debug.c Expand CONFIG_DEBUG_LIST to several other list operations 2011-02-18 11:32:28 -08:00
list_sort.c lib/list_sort: test: check element addresses 2010-10-26 16:52:19 -07:00
llist.c lib, Add lock-less NULL terminated single list 2011-08-03 11:15:56 -04:00
locking-selftest-hardirq.h
locking-selftest-mutex.h
locking-selftest-rlock-hardirq.h
locking-selftest-rlock-softirq.h
locking-selftest-rlock.h
locking-selftest-rsem.h
locking-selftest-softirq.h
locking-selftest-spin-hardirq.h
locking-selftest-spin-softirq.h
locking-selftest-spin.h
locking-selftest-wlock-hardirq.h
locking-selftest-wlock-softirq.h
locking-selftest-wlock.h
locking-selftest-wsem.h
locking-selftest.c rcu: Fix unpaired rcu_irq_enter() from locking selftests 2011-05-26 09:42:19 -07:00
lru_cache.c lru_cache: use correct type in sizeof for allocation 2011-05-25 08:39:52 -07:00
Makefile lib, Add lock-less NULL terminated single list 2011-08-03 11:15:56 -04:00
nlattr.c net: fix nla_policy_len to actually _iterate_ over the policy 2011-02-28 12:38:25 -08:00
parser.c Fix common misspellings 2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00
percpu_counter.c percpucounter: Optimize __percpu_counter_add a bit through the use of this_cpu() options. 2010-12-17 15:07:18 +01:00
plist.c plist: Add priority list test 2011-03-11 15:14:48 -05:00
prio_heap.c lib: fix sparse shadowed variable warning 2009-01-06 15:59:11 -08:00
prio_tree.c
proportions.c Merge branch 'core-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-01-06 17:10:04 -08:00
radix-tree.c radix_tree: radix_tree_gang_lookup_tag_slot() may never return 2011-01-26 10:50:04 +10:00
random32.c Merge branch 'master' into for-next 2010-06-16 18:08:13 +02:00
ratelimit.c ratelimit: fix the return value when __ratelimit() fails to acquire the lock 2010-04-07 08:38:04 -07:00
rational.c lib/rational.c needs module.h 2010-01-11 09:34:05 -08:00
rbtree.c Export the augmented rbtree helper functions 2011-01-28 12:16:59 +10:00
reciprocal_div.c
rwsem-spinlock.c rwsem generic spinlock: use IRQ save/restore spinlocks 2010-04-07 16:15:05 -07:00
rwsem.c rwsem: Remove redundant asmregparm annotation 2011-01-27 12:30:40 +01:00
scatterlist.c scatterlist: prevent invalid free when alloc fails 2010-08-30 19:55:09 +02:00
sha1.c
show_mem.c arch, mm: filter disallowed nodes from arch specific show_mem functions 2011-05-25 08:39:03 -07:00
smp_processor_id.c cpumask: convert lib/smp_processor_id to new cpumask ops 2009-01-30 15:47:34 +01:00
sort.c generic swap(): lib/sort.c: rename swap to swap_func 2009-01-08 08:31:14 -08:00
spinlock_debug.c locking: Further name space cleanups 2009-12-14 23:55:33 +01:00
string_helpers.c
string.c Add a strtobool function matching semantics of existing in kernel equivalents 2011-05-19 16:55:28 +09:30
swiotlb.c swiotlb: Export swioltb_nr_tbl and utilize it as appropiate. 2011-06-06 15:41:16 -04:00
syscall.c
test-kstrtox.c kstrtox: fix compile warnings in test 2011-04-14 16:06:54 -07:00
textsearch.c textsearch: doc - fix spelling in lib/textsearch.c. 2011-01-24 23:33:30 -08:00
timerqueue.c Fix common misspellings 2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00
ts_bm.c
ts_fsm.c
ts_kmp.c
uuid.c Unified UUID/GUID definition 2010-05-19 22:40:47 -04:00
vsprintf.c vsprintf: Update %pI6c to not compress a single 0 2011-06-09 12:51:15 -07:00